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The '''Comintern''', or '''Communist International''', was an international [[Communist]] organization founded by and controlled by the [[Soviet Union]].  It was first established in 1919, as a way for the Soviet Union to "export revolution abroad" in its policy of overthrow legitimate regimes; to aid revolutionary Communist parties in other countries and to use foreign Communist parties for [[espionage]] and [[subversion (political)]] to further Communist goals.

The '''Comintern''', or '''Communist International''', was an international [[Communist]] organization founded by and controlled by the [[Soviet Union]].  It was first established in 1919, as a way for the Soviet Union to "export revolution abroad" in its policy of overthrow legitimate regimes; to aid revolutionary Communist parties in other countries and to use foreign Communist parties for [[espionage]] and [[subversion]] to further Communist goals.

With his seizure of power in Russia, Soviet General Secretary [[V.I. Lenin]] turned immediately to his real goal, world revolution. He invited members of all the old socialist parties to join the Comintern. Many did, and new parties were formed—the Communist Party of France (CPF), the [[Communist Party of China]] (CCP), the [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA),  and so on, all under the control of the mother party in Moscow ([[CPSU]]).

With his seizure of power in Russia, Soviet General Secretary [[V.I. Lenin]] turned immediately to his real goal, world revolution. He invited members of all the old socialist parties to join the Comintern. Many did, and new parties were formed—the Communist Party of France (CPF), the [[Communist Party of China]] (CCP), the [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA),  and so on, all under the control of the mother party in Moscow ([[CPSU]]).