Oleg Shenin

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Oleg Shenin
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 (2009-05-29) (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^[1]) 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.^[2] On 23 August he was jailed for his involvement in the events.^[3] In October 1992, for health reasons, he was released with a change in the preventive measure to a recognizance not to leave.^[4] He was given amnesty in 1994.^[5]

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.^[6] Zyuganov then replaced Shenin as chairman of the Council of the Union of Communist Parties-CPSU.^[7]

In September 1997, he met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang.^[8]