Russian Party of Social Democracy

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Russian Party of Social Democracy
Российская партия социальной демократии
AbbreviationRPSD (English)
РПСД (Russian)
LeaderAlexander Yakovlev (1994–2000),
Konstantin Titov (2000–2002)
FoundersAlexander Yakovlev
Yevgeny Shaposhnikov
Founded15 September 1994 (1994-09-15)
Dissolved26 November 2001 (2001-11-26)
Merger ofSocial Democratic Party of Russia (1990) (Factions)
Democratic Initiative
Russian Free Labor Party
Russian Democratic Reform Movement
Peasant Party of Russia
Merged intoSocial Democratic Party of Russia (2001)
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Membership (1995)4,700
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationUnion of Right Forces (1999)
Colours  Purple
  Blue

Russian Party of Social Democracy (RPSD;

social democrats. At first it seemed that many notable perestroika era politicians with social-democratic or 'generally democratic' views would join the new organization. Among them were A. Golov (leader of the Social Democratic Party of Russia), P.Bunich (Party of Democratic Initiative), I. Kivelidi (leader of the Russian Party of Free Labor), G. Popov (Movement of Democratic Reforms), Y.Chernichenko (Peasant Party of Russia
).

However, hardly any of them joined the party when its congress took place on 18 February 1995. Alexander Yakovlev was elected as the chairman, the party's programme emphasised 'social partnership', and at the same time supported constructive co-operation with the government and president Yeltsin. In August 1995, the Party of Social Democracy joined

Democratic Choice of Russia - United Democrats
bloc. No RPSD members were elected. At the moment of registration (April 1995) the party had 4,700 members with little support outside Moscow.

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