The Russian Public Workers' Association was a political group in

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during the inter-war period. Primarily representing Russian

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of the parishes and

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, it was led by (''Leontin Spolianski'').Vincent E. McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p460 It was sometimes also known as ''zemci'' in Latvian ().

History

The party was initially known as the Union of Russian Officials or the Party for Communal Activities (). It won a single seat in the 2nd Saeima in the 1925 elections, and gained a seat in the 1928 elections, by which time it had become the Russian Municipal Workers' Association (). The 1931 elections saw it reduced back to a single seat in the 4th Saeima.

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