28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
January 01, 1970
The 28th Congress of the CPSU (2 July, 1990 – 13 July, 1990) was held in Moscow. It was held a year ahead of the traditional schedule and turned out to be the last Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in the history of the party. Notably, this congress displayed open factionalism: opposing views were championed by the centrist "CPSU Central Committee platform" (supported by Gorbachev), the liberal "Democratic Platform" (which included Boris Yeltsin) and the conservative "Marxist Platform".[1]
Mikhail Gorbachev was reelected General Secretary with a 3411 to 1116 vote. Gorbachev's challenger, Teimuraz Avaliani, received 501 votes with 4020 opposing.[2][3]
Boris Yeltsin and some others resigned from the party after the "Democratic Platform" group failed to advance the transition to a parliamentary structure of the organization, while the "Marxist Platform" failed to oppose Gorbachev's reforms of "healing socialism by capitalism".
The congress failed to issue the next Program, and issued only a Program Declaration.
Various organizations claiming to be the successor of the CPSU have held congresses continuing the numbering established by the CPSU and its predecessors. The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1992) held its so-called 29th Restorative CPSU Congress in 1992 declaring the CPSU reinstated. Similarly, the Union of Communist Parties — Communist Party of the Soviet Union, established in 1993, has also held congresses starting from 29th, the most recent being the 33rd Congress.[4]
Referencesedit
^Kalashnikov, Antony (2016). "Interpellation in the late Soviet period: contesting the de-ideologization narrative". Canadian Slavonic Papers. 58 (1): 23–48. doi:10.1080/00085006.2015.1127513. S2CID 147379052.
^"Gorbachev Reelected as Party Chief". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 10 July 1990.
^ abGarthoff, Raymond L. (1994). The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. p. 431. ISBN978-0-8157-3060-6.
^. Archived from the original on 31 December 2004. Retrieved 18 February 2008.
Further readingedit
Jonathan Harris. Subverting the System: Gorbachev's Reform of the Party's Apparat, 1986-1991. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005. ISBN978-0-7425-2679-2; Ch. 6: Towards the 28th Congress of the CPSU: 1990, pp. 107–120
Bill Keller, EVOLUTION IN EUROPE; Soviet Party: Hazy Future.The New York Times, July 13, 1990. Accessed October 18, 2008
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