The political processes of 1991 in the Soviet Union witnessed unique and historical developments. The USSR, communist party and socialist system disintegrated through the coup d'état of august and December when Gorbachev resigned from the post of the president of the USSR.
In these changes, the identity of socialism played an important role, because Perestroika of the Soviet System went beyond the socialist stages and new search for identity among various sections of the Soviet society accompanied with the disintergration of the communist party which had monopolized both political power and the legitimate ideology.
Particularly after the Eastern European revolution of 1989 and the crisis of Perestroika of 1990-91, not only radical reformists, but also conservative critics of Gorbachev no longer relied on socialist ideas and communist organization: this was amply demonstrated in the process of the August coup d'état. Failure of which was followed by the end of the communist party.
In this article, the author analyzes how new factions and groups emerged in the communist organizations in 1991-91; what were the ideas on which these organizations were based and to whom these appeals were addressed.
The impact of the termination of communist party activities, carried out by Yelitsin-Russian leadership, sometimes with the tacit endorsement by Gorbachev in the suummer-fall of 1991, the dissipiation of the communist factions and their search for new identity will be discussed in this article.
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