Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union is a federation of communist parties in the post-Soviet states founded in 1993.
Gennady Zyuganov has been the organisation's chairman since 2001. He replaced Oleg Shenin, who split off a part of the UCP–CPSU as the "Communist Party of the Soviet Union".The structure of the UCP-CPSU consists of 18 of the communist parties of the former Soviet Union:
