Iskra

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Marxist newspaper Russian-language newspaper newspaper socialist newspaper

Iskra was an influential early 20th-century Marxist newspaper that served as a key organ for Russian revolutionary social democrats, including the Bolsheviks, in spreading socialist ideas and coordinating political activity.

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Label Occurrences
Iskra canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Marxist newspaper ⓘ
Russian-language newspaper ⓘ
newspaper ⓘ
socialist newspaper ⓘ
affiliation Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form: Bolsheviks

Mensheviks ⓘ
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party ⓘ
circulationType illegal publication ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
dissolution 1905 ⓘ
distributionArea Russian Empire ⓘ
distributionMethod clandestine distribution in the Russian Empire ⓘ
editor Alexander Potresov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Georgi Plekhanov ⓘ
Julius Martov ⓘ
Pavel Axelrod ⓘ
Vera Zasulich ⓘ
Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
genre political newspaper ⓘ
theoretical journal ⓘ
historicalSignificance important in the formation of Bolshevik strategy and tactics ⓘ
key organ of Russian revolutionary social democrats ⓘ
ideology Marxism ⓘ
revolutionary socialism ⓘ
social democracy ⓘ
inception 1900 ⓘ
influenced Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form: Bolshevik faction of the RSDLP

Mensheviks ⓘ
surface form: Menshevik faction of the RSDLP
language Russian ⓘ
motto From a spark a flame shall be kindled ⓘ
notableContributor Alexander Potresov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Georgi Plekhanov ⓘ
Julius Martov ⓘ
Pavel Axelrod ⓘ
Vera Zasulich ⓘ
Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
placeOfPublication Geneva ⓘ
Leipzig ⓘ
Munich ⓘ
politicalAlignment Marxism ⓘ
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party ⓘ
surface form: Russian Social Democracy

revolutionary socialism ⓘ
publisher Russian Social Democratic Labour Party ⓘ
purpose to agitate against the autocracy in Russia ⓘ
to coordinate Russian revolutionary social democrats ⓘ
to spread Marxist ideas in the Russian Empire ⓘ
titleMeaning The Spark ⓘ

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Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) → newspaper → Iskra ⓘ
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party → usedPublication → Iskra ⓘ