The emergence of political movements in the CPSU and their activities during the preparation and work of the XXVIII Congress of the CPSU

Osina Ol'ga Vladimirovna

During the period of perestroika, democratization and glasnost, various platforms began to form in the CPSU, which at the last stage of the USSR's existence declared a complete ideological divergence and a break with the Communist Party. The paper considers the features of the process of formation and activity of two platforms: Democratic and Marxist, during the preparation and work of the XXVIII Congress of the CPSU.

Keywords:The CPSU, the Congress, perestroika, the party, «The Democratic Platform in the CPSU», «The Marxist platform in the CPSU»