Group of Democratic Centralism Группа демократического централизма | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Vladimir Smirnov Timofei Sapronov |
| Founded | March 1919 |
| Dissolved | March 1921 |
| Merged into | Left Opposition |
| Ideology | Communism Democratic centralism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
The Group of Democratic Centralism (Russian: Группа демократического централизма, romanized: Gruppa demokraticheskogo tsentralizma), sometimes called the Group of 15, the Decists, or the Decemists (децисты, detsisti), was a dissenting faction within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in the early 1920s.