Oleg Shenin
Oleg Shenin | |
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Олег Шенин | |
Shenin in 1993 | |
| Chairman of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (2001) | |
| In office 22 January 2001 – 28 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Berezin |
| Chairman of the Council of the Union of Communist Parties | |
| In office 26 March 1993 – 22 January 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Ivashko (Acting General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU in 1991) |
| Succeeded by | Gennady Zyuganov |
| Full member of the 28th Politburo | |
| In office 14 July 1990 – 29 August 1991 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 July 1937 |
| Died | 28 May 2009 (aged 71) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Other political affiliations | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (2001) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
Oleg Semyonovich Shenin (Russian: Олег Семёнович Шенин; 2 July 1937 – 28 May 2009) was the leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Shenin), which should not be confused with the larger UCP-CPSU.
Shenin was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; he was also a member of the Politburo and Secretariat from 1990 to 1991. During the Soviet coup attempt of 1991, he was a member of the group of CPSU CC members who tried to regain control of the country in order to re-establish the Soviet Union. On 23 August he was jailed for his involvement in the events. In October 1992, for health reasons, he was released with a change in the preventive measure to a recognizance not to leave. He was given amnesty in 1994.
Shenin was the founding Chairman of the Union of Communist Parties - Communist Party of the Soviet Union (UCP-CPSU) from 1993, until he broke away from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) in 2001, after its leader Gennady Zyuganov refused to back the creation of a united Communist Party of Russia and Belarus. Zyuganov then replaced Shenin as chairman of the Council of the Union of Communist Parties-CPSU.
In September 1997, he met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang.