Alexander Potresov

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Alexander Nikolayevich Potresov (Russian: Александр Николаевич Потресов) (September 1(13), 1869, Moscow – July 11, 1934, Paris) was a Russian social democrat and one of the leaders of Menshevism. He was one of six original editors of the newspaper the Iskra. Shortly before the split between the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks Vladimir Lenin attempted to have him thrown from the editorial board.