OUR SLOGAN IS THE WORLD SOVIET UNION!" - TO THE 100-TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONGRESS OF THE COMINTERN
The article discusses some features of the creation of the Communist International. One of which is the preparation of the 1st Congress (March 1919) in the conditions of the Civil War, the consequences of the 1st World War, the economic and political crisis in European countries, the growth of national movements. A special place is given to the revolutionizing of the consciousness of society in a world war and to the spreading of pacifist speeches. The documents of the 1st Congress reflect the hopes of the working people of many countries for the victory of the world revolution, the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat, the construction of a socially just world order. The author cites the personalities of some of the delegates to the 1st Congress - representatives of the European Communist Parties, whose fate clearly reflected the key moments in the history of the twentieth century.