Communist Party of The Soviet Union - Names

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  • The Bolshevik faction emerged within the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party as a de facto political bloc separate from the Mensheviks in 1903.
  • The RSDLP was formally split in 1912, Henceforth, the Bolshevik faction was known as Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (bolsheviks), RSDLP(b) (Russian: Росси́йская Социал-демократи́ческая Рабо́чая Па́ртия (большевико́в), РСДРП(б)).
  • In 1918 leaders adopted the name Russian Communist Party (Russian: Росси́йская Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия).
  • In 1925 the party was renamed the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) (Russian: Всесою́зная Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия (большевико́в), ВКП(б)).
  • In 1952 the party was renamed as the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

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