Krestintern

Peasant International

Letterhead used for Krestintern correspondence, 1924
Abbreviation	Krestintern
Formation	10 October 1923
Dissolved	1939
Type	Federation
Purpose	World federation of radical peasant parties
Location	Moscow, Soviet Union
Region served	Eastern Europe, Asia
Membership	40 countries maximum
Chairman of the International Peasant Council	Aleksandr Petrovich Smirnov (first) Vasil Kolarov (last)
Parent organization	Communist International

The Peasant International (Russian: Крестьянский Интернационал), known most commonly by its Russian abbreviation Krestintern (Крестинтерн), was an international peasants' organization formed by the Communist International (Comintern) in October 1923. The organization attempted to achieve united front relations with radical peasant parties in Eastern Europe and Asia, without lasting success. After failing to make headway with important initiatives in Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and China in the 1920s, the organization was placed on hiatus at the end of the decade. The so-called Red Peasant International was formally dissolved in 1939.