Union of Social Democrats

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Union of Social Democrats Союз социал-демократов
Abbreviation	USD (English) ССД (Russian)
Leader	Mikhail Gorbachev
Founded	20 October 2007; 14 years ago (2007-10-20)
Split from	Social Democratic Party of Russia
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Youth wing	Russian Social-Democratic Union of Youth
Ideology	Social democracy Democratic socialism
Political position	Centre-left
International affiliation	Socialist International
Colours	Red   Light blue
Website
http://sdorg.ru/
Politics of Russia Political parties Elections

Union of Social Democrats (USD; Russian: Союз социал-демократов; ССД; Soyuz sotsial-demokratov, SSD) is an all-Russian non-governmental organization founded on 20 October 2007 by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.^[1]

The party has its roots in the former Social Democratic Party of Russia, which lost its official status in April 2007 due to low party membership.

The Union of Social Democrats skipped the 2007 general election, in order to concentrate on its ultimate goal: to become a mass political party by 2011.

In September 2008, Gorbachev announced the formation of the Independent Democratic Party of Russia.

See also[]

• Independent Democratic Party of Russia
• List of political parties in Russia
• Politics of Russia
• Russian Social-Democratic Union of Youth

References[]

External links[]

• "Official web-site of Union of social-democrats" (in Russian).
• "LJ-community of Union of social-democrats" (in Russian).^{[permanent dead link]}

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