The Yugoslav Communist Group was an organization of
Yugoslav revolutionaries in
Russia, who had adopted a
communist
Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...
ideology. The group was affiliated to the Federation of Foreign Groups of the
Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks).
[Riddell, John. ''Founding the Communist International: Proceedings and Documents of the 1. Congress, March 1919''. New York: Anchor Foundation, 1987. p. 408] The organization began publishing the newspaper ''Revolucija'' in 1917.
[Mitrović, Andrej. ]
Serbia's Great War, 1914-1918
'. West Lafayette, Ind: Purdue University Press, 2007. p. 298
The group was represented by Ilija Milkić at the founding congress of the
Communist International in March 1919. Milkić participated as a consultative delegate.
[DELEGATES TO THE FOUNDING CONGRESS OF THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL](_blank)
/ref> At the time of the congress of the Communist International, the Yugoslav Communist Group had 112 members.
References
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Yugoslav communists
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