Tadeusz Rechniewski
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Tadeusz Rechniewski was a Polish revolutionary and one of the leaders of the First Proletariat party.
Born into the nobility in St. Petersburg in 1862, Rechniewski began studying law at St. Petersburg University in 1879. There, he met members of the People's Will
and Polish socialist groups, and he joined the student movement, becoming in 1883 a member of the central committee of the First Proletariat party. Rechniewski was arrested and sentenced to fourteen years in prison.
In 1886, Rechniewski arrived at the harsh Kariyskaya labor camps
, where he led study sessions on Marx
's Das Kapital
and survived the Kariyskaya tragedy.
In 1889, Rechniewski was joined by his wife, who was helping to support political prisoners. In 1894, he was sent to settle in the Transbaikal
region, where he worked as a draftsman in the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad. In 1901, he moved to Irkutsk
, where he worked for the newspaper Eastern Review (Восточное обозрение). During all this time, he continued his revolutionary activities and organized escapes for other exiles.
During the 1905 Russian Revolution, Rechniewski was arrested for participating in rallies. After being freed, he went to Poland and became one of the leaders of the Polish Socialist Party – Left (one of the precursors of the Polish Communist Party) and editor of its organ from 1906 to 1914. In 1915, he was one of the founders of the People's University in Warsaw.
Born into the nobility in St. Petersburg in 1862, Rechniewski began studying law at St. Petersburg University in 1879. There, he met members of the People's Will
People's Will
Will of the People is a political party that aimed for representation in the Parliament of Sweden, but only got 881 votes nation-wide in the Swedish general election, 2006, of a national turnout of 5,650,416...
and Polish socialist groups, and he joined the student movement, becoming in 1883 a member of the central committee of the First Proletariat party. Rechniewski was arrested and sentenced to fourteen years in prison.
In 1886, Rechniewski arrived at the harsh Kariyskaya labor camps
Kara katorga
Kara katorga was the name for a set of katorga prisons of extremely high security located along the Kara River in Transbaikalia and part of the system of Nerchinsk katorga.It existed from 1838 to 1893...
, where he led study sessions on Marx
Karl Marx
Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...
's Das Kapital
Das Kapital
Das Kapital, Kritik der politischen Ökonomie , by Karl Marx, is a critical analysis of capitalism as political economy, meant to reveal the economic laws of the capitalist mode of production, and how it was the precursor of the socialist mode of production.- Themes :In Capital: Critique of...
and survived the Kariyskaya tragedy.
In 1889, Rechniewski was joined by his wife, who was helping to support political prisoners. In 1894, he was sent to settle in the Transbaikal
Transbaikal
Transbaikal, Trans-Baikal, Transbaikalia , or Dauria is a mountainous region to the east of or "beyond" Lake Baikal in Russia. The alternative name, Dauria, is derived from the ethnonym of the Daur people. It stretches for almost 1000 km from north to south from the Patomskoye Plateau and North...
region, where he worked as a draftsman in the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad. In 1901, he moved to Irkutsk
Irkutsk
Irkutsk is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, one of the largest cities in Siberia. Population: .-History:In 1652, Ivan Pokhabov built a zimovye near the site of Irkutsk for gold trading and for the collection of fur taxes from the Buryats. In 1661, Yakov Pokhabov...
, where he worked for the newspaper Eastern Review (Восточное обозрение). During all this time, he continued his revolutionary activities and organized escapes for other exiles.
During the 1905 Russian Revolution, Rechniewski was arrested for participating in rallies. After being freed, he went to Poland and became one of the leaders of the Polish Socialist Party – Left (one of the precursors of the Polish Communist Party) and editor of its organ from 1906 to 1914. In 1915, he was one of the founders of the People's University in Warsaw.