The Program of the CPSU was the main document of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union which put forth the strategic plans for internal and external politics of the Party and the

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as a whole. When the party was known under other names, the program was referred to accordingly, e.g., the Program of the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik), etc. The First Program was adopted in 1903, with the main goals set were to abolish

tsarism Tsarist autocracy (russian: царское самодержавие, transcr. ''tsarskoye samoderzhaviye''), also called Tsarism, was a form of autocracy (later absolute monarchy) specific to the Grand Duchy of Moscow and its successor states th ...

and transfer the power to

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. The Second Program was adopted in 1917 after the

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with the main goal to build the socialist society in

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. The Third Program was adopted in 1961 at the

22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (russian: XXII съезд КПСС) was held from 17 to 31 October 1961. In fourteen days of sessions (22 October was a day off), 4,413 delegates, in addition to delegates from 83 foreign ...

with the ambitious goal to build

communism in 20 years "Communism in 20 years" was a slogan put forth by Nikita Khrushchev at the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1961. Khrushchev's quote from his speech at the Congress was from this phrase: "We are strictly guided by scient ...

. The last version of the Program was adopted in 1986 at the 27th Congress of the CPSU. Unlike previous Programs, the 1986 version was the amended 1961 version.Program of the CPSU, 27th Party Congress (1986)
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References

{{reflist Documents of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Party platforms 1903 documents 1917 documents 1961 documents 1986 documents