The Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic (abbr. CPDPR; Russian: Коммунистическая партия Донецкой Народной Республики; КПДНР, romanized: Kommunisticheskaya partiya Donetskoy Narodnoy Respubliki, KPDNR) was a communist party in the disputed Donetsk People's Republic, a federal subject of Russia that is de jure part of Ukraine, led by Boris Litvinov, formerly the chairman of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic.[5] It was a faction of the Donetsk Republic organization from 2014 to 2016. Since 2022, it has been a republican branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic Коммунистическая партия Донецкой Народной Республики | |
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| Abbreviation | CPDPR (English) КПДНР (Russian) |
| General Secretary | Boris Litvinov |
| Founder | Boris Litvinov |
| Founded | 8 October 2014 |
| Dissolved | 4 December 2022 |
| Split from | Communist Party of Ukraine |
| Merged into | Communist Party of the Russian Federation[1] |
| Headquarters | Donetsk, Donetsk People's Republic/Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine |
| Newspaper | Vperyod[2] |
| Youth wing | Komsomol[3] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | Donetsk Republic (2014–2016) |
| Continental affiliation | UCP–CPSU (observer) |
| Colors | Red |
| Slogan | "Workers of the world, unite!" (Russian: "Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!") "Peace! Labor! Socialism! Republic!" (Russian: "Мир! Труд! Социализм! Республика!") |
| Anthem | "The Internationale"[a][4] |
| People's Council (2022) | 0 / 100 |
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| Website | |
| kpdnr.su wpered.su | |
History
editThe CPDPR was founded on 8 October 2014. Boris Litvinov, who previously was the head of a regional branch of the Communist Party of Ukraine in the Kirovsky District, Donetsk,[failed verification][6][7] was proclaimed chairman of the party. Litvinov headed the People's Council from July to October 2014.[7] After his dismissal as chairman of the People's Council, rumors emerged that Litvinov had been briefly arrested, yet Litvinov himself denied them.[7]
Litvinov stated that the CPDPR would support the candidacy of Alexander Zakharchenko, the first President of the Donetsk People's Republic, in the 2014 general election for the country's premiership.[5] The CPDPR themselves were banned from participating in the elections because the party "made too many mistakes" in their submitted documents.[8] According to some Russian media, the final party's lists were edited in Moscow.[7] Selected members were allowed to be on the party list for the Donetsk Republic political organization.[7] Three members of the CPDPR were elected to the People's Council: Boris Litvinov, Vadim Zaibert, and Nikolai Ragozin.[7] Zaibert was later killed in action and not replaced, thus leaving only two members of the party in the People's Council.[9]
In 2015, the Leninist Communist Youth Union (Komsomol) of the party was founded, headed by First Secretary Vadim Popkov and Second Secretary Anton Saenko.[3]
In 2016, Litvinov and Ragozin were expelled from the People's Council due to a "loss of confidence", thus leaving the party with no representatives.[7]
In 2022, following the annexation of the Donetsk People's Republic by the Russian Federation, the CPDNR became a republican branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.[10]
Program
editThe party's program is fully copied and is identical with the party's program of the banned Communist Party of Ukraine.[failed verification][11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ https://kprf.ru/party-live/cknews/212433.html В строю едином
- ^ Vperyod. Official website[dead link]
- ^ a b "Komsomol is our future!". wpered.su. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ A. V. Lunacharskiy (ed.). "The International (in Russian)". Fundamental'naya Elektronnaya Biblioteka.
- ^ a b "Communist Party created in Donetsk People's Republic". TASS. 8 October 2014.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) "Parliament" of terrorists of "DNR" led by a communist, Ukrayinska Pravda (24 July 2014)
- ^ a b c d e f g Communists of Donbass ask Zyuganov for protection. Gazeta.ru. 20 May 2016
- ^ "Eastern Ukraine's Fake State Is About to Elect a Fake Prime Minister". Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Donetsk: The Third Extraordinary Congress of the Communist Party of the DNR Took Place". Left Russia. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ https://kprf.ru/party-live/cknews/212433.html В строю едином
- ^ Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic program. Vperyod.