Istpart.

About Istpart

The Commission for the Collection, Study, and Publication of Materials on the October Revolution and History of the Communist Party, commonly known as Istpart, abbreviation of Istoriya Partii, was a research institute established in 1920 that collected, processed, archived and published history of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the October Revolution. Based in Moscow, by the middle of 1922 there were some 72 local divisions of Istpart established, each under the authority of the Central Committees of regional party organizations.