Social Democratic Party of Russia Социал-демократическая партия России
Abbreviation	SDPR (English) СДПР (Russian)
Leader	Vladimir Kishenin
Founders	Mikhail Gorbachev Konstantin Titov
Founded	November 26, 2001; 22 years ago (2001-11-26)
Dissolved	July 18, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-07-18)
Merger of	Russian United Social Democratic Party Russian Party of Social Democracy
Succeeded by	Union of Social Democrats
Headquarters	7th Building, Moskvoretskaya Embankment, Moscow, Russia
Newspaper	Social democrat
Youth wing	Russian Social-Democratic Union of Youth
Membership	12,000
Ideology	Social democracy Democratic socialism
Political position	Centre-left
International affiliation	Socialist International (consultative)
Colours	Red
Website
sdprus.ru
Politics of Russia Political parties Elections

This article is part of a series about Mikhail Gorbachev
Former General Secretary of the CPSU Former President of the Soviet Union Early life Secretariate (1985–1991) Soviet leader Perestroika – Uskorenie – Glasnost Anti-alcohol campaign Chernobyl disaster Demokratizatsiya Law on Cooperatives Spitak earthquake Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989 elections Presidency (1990–1991) Head of state Assassination attempt Pavlov reform New Union Treaty August Coup Dissolution of the Soviet Union Foreign policy New thinking Murmansk Initiative Sinatra Doctrine International trips Summits Geneva Reykjavík Washington Moscow Governors Island Malta Helsinki Letter from Khomeini Post-leadership 1996 presidential campaign The Gorbachev Foundation Green Cross International Pizza Hut commercial Social Democratic Party of Russia Death and funeral Media gallery
v t e

The Social Democratic Party of Russia (SDPR; Russian: Социал-демократическая партия России; СДПР; Sotsial-demokraticheskaya partiya Rossii, SDPR) was a political party founded in Russia by Mikhail Gorbachev on November 26, 2001. The first name of the party was Social Democratic Party of Russia (United).

History

The Social Democratic Party of Russia was a coalition of several social democratic parties, had approximately 12,000 members, but had no seats in the Russian State Duma. Gorbachev resigned as party leader in May 2004 over a disagreement with party chairman Konstantin Titov who had insisted, over Gorbachev's opposition, on a deal with the pro-Kremlin United Russia Party in the previous year's general election.

Konstantin Titov, in turn, announced his resignation at the 3rd convention of the party held September 4, 2004. The convention elected the new chairman, Vladimir Kishenin, leader of the Party of Social Justice, who was favoured by Titov.

Presenting himself, Kishenin mentioned that he studied in a KGB college in 1972-1975. When asked why he was a trusted representative for Vladimir Putin during the last presidential election,^{[clarification needed]} Kishenin explained that this was done at the request of Vladislav Surkov, deputy director of the President's Administration.

On April 13, 2007, the party lost its official status due to its small membership. The vast majority of the party's base has regrouped under the banner of Union of Social-Democrats, a new party organized and led by Mikhail Gorbachev, founded on October 20, 2007.^[1]

Youth organization

Youth organization of Social Democratic Party of Russia is Russian Social-Democratic Union of Youth (RSDUY, Russian: Российский социал-демократический союз молодёжи). RSDUY was founded in 2000 and have official status. RSDUY is an observer of International Union of Socialist Youth.