Trud, Zemlia i More
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Trud, Zemlia i More (Template:Lang-ru, 'Labour, Land and Sea') was a Trudovik newspaper published from Kronstadt, Russia between April 22 and June 25, 1917.[1][2][3] Whilst the Trudovniks represented the far-right in the revolutionary fervour of Kronstadt, Trud, Zemlia i More had a prominent profile.[2]
The newspaper was launched following the closure of the newspaper Kotlin on April 21, 1917.[1] The initial editorial team consisted of A.P. Skobennikov (chairman of the Food Commission of the Kronstadt Soviet), A.K. Tachkov (Food Commission secretary) and A.F. Pervaya.[1] The first issue of the newspaper carried the motto 'In labour and struggle we will gain your right', a modified version of a Socialist-Revolutionary slogan.[1] The front page carried the descriptions 'Organ of the Labour Socialist Union' and 'Daily newspaper for the political and economic life in Kronstadt'.[1]
Several prominent leaders of the Petrograd Soviet sent congratulatory messages to Trud, Zemlia i More for its first issue, such as Petrograd Soviet chairman Nikolay Chkheidze, Irakli Tsereteli, Matvey Skobelev and Nikolay Sokolov.[1] The Bundist leader Mikhail Liber also sent a congratulatory message, published in its April 25, 1917 edition.
On June 1, 1917 the name of the newspaper was changed to Trud i Zemlia (Template:Lang-ru, 'Labour and Land').[3] The decision to change the name of the publication was taken at a meeting of the Kronstadt Labour Socialist Union, at which the organization proclaimed its allegiance to the Labour Socialist Party.[1] Furthermore, when the Labour Socialist Party (Trudoviks) and the Popular Socialists merged in June 1917, the newspaper became the organ of the Kronstadt branch of the Labour People's Socialist Party.[1] The local leader of the merged party and new editor of the newspaper was A.E. Hanuch.[1]
Trud i Zemlia exchanged sharp polemics with the Bolshevik organ Golos Pravdy, the latter personally targetted Hanuch in its writings.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Гордеев, Петр Николаевич. Кронштадтский Совет рабочих и солдатских депутатов в марте - октябре 1917 года
- ^ a b Israel Getzler (16 May 2002). Kronstadt 1917-1921: The Fate of a Soviet Democracy. Cambridge University Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-521-89442-5.
- ^ a b Михаил Михайлович Мелентьев; Анна Михайловна Долгополова; Российская академия наук. Библиотека (2001). Мой час и мое время: книга воспоминаний. Ювента. p. 703.