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'''Sergei Shevitch''' (spelled variously, c. 1848-c. 1910) (<small>Russian:</small> Сергей Шевич) was an ethnic German Russian newspaper editor and [[socialism|socialist]] political activist. As editor of the ''[[New York Volkszeitung|New Yorker Volkszeitung]]'' (New York People's News) from 1879 to 1890, Shevitch emerged as arguably the most important leader of the [[Socialist Labor Party of America]]. Shevitch and his wife, the former princess [[Helene von |
'''Sergei Shevitch''' (spelled variously, c. 1848-c. 1910) (<small>Russian:</small> Сергей Шевич) was an ethnic German Russian newspaper editor and [[socialism|socialist]] political activist. As editor of the ''[[New York Volkszeitung|New Yorker Volkszeitung]]'' (New York People's News) from 1879 to 1890, Shevitch emerged as arguably the most important leader of the [[Socialist Labor Party of America]]. Shevitch and his wife, the former princess [[Helene von Racowitza]], returned to Russia in 1890 to avoid loss of his estate lands to the crown owing to emigration. Following several years on his estate, Shevitch emigrated again, this time to Germany, where he would die by his own hand around 1910. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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{{File:Shevitch-Sergei-von-1903.jpg|thumb|right|200 px|Sergei Shevitch, socialist newspaper editor and political activist.]]
Sergei Shevitch (spelled variously, c. 1848-c. 1910) (Russian: Сергей Шевич) was an ethnic German Russian newspaper editor and socialist political activist. As editor of the New Yorker Volkszeitung (New York People's News) from 1879 to 1890, Shevitch emerged as arguably the most important leader of the Socialist Labor Party of America. Shevitch and his wife, the former princess Helene von Racowitza, returned to Russia in 1890 to avoid loss of his estate lands to the crown owing to emigration. Following several years on his estate, Shevitch emigrated again, this time to Germany, where he would die by his own hand around 1910.