Great Fatherland Party
Great Fatherland Party (GFP or PVO; Russian: Партия Великое Отечество; ПВО; Partiya Velikoye Otechestvo, PVO) is a Russian political party founded on 12 April 2013. The party leader and one of its founders is the writer and publicist Nikolai Starikov.
Great Fatherland Party Партия Великое Отечество | |
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| Abbreviation | PVO (English) ПВО (Russian) |
| Leader | Andrey Zavyalov |
| Founders | Nikolai Starikov Igor Ashmanov |
| Founded | April 12, 2013 |
| Dissolved | March 19, 2020 |
| Preceded by | Trade Union of Russian Citizens |
| Merged into | For Truth |
| Succeeded by | Russian Party of Socialism Today Patriots of Great Fatherland |
| Headquarters | 34th Building, Korablestroiteley Street, St. Petersburg, Russia. 199397 |
| Newspaper | Kontrudar (Counterattack) |
| Youth wing | Youth Wing of PVO |
| Membership (2016) | 50,000 |
| Ideology | Conservatism National conservatism Russian nationalism Centrism |
| Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
| National affiliation | All-Russia People's Front |
| Colours | Red |
| Slogan | "For us, Russia is greater than the world!" (Russian: "Для нас Россия больше мира!") |
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| партиявеликоеотечество.рф | |
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In 2016, the Party of the Great Fatherland declared its intention to participate in the elections for Russian regional parliaments, contesting seats in St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Kaliningrad Oblast, Perm Krai, and Republic of Mordovia.
The Russian abbreviation for the party name is ПВО (PVO), which also stands for anti-aircraft warfare (Russian: Противовоздушная оборона), so the party uses this fact for explanation of its goals: the party protects Russia as does anti-aircraft warfare and neither can be used for aggression.
In March 2020, the party was liquidated by a decision of the Supreme Court of Russia.