September 1883
Emancipation of Labour
Helps found the Emancipation of Labour group, predecessor of Russian Marxism.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Geneva in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Helps found the Emancipation of Labour group, predecessor of Russian Marxism.
Works with Plekhanov and Zasulich in the first Russian Marxist group.
Joins the Emancipation of Labour group in exile.
Influences the new party through the older Marxist exile movement.
Defends orthodox Marxist politics against economism.
Prepares programme drafts debated before the Second Congress.
Mensheviks dominate Iskra after the editorial board dispute.
Publishes a defence of Bolshevik organisation after the split.
Launches Vperyod as a Bolshevik rival to Menshevik-controlled Iskra.
Begins a Bolshevik newspaper after losing control of Iskra.
Argues over socialist tactics during the bourgeois-democratic revolution.
Mensheviks analyse the massacre as a mass political awakening.
Interprets the massacre as the opening of revolution.
Mensheviks hold a separate conference instead of joining the Bolshevik congress.
Mensheviks meet separately from the Bolshevik congress.
Publishes Two Tactics of Social Democracy during the 1905 Revolution.
Publishes his strategy for the democratic revolution.
Attacks Bogdanov's philosophy amid Bolshevik factional conflict.
Visits Barthou in Geneva to discuss a Soviet-French pact
Visits Barthou in Geneva to discuss a Soviet-French pact
Promotes collective security after the USSR enters the League.
Russia takes its seat on the Council of the League of Nations
Represents the USSR as it enters the League.
Declares Russias commitment to support its Treaty obligations with France & Czech
Vetoes the disarmament proposals forwarded to the United Nations by France, the US & Britain
The 1st postwar East-West summit. Pravda writes about the "spirit of Geneva" & endorses Khruschevs foreign policy. Khruschev rejects Eisenhowers proposals for free flights over Russia & the USA. Despite a spirit of rapprochement the Geneva Conference is disappointing
Attends the Geneva Summit conference
Attends the four-power Geneva Summit, where leaders discuss European security, German reunification and disarmament.
Pravda writes about the "spirit of Geneva" & endorses Khruschevs foreign policy
The West replies to Russias ultimatum & tries to negotiate but the time limit expires
Attends but a Treaty is not agreed due to US opposition, the "big hole" theory. Attends but a Treaty is not agreed due to US opposition, the "big hole" theory
Attends the Geneva peace conference convened after the war.
1st meets President Reagan, later describes him as a "political dinosaur"
Russia & the US agree "nuclear war cannot be won". Russia & the US agree not to "achieve military superiority". Meets President Reagan to speed up arms control & renew cultural relations
Russia & the USA agree "nuclear war cannot be won". Russia & the USA agree not to "achieve military superiority". Meets Reagan to discuss arms control
Russia & the USA agree "nuclear war cannot be won"
Pakistan and Afghanistan, with the United States and Soviet Union serving as guarantors, sign an agreement settling the major differences between them known as the Geneva Accords
Provenance
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