Petr Abramovich Garvi Manuscript, 1930

Collection context

Creator:
Garvi, Petr A. (Petr Abramovich), 1881-1944
Extent:
67 pages
Language:
Russian .
Scope and content:

The typed manuscript describes the development of the workers' cooperative movement in Russia from the 1860s to 1921, emphasizing the conflicts that arose after 1917 between the workers' cooperatives, which sought to preserve their independence and political neutrality, and the Bolsheviks, who demanded unanimous support for their program from the workers.

Biographical / historical:

Social Democrat and author of "Professionalńye soi︠u︡zy v Rossii v pervye gody revoli︠u︡tsii" (New York, 1958) and "Vospominanii︠a︡ sot︠s︡ial-demokrata" (New York, 1946).

Access and use

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