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Alexander Halpern
Aleksandr Yakovelich Galpern (russian: Александр Яковлевич Гальперн; 1879—28 June 1956), also known as Alexander Halpern, was a Russian Menshevik politician and attorney, who played a significant part in the Russian Revolution. He was a member of the Grand Orient of the Peoples of Russia and sat in Alexander Kerensky's Russian Provisional Government. Following the October Revolution, he fled abroad to the United Kingdom. During the Second World War, Halpern worked in British service as an MI6 agent in the United States, as part of British Security Co-ordination. Biography Background Halpern was born into a family of Russian Jews in St. Petersburg. His father, Yakov Markovich Halpern (1840-1914) was a prominent official of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire and a lawyer. Halpern graduated from the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg University and became an attorney at St. Petersburg. Politically, Halpern was aligned with the Menshevik-wing of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menshevik
The Mensheviks (russian: меньшевики́, from меньшинство 'minority') were one of the three dominant factions in the Russian socialist movement, the others being the Bolsheviks and Socialist Revolutionaries. The factions emerged in 1903 following a dispute within the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) between Julius Martov and Vladimir Lenin. The dispute originated at the 2nd Congress of the RSDLP, ostensibly over minor issues of party organization. Martov's supporters, who were in the minority in a crucial vote on the question of party membership, came to be called ''Mensheviks'', derived from the Russian ('minority'), while Lenin's adherents were known as ''Bolsheviks'', from ('majority'). Despite the naming, neither side held a consistent majority over the course of the entire 2nd Congress, and indeed the numerical advantage fluctuated between both sides throughout the rest of the RSDLP's existence until the Russian Revolution. The split ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junker Mutiny
, partof = October Revolution , image = File:Vladimir Junker Military School 1916.jpg , caption = Junkers of Vladimir Academy in 1916. The cadets opposed the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks. , date = , place = Petrograd, Russian SR , coordinates = , map_type = , latitude = , longitude = , map_size = , map_caption = , map_label = , territory = , result = Mutiny failedBolsheviks remain in power , status = , combatant1 = Committee for the Salvation of the Motherland and Revolution * Junkers , combatant2 = Russian Soviet Republic * Red Guards , combatant3 = , commander1 = Georgi Polkovnikov Aleksandr Bruderer Vladimir Purishkevich , commander2 = Vladimir Lenin Leon Trotsky , commander3 = , strength1 = ≈ 830 menA few armored cars , strength2 = Uncertain , strength3 = , casualties1 = , casualties2 = , casualties3 = , notes = The Junker mutiny (russian: Юнк ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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