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The Cominform was a Soviet dominated organisation of Communist parties founded in September, 1947. The initial seat of the organisation was located in Belgrade. After the expulsion of Yugoslavia from the group in June, 1948 the seat was moved to Bucharest. The expulsion of Yugoslavia from the Cominform initiated the informbiro period in that nation's history.

The intended purpose of the Cominform was to coordinate actions between Communist parties under Soviet direction. As a result, the Cominform acted as a tool of Soviet foreign policy.

The Cominform acted by producing propaganda (such as its newspaper, titled: For Lasting Peace, for People's Democracy!) and encouraging unity of Communist parties under Soviet direction.

The Cominform was dissolved in 1956 after Soviet rapprochement with Yugoslavia.

See also: Comintern

Member Parties

• Bulgarian Communist Party
• Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
• French Communist Party
• Hungarian Workers Party
• Communist Party of Italy
• Polish United Workers' PartyThe Polish United Workers' Party (PUWP; in Polish, Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza, PZPR), was the governing political party in communist-ruled Poland from its creation (through a fusion of the communist Polish Workers' Party and the left wing of the
• Romanian Workers' Party
• Communist Party of the Soviet UnionFor other usage of the initials CPSU see CPSU (disambiguation). The Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( Russian: was the name used by the successors of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party from 1952 to 1991, but the wordin
• Communist Party of YugoslaviaThe Communist Party of Yugoslavia (after 1954 the Communist League of Yugoslavia was the ruling party of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1945 until the 1991. The dominant figure in its history was Josip Broz Tito. Origins Before World Wa until its expulsion in June of 1948.