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Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union Либерально-демократическая партия Советского Союза
Leader	Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Founders	Vladimir Bogachov Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Founded	13 December 1989; 35 years ago (1989-12-13)
Dissolved	18 April 1992; 33 years ago (1992-04-18)
Succeeded by	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus Liberal Democratic Party of Ukraine Liberal Democratic Party of Transnistria
Headquarters	Moscow,Russia
Ideology	Right-wing populism Russianultranationalism Before 1990: Liberalism (Russian)
Political position	Right-wing tofar-right Before 1990: Centre-right
Colours	Gold Blue
Party flag
Politics of the Soviet Union Political parties Elections

TheLiberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union (LDPSU;Russian:Либерально-демократическая партия Советского Союза (ЛДПСС),romanized: Liberal'no-demokraticheskaya partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza (LDPSS)) was apolitical party in the Soviet Union which preceded the modern-dayLiberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), theLiberal Democratic Party of Belarus, theLiberal Democratic Party of Ukraine, and theLiberal Democratic Party of Transnistria.

An effectivelymulti-party system emerged in theSoviet Union in the late 1980s in wake of theGorbachev reforms. In March 1990,Article 6 of theSoviet Constitution, which ensured theCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) a monopoly on power, was amended to allow other political parties to hold public office. This gave room to the rise of other political parties, specifically the LDPSU. In April 1991, the LDPSU became the second officially registered party in the country.^[1]

Former KGB GeneralPhilipp Bobkov has stated that "in line withZubatov's ideas," theCentral Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union "proposed creating a pseudo-party controlled by the KGB" to direct the interests and sentiments of certain social groups, however he said that he was against the idea. FormerPolitburo memberAlexander Yakovlev described how KGB directorVladimir Kryuchkov proposed the creation of the party with Soviet leaderMikhail Gorbachev at a meeting.^[2] He also stated that the Central Committee took over which led to the creation of the Liberal Democratic Party. Yakovlev called the creation of the party a joint effort of the Central Committee and the KGB.^[3]

The outspoken leader of LDPSUVladimir Zhirinovsky^[1] gained 8% of votes during the1991 presidential elections.^[4] He also supported theAugust 1991 coup attempt.

Following thedissolution of the Soviet Union, the Russian section of the LDPSU became theLiberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), while the Belarusian section became theLiberal Democratic Party of Belarus (LDPB).

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