Communist International
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Summary
Communist International is a political international[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of political international entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,818 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Soviet Union[3]
- Founder: Vladimir Lenin[4]
- Followed by: Cominform[5], Fourth International[6]
- Headquarters location: Moscow[7]
- Has organizational division: Executive Committee of the Communist International[8]
- Child organization or unit: League Against Imperialism and Colonial Oppression[9], Chinese Communist Party[10]
- Commons category: Comintern sections[11]
- Color: red[12]
- Archives at: La contemporaine[13], German Federal Archives[14]
- Chairperson: Grigory Zinoviev[15], Nikolai Bukharin[16], Georgi Dimitrov[17]
- Inception: March 2, 1919[18]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: May 15, 1943[19]
- Significant event: Founding Congress of the Comintern[20], 2nd World Congress of the Comintern[21], 3rd World Congress of the Comintern[22], 4th World Congress of the Comintern[23], 5th World Congress of the Comintern[24], 6th World Congress of the Comintern[25], 7th World Congress of the Comintern[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Comintern[27]
- Commons gallery: Comintern[28]
- Political ideology: Marxism–Leninism[29], communism[30], Leninism[31]
- Described by source: Archival fonds: Comintern[32], 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica[33], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[34]
- Replaces: Second International[35]
- Replaced by: Cominform[36]
- Native label: Коммунистический интернационал[37]
- Category of associated people: Category:Comintern people[38]
- Different from: Q4462511[39]
- General secretary: Georgi Dimitrov[40]
- Youth wing: Young Communist International[41]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Communist International include Slobids'kyi District[42], a raion of city in Ukraine[43], in Ukraine[44], founded in 1938[45]; Homintern[46], a conspiracy theory[47]; Vozdvizhenka Street[48], a street[49], in Russia[50]; and European Square[51], a square[52], in Ukraine[53].
Why It Matters
Communist International has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 119 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for it include Slobids'kyi District[42], a raion of city in Ukraine[43], in Ukraine[44], founded in 1938[45]; Homintern[46], a conspiracy theory[47]; Vozdvizhenka Street[48], a street[49], in Russia[50]; and European Square[51], a square[52], in Ukraine[53].