General Secretary. Barulli was replaced in turn as General Secretary by Gilberto Ghiotti in 1984, with Ghiotti remaining in power until the end of the party in 1990. The PCS was the chief sponsor of two subsidiary organizations, the Federation of Communist Women of San Marino and the Communist Youth Federation of San Marino. Party membership in 1965 was estimated at 960 out of a total national population of about 17,000. In 1976 total membership was estimated by another scholar at about 300 from a national population of 19,000. The official organ of the PCS was the newspaper , a publication which was not produced on a regular chronological basis. Restructuring With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990, in parallel to the transformation of PCI into the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) in Italy, the PCS formally renounced communism and remade itself as the Sammarinese Democratic Progressive Party (PPDS). This change was followed by a split of communist hard-liners who formed the Sammarinese Communist Refoundation (RCS). With the renaming of the organization at the 12th Party Congress of April 1990, the name of the official organ was changed from to . The party's former hammer-and-sickle logo was dropped at this time, replaced by a drawing of a dove by Pablo Picasso. Congresses See also Italian Communist Party References Further reading Europa World Year Book 2: Book 2. Taylor & Francis, 2004; pg. 3633. Political parties established in 1921 San Marin, San Marino Communist Party Defunct political parties in San Marino 1921 establishments in Europe 1990 disestablishments in Europe Political parties disestablished in 1990