CPSU

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	Predecessors: 1903-1918 the Russian Social Democratic Workers Party of Bolsheviks; 1918-1925 Russian Communist Party of Bolsheviks; 1925-1952 Communist All-Union Party of Bolsheviks. Since 1952, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
	As the single political party since 1921, the CPSU decisively determines the development of the USSR. The most important functions of the Party include the advancement and propagation of Communist ideology in order to legitimize the Soviet State leadership.