Communist Party of South Ossetia

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Communist Party of South Ossetia Хуссар Ирыстоны Коммунистон парти
Leader	Stanislav Kochiev
Founded	1993
Headquarters	Tskhinvali
Membership (2004)	1,500
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism Soviet patriotism
Political position	Far-left
International affiliation	IMCWP (observer)
Continental affiliation	UCP–CPSU
Parliament	2 / 34
Website
kpruo.tw1.ru
Politics of South Ossetia Political parties Elections

The Communist Party of South Ossetia (Ossetian: Хуссар Ирыстоны Коммунистон парти, romanized: Hussar Irystony Kommuniston parti; Georgian: სამხრეთ ოსეთის კომუნისტური პარტია, romanized: samkhret osetis k'omunist'uri p'art'ia; Russian: Коммунистическая партия Южной Осетии) is a communist party in South Ossetia. The party was founded in 1993. As of 2004, the party claimed a membership of 1,500.^[1] The party seeks recognition of the Republic of South Ossetia, which is internationally recognized by most countries as a part of Georgia.^[2]

CPSO is led by Stanislav Kochiev,^[3][4] who is also chairman and speaker of the South Ossetian Parliament. Yulia Tekhova is the deputy secretary of the party.^[1]

The party is affiliated to the Union of Communist Parties-Communist Party of the Soviet Union.^[4][5]