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A Study on the Changes of the Political Status of the CPRF in the Period of Transition: Focusing on the Nationalist Discourses

  • The Journal of Northeast Asia Research
  • Abbr : NEA
  • 2011, 26(2), pp.51-75
  • DOI : 10.18013/jnar.2011.26.2.003
  • Publisher : The Institute for Northeast Asia Research
  • Research Area : Social Science > Political Science > International Politics > International Relations / Cooperation

JANG SE HO 1

1한국외국어대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

The collapse of the Soviet Union created a feeling of denial in regards to the totalitarian centralized system in Russian society. Yet the Communist party of the Russian Federation(CPRF), the successor of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union(CPSU) that had occupied the key position in the Soviet party-state system, still has proved themselves capable of competing with other larger parties. In this paper, following questions will be addressed. What makes the Russian Federation Communist Party's organizational survival and popular support? Additionally, is their current political status sustainable? Through an analysis of the 1993 to 2007 electoral process, the Communist party's spectacular resurgence in the mid-90s can be explained by the right turn of Russian leftists based on 'communo-patriotism'. However Putin's advent, the ruling elite, who had been relatively passive to take advantage of some nationalist discourses, positively included nationalism to their governance discourse. The rapid decrease of the Communist party in the early 2000s was derived from their defeat in the nationalist discourse competition with the ruling elite. The Communist party of the Russian Federation has existed as an real opposition party in post-Soviet political system of Russia. In order to survive and build their political influence, the Communist party of the Russian Federation will not only keep a nationalist program, but also reinforce various traditional socialist values.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.