All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks (1991)
All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks Всесоюзная Коммунистическая партия большевиков | |
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| Leader | Secretariat of the Central Committee (collective leadership; disputed) Nikolai Degtyarenko (as General Secretary of the Central Committee; disputed) |
| Founder | Nina Andreyeva |
| Founded | 8 November 1991 |
| Preceded by | Bolshevik Platform of the CPSU |
| Headquarters | Saint Petersburg (the central committee headed by Zelikov) Pyatigorsk (the central committee headed by Degtyarenko) |
| Newspaper | Serp i Molot (Hammer and Sickle), Raboche-krest'yanskaya pravda (Workers' and Peasants' Truth) Vpered (Forward) |
| Youth wing | All-Union Young Guard Bolsheviks |
| Membership (2013) | 22,000 (2013) |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Bolshevism Anti-revisionism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | World Anti-Imperialist Platform |
| Colours | Red |
| Slogan | "Workers of the world, unite!" (Russian: "Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!") |
| Anthem | The Internationale |
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| Website | |
| vkpb.ru (disputed) vkpb-skb.ru (recognized by the Pyatigorsk Central Committee; disputed) | |
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The All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks (VKPB; Russian: Всесоюзная коммунистическая партия большевиков; ВКПБ; Vsesoyuznaya kommunisticheskaya partiya bolshevikov, VKPB) is an unregistered anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist communist party operating in Russia and other former Soviet states. It was founded in November 1991 and led by Nina Andreyeva, a university teacher who was well known for her 1988 open letter "I can't compromise my principles", published in the newspaper Sovetskaya Rossiya.
The party is known for its sectarian positions. It opposes the Communist Party of the Russian Federation due to its "reformist" character and has refused to back its candidates for presidential election. It is also outspokenly critical of the Russian church and religion in general, demanding the separation of church and state, and Vladimir Putin's regime.