Communist Party of Latvia

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The Communist Party of Latvia was the Marxist–Leninist political organization that dominated Latvian political life during the Soviet era as part of the broader Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf communist party
alignedWith Soviet Union
banned 1991
controlled planned economy of Latvian SSR
security services of Latvian SSR
state apparatus of Latvian SSR
country Latvia
dissolved 1991
dominantIn Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
linked to: Latvian SSR
enforcedSystem one-party rule
planned economy
founded 1904
governedDuring Soviet occupation of Latvia
governingPartyIn Latvian SSR
governingPeriod 1940–1941
1944–1990
hasWing Leninist Young Communist League of Latvia
headquartersLocation Riga
historicalContext Cold War
Soviet occupation of the Baltic states
ideology Marxism–Leninism
influencedBy CPSU ideology
linked to: Marxism–Leninism

Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
languageOfWork Latvian
Russian
legalized 1940
legalStatusAfter1991 banned in Latvia
lostMonopolyOnPower 1990
nativeLabel Latvijas Komunistiskā partija
operatedIn Soviet Union
opposedBy Latvian independence movement
participatedIn Soviet–Latvian politics
partOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
politicalPosition far-left
prohibitedIdeologies bourgeois nationalism
multi-party democracy
region Baltic states
role ruling party in Latvia during Soviet era
shortName LKP
statePartyOf Latvian SSR
subordinateTo Central Committee of the CPSU
successorOrganization Socialist Party of Latvia
symbol hammer and sickle
youthWing Leninist Young Communist League of Latvia

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Latvian SSR rulingParty Communist Party of Latvia
Latvian Popular Front opposedOrganization Latvian Communist Party
linked to: Communist Party of Latvia
Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR deFactoControlledBy Communist Party of Latvia
Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR governingParty Communist Party of Latvia
Restoration of Latvian independence opponent Communist Party of Latvia (hardline faction)
linked to: Communist Party of Latvia
Communist Party of Latvia nativeLabel Latvijas Komunistiskā partija
linked to: Communist Party of Latvia
Constitution of the Latvian SSR (1940) dominantParty Communist Party of Latvia