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title: "Cominform Definition and Overview | Model Diplomat"
description: "The Cominform was the Communist Information Bureau, created in 1947 to unify European communist parties during the Cold War. Discover its significance."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- The Cominform was the Communist Information Bureau established by the Soviet Union in 1947 to coordinate the policies of European communist parties during the early Cold War.
- How did the Cominform differ from the Comintern?
- Why was the Cominform created in 1947?
- What was the Cominform's role in the Tito–Stalin split?
- When and why was the Cominform dissolved?

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In June 1948 the Cominform, on Stalin's instruction, expelled Josip Broz Tito's Yugoslav Communist Party, formalising the Tito–Stalin split and isolating Yugoslavia from the Soviet bloc.

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