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Iskra
Sign in to saveIskra (, , the Spark) was a fortnightly political newspaper of Russian socialist emigrants established as the official organ of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP).
Key facts
- Newspaper.name
- Iskra
- Newspaper.image
- Iskra 12-1900.jpg
- Newspaper.caption
- The first issue of Iskra
- Newspaper.motto
- "Из искры возгорится пламя"("From a spark a flame will flare up")
- Newspaper.founder
- Vladimir Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov) Savva Morozov Dmitri Ilyich Ulyanov Georgi Plekhanov Vera Zasulich Pavel Axelrod (Pinchas Borutsch) Julius Martov (Ilija Cederbaum) Aleksandr Potresov<!-- or
- Newspaper.founders
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- Newspaper.staff_writers
- Vladimir Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov) Dmitri Ilyich Ulyanov, his younger brother Georgi Plekhanov Vera Zasulich Pavel Axelrod (Pinchas Borutsch) Julius Martov (Ilija Cederbaum) Aleksandr Potresov
- Newspaper.founded
- 1900<!-- or
- Newspaper.launched
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- Newspaper.political_position
- Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
- Newspaper.language
- Russian
- Newspaper.ceased_publication
- 1905
- Newspaper.circulation
- 8,000
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Iskra (, , the Spark) was a fortnightly political newspaper of Russian socialist emigrants established as the official organ of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP).
==History== thumb|1950 Soviet postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the first issue of Iskra, and claiming Pravda as its continuation Iskra was published in exile and then smuggled into Russia. Initially, it was managed by Vladimir Lenin, moving as he moved. The first edition was published in Leipzig, Germany, on 1 December 1900 (other sources say 11 December). Other editions were published in Munich (1900–1902) and Geneva from 1903. When Lenin was in London (1902–1903) the newspaper was edited from a small office at 37a Clerkenwell Green, EC1, with Henry Quelch arranging the necessary printworks.