Historical Organization

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

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Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Also known as: RSDLP

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Organization Timeline

Lenin publishes the first issue of Vperyod

📅 4 January 1905

The first issue of the Bolshevik newspaper Vperyod appeared in Geneva, providing an organ for Lenin and his supporters during the growing revolutionary crisis. The source date is 22 December 1904...

May Day demonstrations challenge the authorities

📅 14 May 1905

Workers attempted to hold May Day strikes and demonstrations despite police repression. The event is dated 1 May Old Style in the source.

Nikolai Bauman’s funeral becomes a mass demonstration

📅 2 November 1905

The funeral of the Bolshevik activist Nikolai Bauman drew a large political procession in Moscow. The source date is 20 October Old Style.

The St Petersburg Soviet publishes the Financial Manifesto

📅 15 December 1905

The Soviet and allied parties urged citizens to withdraw deposits, demand gold payments and refuse certain taxes in an effort to weaken the imperial government financially. The source date is 2...

The Moscow uprising begins

📅 20 December 1905

A political general strike developed into an armed uprising. Workers erected barricades and revolutionary fighting groups confronted troops and police. The source date is 7 December Old Style.