''Vpered!'' was a political journal which was founded by the Russian

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. It was first published in Zurich in 1873 and then in London from 1874 until 1877. Its title was Вперед! in the

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!, which has been used by many other political journals since. Its staff included

Aaron Liebermann Aaron Samuel Liebermann (, ''Aharon Shmu'el Liberman''; 20 May 1845 – 18 November 1880), also known by his pen names Bar Drora and Daniel Ish Ḥamudot and later as Arthur Freeman, was a socialist author, Hebrew translator, and political es ...

, who wrote and did

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. An example of its content is an account of strikes by Jewish workers in the tobacco factories of

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which was written by Lieberman's younger friend Aaron Zundelevich, but published anonymously in 1875 as the correspondence was illegal.

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* * * * Defunct political magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines published in London Magazines established in 1873 Magazines disestablished in 1877 Magazines published in Zürich Populism Russian diaspora in Europe Russian diaspora in the United Kingdom Russian-language magazines Socialist magazines {{poli-mag-stub