Communist Party of the Soviet Union (2001)

The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Коммунистическая Партия Советского Союза, Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza; short: КПСС, KPSS) is an organization which split from the Union of Communist Parties — Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 2001 after disagreements between Oleg Shenin and Gennady Zyuganov over the creation of a united communist party of the Union of Belarus and Russia. It had been led by Shenin until his death in May 2009.

Leaders

 * Oleg Shenin (21 July 2001 – 28 May 2009; as Chairman)
 * Vladimir Berezin (20 March–16 July 2010; as First Secretary)
 * Sergey Alexandrov (acting 21 July 2010; official from 20 November 2010–present)