Editing Communist party (section)

== Naming ==
A uniform naming scheme for communist parties was adopted by the Communist International. All parties were required to use the name 'Communist Party of (''name of the country'')', resulting in separate communist parties in some countries operating using (largely) homonymous party names (e.g. [[List of communist parties in India|in India]]). Today, there are a few cases where the original sections of the Communist International have retained those names. But throughout the twentieth century, many parties changed their names. For example, following their ascension to power, the Bolshevik Party changed their name to the All-Russian Communist Party.{{cn|date=October 2024}} Causes for these shifts in naming were either moves to avoid [[state repression]] or as measures to generate greater acceptance by local populations.

An important example of the latter was the renaming of many East European communist parties after the Second World War, sometimes as a result of mergers with the local [[social democratic]] and [[democratic socialist]] parties. New names in the post-war era included "[[Socialist Party]]", "[[Socialist Unity Party (disambiguation)|Socialist Unity Party]]", "[[People's Party (disambiguation)|People's (or Popular) Party]]", "[[Workers' Party (disambiguation)|Workers' Party]]" and "[[Party of Labour (disambiguation)|Party of Labour]]".

The naming conventions of communist parties became more diverse as the international communist movement was fragmented due to the [[Sino-Soviet split]] in the 1960s. Those who sided with China and Albania in their criticism of the Soviet leadership, often added words like 'Revolutionary' or '[[Marxist–Leninist]]' to distinguish themselves from the pro-Soviet parties.