Union of Social Democrats

For other uses, see Social Democratic Party of Russia.

Union of Social Democrats (USD; Russian: Союз социал-демократов; ССД; Soyuz sotsial-demokratov, SSD) was an all-Russian non-governmental organization founded on 20 October 2007 by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.^[1]

Union of Social Democrats Союз социал-демократов
Abbreviation	USD (English) ССД (Russian)
Leader	Vacant
Founder	Mikhail Gorbachev
Founded	20 October 2007 (2007-10-20)
Dissolved	15 November 2013
Split from	Social Democratic Party of Russia
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Youth wing	Russian Social-Democratic Union of Youth
Ideology	Social democracy Democratic socialism
Political position	Centre-left
International affiliation	Socialist International (consultative)[needs update?]
Colours	Red   Light blue
Website
http://sdorg.ru/
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The party had its roots in the former Social Democratic Party of Russia, which lost its official status in April 2007 due to low party membership.

The Union of Social Democrats skipped the 2007 general election, in order to concentrate on its ultimate goal: to become a mass political party by 2011.

In September 2008, Gorbachev announced the formation of the Independent Democratic Party of Russia,^[2] although the plans later fell through.

See also

• Independent Democratic Party of Russia
• List of political parties in Russia
• Politics of Russia
• Russian Social-Democratic Union of Youth