Democratic Union (Russia)
Democratic Union (Russian: Демократический Союз) was the first an openly proclaimed political opposition party in the Soviet Union. It was founded on May 8, 1988 by a group of Soviet dissidents including Valeriya Novodvorskaya and Yevgeniya Debryanskaya. The party has become known after a series of unsanctioned demonstrations organized and consistently taking place from 1988 to 1991 in Moscow and Leningrad (Saint Petersburg), with the protesters getting arrested. The party charter specifies the main goals of the organization (among others) as follows:
- Popularization of liberal ideas
- Strengthening the rule of law
- Supporting liberal reforms
- Support and protection of private property
- Fighting against occurrence of communism, nazism, fascism, and socialism.
Democratic Union Демократический союз | |
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| Leader | Vacant |
| Founder | Valeriya Novodvorskaya Yevgeniya Debryanskaya |
| Founded | May 8, 1988 |
| Headquarters | Moscow |
| Newspaper | Free Word |
| Ideology | Classical liberalism Anti-Sovietism Anti-communism Anti-fascism Individualism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
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See also
External links
- Democratic Union official site (in Russian)
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