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Cominform (kŏm`ĭnfôrm) [acronym for Communist Information Bureau], information agency organized in 1947 and dissolved in 1956. Its members were the Communist parties of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia. The Cominform attempted to reestablish information exchanges among the European Communist parties that had lapsed since the dissolution (1943) of the Comintern Comintern [acronym for Communist International], name given to the Third International, founded at Moscow in 1919. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin feared a resurgence of the Second, or Socialist, International under non-Communist leadership.
..... Click the link for more information. . Its decisions were not binding, nor was membership obligatory for Communist parties. It was not a reconstitution of the Comintern, only a setting up of information contacts. Its chief function was the publication of materials designed to demonstrate the unity of its members. In 1948 the Cominform expelled the Yugoslav Communist party because of the defiance by Marshal Tito Tito, Josip Broz , 1892–1980, Yugoslav Communist leader, marshal of Yugoslavia. He was originally Josip Broz. Rise to Power The son of a blacksmith in a Croatian village, Tito fought in Russia with the Austro-Hungarian army in World War I and ..... Click the link for more information. of Soviet supremacy. In 1956, as a gesture of reconciliation with Tito, the Cominform was dissolved. Cominformin full Communist Information BureauAgency of international communism founded under Soviet auspices in 1947. Its original members were the Communist Parties of the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, France, and Italy, but Yugoslavia was expelled in 1948. The Cominform's activities consisted mainly of publishing propaganda to encourage international communist solidarity. It was dissolved by Soviet initiative in 1956 as part of a Soviet program of reconciliation with Yugoslavia. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | He became increasingly anti-Communist and conservative and condemned US support for Tito when the latter was expelled by Stalin from the Cominform. Yugoslavia's and Albania's status as fraternal socialist states prevented an Albanian response to Yugoslavia's re-annexation of Kosovo in 1945, but in 1948, after Yugoslavia's expulsion from the Cominform, the Albanian government raised the issue of Kosovo's 'unsettled' status. 1 The international organisation of Communist parties Cominform was set up 2 Stanley Baldwin and Henry Ford died 3 Princess Elizabeth got married 4 The fresh meat ration was reduced to a shilling's worth weekly wordwise THE word may sound familiar but what does it mean? |
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