Tours Congress
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The Tours Congress was the 18th National Congress of the French Section of the Workers' International which took place in Tours on 25–30 December 1920. During the Congress, the majority voted to join
Congrès de Tours vue générale de la salle
Communist International
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The Communist International, also known as the Third International, was a Marxist political international that advocated world communism and existed from 1919 to 1943. Emerging from the collapse of th
Tours Congress
…Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) which took place in Tours on 25–30 December 1920. During the Congress, the majority voted to join the Third International and create the French Section of the Communist International, which became the French Communist Party in 1921. The SFIO divided itself in three factions…
Delegates at the First (Founding) Congress, 1919
Delegates at the Second World Congress, 1920
Vladimir Lenin addressing the Third World Congress, 1921
Lenin, Nikolai Bukharin, and Grigory Zinoviev at the Second World Congress