Communist International (1919–1943)

Communist International
1919–1943
Comintern
History
• First Congress	March 1919
• Second Congress	July 1920
• Third Congress	June 1921
• Fourth Congress	November 1922
• Seventh Congress	July 1935
• Dissolution	1943

The Communist International, also known as the Third International or Comintern, was an international communist organization led by the Soviet Union. It was established in 1919 after the October Revolution and dissolved in 1943 after the Nazi invasion of the USSR. It was briefly succeeded by the Cominform in 1947.

First Congress

The First Congress of the Comintern was held in Moscow in 1919. It had communist parties from many countries, including Russia, Hungary, Germany, Japan, Italy, and the United States.

Anti-Comintern Pact

In 1936, Nazi Germany and Japan signed a pact against the Comintern. This pact was later signed by the rest of the axis and fascist Spain.