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Sergei Shevitch was born in [[Russia]] in approximately 1848.<ref name=Wilshire2>H. Gaylord Wilshire, "The Sequel to a Modern Romance," ''Wilshire's Magazine,'' whole no. 64 (November 1903), pg. 2.</ref> Of noble birth and radical political proclivities, Shevitch married the former [[Helene von Racowitza]], over whom socialist leader [[Ferdinand Lassalle]] lost his life in a [[duel]], and emigrated with her to the United States in 1877.<ref name=Wilshire2 />


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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.

Biography

Sergei Shevitch was born in Russia in approximately 1848.[1] Of noble birth and radical political proclivities, Shevitch married the former Helene von Racowitza, over whom socialist leader Ferdinand Lassalle lost his life in a duel, and emigrated with her to the United States in 1877.[1]

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  1. ^ a b H. Gaylord Wilshire, "The Sequel to a Modern Romance," Wilshire's Magazine, whole no. 64 (November 1903), pg. 2.