The Union of Communist Parties â Communist Party of the Soviet Union (UCPâÂÂCPSU) is a federation of communist parties in the post-Soviet states founded in 1993.
Gennady Zyuganov has been the organisation's chairman since 2001. He replaced Oleg Shenin, who split off a part of the UCPâÂÂCPSU as the "Communist Party of the Soviet Union".
The structure of the UCP-CPSU consists of 18 communist parties within the former Soviet Union.