League of Struggle
Works with Lenin in the League of Struggle before party formation.
Role range: 1895-1898 – 1895-1895
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Julius Martov Biography and Timeline
Follow Julius Martov through 21 dated historical records for Russia.
Julius Martov, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
21Distinct records
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1895–1917Years on this page
1895
1896
Workers Agitation
Continues agitation among workers before the party is created.
Role range: 1895-1898 – 1895-1898
1900
Iskra Founded
Joins Lenin and Plekhanov in the Iskra editorial group.
Role range: 1898-1918 – 1900-1903
1901
Iskra Organisation
Helps build Iskra links to underground party committees.
Role range: 1898-1918 – 1901-1901
1902
Iskra Network
Works in London as Iskra develops party organisation abroad.
Role range: 1898-1918 – 1902-1903
1903
Second Congress
Defends a broader definition of party membership.
Role range: 1898-1918 – 1903-1917
Bolshevik Menshevik Split
Becomes associated with the Menshevik faction after the split.
Role range: 1898-1918 – 1903-1917
1904
New Iskra
Mensheviks dominate Iskra after the editorial board dispute.
Role range: 1898-1918 – 1904-1904
1905
Bloody Sunday
Mensheviks analyse the massacre as a mass political awakening.
Role range: 1905-1905 – 1905-1905
Geneva Conference
Mensheviks hold a separate conference instead of joining the Bolshevik congress.
Role range: 1898-1918 – 1905-1905
Geneva Conference
Mensheviks meet separately from the Bolshevik congress.
Role range: 1898-1918 – 1905-1905
Saint Petersburg Soviet
Supports socialist activity around the workers' Soviet.
Role range: 1905-1905 – 1905-1905
1905 Revolution
Mensheviks emphasise broad workers' organisation during the revolution.
Role range: 1905-1907 – 1905-1907
Revolution of 1905
Warns against premature seizure of power by social democrats.
Role range: 1898-1918 – 1903-1907
1906
Unity Congress
Mensheviks gain influence at the Unity Congress.
Role range: 1898-1918 – 1906-1906
1907
Fifth Congress
Challenges Bolshevik strategy at the London Congress.
Role range: 1898-1918 – 1907-1907
1910
Paris Plenum
Mensheviks join formal unity discussions at the plenum.
Role range: 1898-1918 – 1910-1910
1914
War Opposition
Opposes defensist socialism after war begins.
Role range: 1898-1918 – 1914-1918
1915
Zimmerwald Conference
Joins anti-war socialists opposing the imperial war.
Role range: 1898-1918 – 1915-1915
1917
Menshevik Opposition
Condemns the Bolshevik seizure of power and calls for socialist pluralism
Role range: 1903-1921
Menshevik Opposition
Criticizes Bolshevik seizure of power and defends socialist democracy
Role range: 1903-1921
Records, sources and methodology
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