The Communist Party of the Soviet Union is still in power.
The party was dissolved on 29 August 1991 on Soviet territory soon after a failed coup d'tat and was completely abolished on 6 November 1991 on Russian territory .	failed coup d'tat	1991 Soviet coup d'tat attempt
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union , abbreviated in English as CPSU , was the founding and ruling political party of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -LRB- USSR or Soviet Union -RRB- .	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Soviet Union
