There are, at present, a number of Communist Parties active in various countries across the world, and a number who used to be active. The formation of communist parties in various countries was first initiated by the formation of the CommunistThird International by the Russia n Bolsheviks . Undoubtedly the most important of these parties were those of the Soviet Union and the People's Republic Of China .
Some Communist parties have names such as Socialist Party, Socialist Workers Party, Workers' Party, etc. The parties on this list are mostly those that were aligned with either Moscow or Beijing during the Cold War and their offshoots.
