Labour Russia

Labour Russia
Трудовая Россия
AbbreviationTR (English)
ТР (Russian)
LeaderStanislav Ruzanov
FounderViktor Anpilov
FoundedOctober 11, 1992; 32 years ago (1992-10-11)
Split fromRussian Communist Workers Party (in 1995)
NewspaperMolniya (Lightning, 1990-2014)
Trudovaya Rossiya (Labour Russia)
Youth wingVanguard of Red Youth (1999-2004)
Membership20,000
IdeologyMarxism-Leninism
Stalinism
Left-wing nationalism
Soviet patriotism
Communism
Socialism
Direct democracy[1]
Political positionFar-left
National affiliationRussian Communist Workers' Party (1991-1995)
United Communist Party (since 2018)
Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Colours  Red
AnthemThe Internationale
Website
trudross.ru (in Russian)

Labour Russia (LR or TR; Russian: Трудовая Россия; ТР; Trudovaya Rossiya, TR) is a hard-line communist movement in Russia.[2] It was established in 1992 by decision of the January 1992 plenum of the Russian Communist Workers Party (RKRP).[3] The founding congress took place on 25 October 1992. Labour Russia was officially registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on 9 January 1996, then deregistered on 16 March 2004.[4]

The predecessor of Labour Russia was the movement Communist Initiative, on the basis of which the Labour Moscow movement was formed in November 1991, later becoming Labour Russia. The movement's leaders focused on mass street activism. The maximum number of active participants in the early 1990s reached up to 100,000 people throughout more than 80 regional branches; in Moscow, the number of active participants reached 3,000 people. The most prominent leader of the movement and its leader for the vast majority of its history was Viktor Anpilov. In February 1993, the Moscow branch of the movement, Labour Capital, was established.[3]

Apart from the RCWP activists, the movement included activists from other radical opposition groups, e.g. the United Front of Workers, the Union of Communists, the Union of Officers etc. In 1995, the organisation took part in the legislative election in the list Communists - Labour Russia - For the Soviet Union. The Labour Russia movement earned notoriety in the 1990s with aggressive anti-government demonstrators, e.g. the 1993 May Day demonstration that turned into riots. Anpilov used both communist and ultranationalist rhetoric.[citation needed] Viktor Anpilov was also one of the initiators of the armed rebellion in October 1993 in Moscow.

In October 1996, Labour Russia split. One part of the movement continued to be led by Viktor Anpilov (since 2012, Anpilov has been honorary chairman; Stanislav Ruzanov was elected chairman at the 28th Congress of the Movement on 4 November 2012),[5] and the other was headed by Vladimir Grigoriev (RKRP).[4]

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  4. ^ a b "Трудовая Россия (ТР) // Владимир Прибыловский, ИИЦ «Панорама»". Archived from the original on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
  5. ^ "Станислав Рузанов" [Stanislav Ruzanov]. Archived from the original on 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2016-11-03.