Interfront was a
pro-communist political movement
A political movement is a collective attempt by a group of people to change government policy or social values. Political movements are usually in opposition to an element of the status quo, and are often associated with a certain ideology. Some t ...
that aimed to preserve the
Soviet Union as a unified
Marxist–Leninist state and strongly opposed the pro-independence movements in the
republics. It had branches in
Estonia,
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
,
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
,
Moldova,
Ukraine and other
union republics.
Branches
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Intermovement
The Intermovement ''(International Movement of Workers in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic)'' ( et, Interliikumine, russian: Интердвижение, translit. Interdvizhenie) was a political movement and organisation in the Esto ...
– the Estonian branch
*
International Front of the Working People of Latvia
The International Front of the Working People of the Latvian SSR or Interfront (, ) was a pro-Soviet socialist organization in the Latvian SSR, which during the years 1989–1991, supported Latvia remaining part of the USSR.
Interfront was founde ...
– the Latvian branch
*
Yedinstvo – the Lithuanian branch
*
Unity Movement for Equality in Rights – the Moldavian branch, founder of
Transnistria
*
Interfront of the Donbass – the Ukrainian branch
Opposition
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Popular Front of Estonia
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People's Movement of Ukraine
*
Rastokhez
The Popular Movement "Revival" (, ) was a political party in Tajikistan in the years of Independence Day (Tajikistan), independence and Tajikistani Civil War, civil war (1989–1997). It was founded on 14 September 1989, by members of the Tajik i ...
See also
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Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
*Soviet Union
''Soyuz'', pro-Russian
Soyuz in
Crimea
External links
* Ivanov, V.
Penalty kick "Down with referee!"'. Online center of Russians Abroad "Russkie.org". 13 December 2010
The Donbas Intermovement, at the source of our struggle (Интердвижение Донбасса: у истоков нашей борьбы) "Газеты ДНР" © by Министерство информации ДНР ("DPR Ministry of Information"). 13 November 2019
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Organizations of the Revolutions of 1989
Political movements in the Soviet Union
Political organizations based in the Soviet Union
Post-Soviet states
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