Iskra
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Georgy Valentinovich PlekhanovBreak with Lenin…to publish the militant journal Iskra (“The Spark”). By 1903 their foes in the Russian movement had apparently been routed, and the second congress of the Russian Social Democratic Workers’ Party was held. Unexpectedly, a controversy over the character of the party split the congress into what became known as…
Read More…to publish the militant journal Iskra (“The Spark”). By 1903 their foes in the Russian movement had apparently been routed, and the second congress of the Russian Social Democratic Workers’ Party was held. Unexpectedly, a controversy over the character of the party split the congress into what became known as…
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Lenin found the newspaper Iskra, which was intended to unite the Social Democrats against revisionists. However, at the Second Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1903, Potresov and the Mensheviks broke with Lenin over the latter’s demand for a highly centralized, authoritarian party. After 1908 Potresov…
Read MoreLenin found the newspaper Iskra, which was intended to unite the Social Democrats against revisionists. However, at the Second Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1903, Potresov and the Mensheviks broke with Lenin over the latter’s demand for a highly centralized, authoritarian party. After 1908 Potresov…
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Leon TrotskyEarly life, education, and revolutionary career…(Lenin) on the revolutionary newspaper Iskra (“The Spark”).
Read More…(Lenin) on the revolutionary newspaper Iskra (“The Spark”).
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