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Ryutin Affair

Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1932Date range
2Named people
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Chronological records

1932

Martemyan Ryutin27 September 1932

Government / Government of Russia

A hastily assembled Presidium of the Central Control Commission was convened to investigate and deal with the Ryutin group

Martemyan Ryutin1932

Government / Government of Russia

Ryutin gathered around him a group of like-minded friends who called themselves "The Union of Marxist-Leninists" and they began to distribute "Appeal" to workers and to members of the opposition in the summer and early fall of 1932

Joseph Stalin1932

Government / Government of Russia

The Ryutin Affair is one of the last attempts to oppose the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin within the Soviet Communist Party. Ryutin gathered around him a group of like-minded friends who called themselves "The Union of Marxist-Leninists" and they began to distribute "Appeal" to workers and to members of the opposition in the summer and early fall of 1932

Names involved

Joseph StalinMartemyan Ryutin

Provenance

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