Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (Leninists)

The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (Leninists) was a political party in Czechoslovakia.

Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (Leninists)

Komunistická strana Československa (leninovci)
LeaderAlois Muna
Founded3 June 1929
Dissolved10 August 1930
Split fromCommunist Party of Czechoslovakia
Merged intoCzechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party
HeadquartersPrague, Czechoslovakia
NewspaperKomunista, Obrana Svobody
IdeologyCommunism
Political positionLeft-wing

The group, led by Alois Muna, was expelled from the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in June 29, 1929 after they had refused to accept the new party leadership under Klement Gottwald.[1] Muna, Alois Neurath, Václav Bolen, Václav Houser, Bohumil Jilek, Josef Skalák and František Toužil, all prominent leaders of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, were purged at a plenary of the Central Committee on June 1–2, 1929.[2][3]

The parliamentary club of the 'Leninists' was formed on June 3, 1929 with 11 members of the Chamber of Deputies and 9 Senators.[4] The group initially published Komunista ('Communist'), after which they founded the newspaper Obrana Svobody ('Defending Freedom') as their new central organ, published from Kladno.[2][5][6]

The 'Leninist' split weakened the position of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia among intellectuals.[7] The group merged into the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party on August 10, 1930.[4]

References
  1. Biographical Dictionary of the Comintern. Hoover Press. 1986. p. 328. ISBN 978-0-8179-8403-8.
  2. Berichte des Bundesinstituts für Östwissenschaftliche und Internationale Studien. 11. Bundesinstitut für Östwissenschaftliche und Internnationale Studien. 1978. p. 42.
  3. Heinrich Kuhn (1973). Zeittafel zur Geschichte der Kommunistischen Partei der Tschechoslowakei: von d. Anfängen d. Arbeiterbewegung bis z. Gegenwart. Fides-Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 52.
  4. Libor Vykoupil (2000). Slovník českých dějin. Julius Zirkus. p. 268. ISBN 978-80-902782-0-2.
  5. Klement Gottwald (1953). Spisy: 1925-1929. Státní nakl. politické literatury. p. 337.
  6. Jaromír Kubíček (2004). Noviny České republiky, 1919-1945. Lector benevolus. p. 50.
  7. Christian Willars (1965). Die böhmische Zitadelle: Č S R, Schicksal einer Staatsiddee. Molden. p. 388.
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