''Rabochaya Gazeta'' ( rus, Рабочая Газета, p=rɐˈbot͡ɕɪjə ɡɐˈzʲetə, t=Workers' Newspaper) was an illegal social democratic newspaper in the

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, published in 1897 in

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. It was an organ of the

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP; in , ''Rossiyskaya sotsial-demokraticheskaya rabochaya partiya (RSDRP)''), also known as the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party or the Russian Social Democratic Party, was a socialist pol ...

(RSDLP). The editors included Boris L. Eidelman, P. L. Tuchapsky and N. A. Vigdorchik.

History

The social democrats grouped around ''Rabochaya Gazeta'' maintained contact with the

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group and the Saint Petersburg League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class. They also helped preparations for the convocation of the first party congress. Two issues were published: the first on and the second on (marked as November). In March 1898, the First Congress of the RSDLP recognised ''Rabochaya Gazeta'' as the official party organ. The publication of the newspaper ceased on , since the Central Committee members elected at the congress were arrested and the printing press was destroyed. The third issue, which was ready for the compositor, was seized by the police. In 1899, the Central Committee of the

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tried to resume publication of the newspaper.

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wrote, from his exile in Siberia, three articles for the unpublished third issue: ''Our Programme'', ''Our Immediate Task'' and ''An Urgent Question''.

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