When was the Communist Party of Ukraine founded and who has led it?
The Communist Party of Ukraine was founded on the 19th of June 1993, at its 1st Congress in Kyiv. Petro Symonenko has served as its leader since that founding congress.
Questions about Communist Party of Ukraine
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Why was the Communist Party of Ukraine banned?
The party was banned on the 16th of December 2015 by the District Administrative Court in Kyiv for actions aimed at violating Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, collaboration with Russian proxy forces, and inciting ethnic hatred. A second ban followed in July 2022 after the full-scale Russian invasion, when a Lviv court also seized all party assets.
What was the Communist Party of Ukraine's best election result?
The party's best result came in the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election, when it won 24.65 percent of the vote and 123 seats, making it the largest party in the Verkhovna Rada.
How did the Communist Party of Ukraine vote during the Euromaidan revolution?
The party backed the anti-protest laws in January 2014, but its thirty deputies voted with the majority of parliament to remove President Viktor Yanukovych from office on the 22nd of February 2014. The vote was 328 to 0.
What happened to Communist Party of Ukraine assets after the 2022 ban?
Following a Lviv court ruling on the 6th of July 2022, all assets of the party, including buildings and funds of its regional, city, district, and local organisations, were transferred to the Ukrainian state.
What was the Communist Party of Ukraine's position on Soviet history and Stalin?
The party treated Vladimir Lenin as sacrosanct and published Historical Thesis in 1998 to mark the would-be 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union, omitting mention of the Great Purge and the Holodomor. In May 2010, its Zaporizhzhia branch unveiled a public statue of Stalin, and a party statement later described a woman who died at the event as having died "a worthy death in front of Stalin".