THE ROLE OF THE RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY IN THE FORMATIONOF THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE COMINTERN

This article examines the activities of the Executive Committee of the Communist International (which directly supervised the organization during the period between world congresses) in the years of its formation (1919–1920). It is concluded that the activities of the Executive Committee of the Communist International have been under the strict control of the Russian Communist Party from the very outset, initially expressing the interests of the Bolshevik party with the formal role of foreign delegations that do not have the ability to influence key political decisions.