Third Communist International

The Communist International (: 共產國際 gòngchǎnguójì, : Kommunistische Internationale, : Коммунистический интернационал Kommunističeskij internacional, : Internacional Comunista), usually shortened to Comintern, is a political, economic and military alliance of s and spanning 5 continents. The common appelation "Third" is based on the fact that it is the direct successor of two historic socialist and worker's internationals, the (1864–1876) and the  (1889–1916).

Originally formed as a forum for Communist Parties, the Leningrad Treaty in 1934 expanded the role of the Comintern into an international governing body.

Member states

 * United Republics
 * Soviet Union
 * China
 * Nippon
 * Korea
 * East Germany
 * Mexico
 * Indochina
 * Turkey
 * Iran
 * Congo
 * Poland
 * Greece
 * Yugoslavia
 * Hungary
 * Romania
 * Albania
 * Argentina
 * Chile
 * Liberia
 * Palestine
 * North Philippines
 * North Italy
 * Somalia
 * Azania
 * Czechoslovakia
 * Kurdistan
 * Nicaragua

Member parties

 * Entente Section of the Communist International (Franco-British Union)
 * Communist Party of Germany (West Germany)
 * Worker-communist Party of India (India)