Party of Narodnik Communists was a
political party
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in
Russia
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. The party was formed by a section of
Left Socialist-Revolutionaries
The Party of Left Socialist-Revolutionaries (russian: Партия левых социалистов-революционеров-интернационалистов) was a revolutionary socialist political party formed during the Russian Revol ...
, who wished to cooperate with the
Bolsheviks
The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...
. ''
Znamya Trudovoi Kommuny
''Znamya Trudovoi Kommuny'' (Banner of the Labour Commune) was a Russian newspaper, published originally, from July 26 to August 18, 1918, under the title «Знамя борьбы» (''Znamya Borby'', Banner of Struggle) as the organ of a group of ...
'' was the central organ of the party.
The formation of the Party of Narodnik Communists, as well as the
Party of Revolutionary Communism
Party of Revolutionary Communism (in Russian: Партия революционного коммунизма) was a political party in Russia. It was formed by a Narodnik group which broke away from the Left Socialist-Revolutionaries after the la ...
(another Left SR dissident group), took place after the provocative assassination of the German Ambassador
Mirbach
Wilhelm Maria Theodor Ernst Richard Graf von Mirbach-Harff (2 July 1871 – 6 July 1918) was a German diplomat, and was assassinated while ambassador to Moscow.
Biography
Born in Bad Ischl in Upper Austria into a Catholic Rhenan aristocratic ...
by the Left Socialist-Revolutionaries and the revolt of the Left Socialist-Revolutionaries on July 6–7, 1918. The Party of Narodnik Communists condemned the anti-Soviet activities of the Left Socialist-Revolutionaries and formed a party of their own at a conference in September 1918. In November 1918 the Congress of the Party of Narodnik Communists decided to dissolve and merge with the
Russian Communist Party (bolsheviks)
"Hymn of the Bolshevik Party"
, headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow
, general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last)
, founded =
, banned =
, founder = Vladimir Lenin
, newspaper ...
.
The P.R. and the Renegade Kautsky
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1918 disestablishments in Russia
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