League of Armenian Social Democrats
The League of Armenian Social Democrats, also known as the Union of Armenian Social Democrats (Armenian: Հայ Սոցիալ-Դեմոկրատների Միություն, Hay Sotsial-Demokratneri Miut'yun, abbreviated ՀՍԴՄ, HSDM), was the first Armenian Iskraist social democratic organization.[1]
History
[edit]The League of Armenian Social Democrats was founded in Tiflis in 1902 by Stepan Shahumyan, Melik Melikian, Ashot Khoumerian, Assadour Kakhoyan, Bogdan Knunyants, and Arshak Zubarian.[1][2] In October 1902, it published its manifesto, which adhered to proletarian internationalism.[1] Vladimir Lenin hailed the positions of HSDM on the national question,[3] but criticized its federalist demands.[2] HSDM published the newspaper Proletaryat.[1] In March 1903, HSDM merged into the Caucasus Organization of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party.[2]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Barseghyan, Khikar Hakobi [in Armenian] (1979). "Հայ Սոցիալ-Դեմոկրատների Միություն". Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia (in Armenian). Vol. 6. Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences. p. 129.
- ^ a b c International Review. The development of the Left Wing of Armenian and Macedonian socialism
- ^ Shakarian, Pietro A. (2025). Anastas Mikoyan: An Armenian Reformer in Khrushchev's Kremlin. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0253073556.
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- Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
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