Workers' Party for the Political Liberation of Russia
The Workers' Party for the Political Liberation of Russia was a political party in Russia, founded in 1899. The membership of the party included Grigory Gershuni and Catherine Breshkovsky and its membership was predominantly Jewish. The party had its roots in a Minsk workers' study circle founded in 1895. In 1899 the group had around sixty members. The party directed most of its agitation towards Jewish workers, a fact that differed the party from other narodnik groups. The main base of the party was found in Bielorussia. The party, which functioned as a federation of autonomous local groups, had branches in Minsk, Białystok, Dvisnk, Ekaterinoslav, Zhitomir, Berdichev, and Saint Petersburg.
The party published a programmatic manifesto in 1900, titled "About Freedom". The manifesto identified autocracy as the main enemy of the people. The document proposed political terrorism as a means of struggle against Russian despotic rule.
The Workers' Party for the Political Liberation of Russia party was one of the groups that affiliated itself with the Socialist-Revolutionary Party in 1902.
