Revolutionary Exiles : The Russians in the First International and the Paris Commune

This book, first published in 1979, examines the little-studied forerunners of the Russian revolutionary movement – the Russian section of the First International. It looks at the social democratic and Marxist Russians in the International, as well as examining the complex relations between the terrorist Sergei Nechaev and Marx’s friends, as well as tracing the activities of Michael Bakunin. It also analyses, for the first time in English, the activities of the Russian revolutionaries in the Paris Commune. It integrates early Russian social democracy into the larger context of European socialist and working-class movements. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Original Title Page Original Copyright Page Dedication Acknowledgments Table of Contents Abbreviations Preface Chapter 1: The Origins of Russian Social Democracy The International Association and the Secret Societies Toward the Formation of the International, 1859-1863 The International Working Men’s Association Russian Developments Narodnoe Delo Narodnoe Delo After Bakunin Harbingers of Russian Democracy Chapter 2: The New Russian Revolutionism Marxism in Russia The Bakunin Translation Enter Nechaev Nechaev and Bakunin The ‘Communist Manifesto’ in Russian Chapter 3: The Russians and the International in 1869 The Campaign Against Bakunin Bakunin and the Basle Congress The Narodnoe Delo Russians and the International Origins of the Russian Section Chapter 4: Sergio Furioso: Nechaev in 1869-70 Nechaevschina (The Nechaev Affair) The Ivanov Murder The Death of Herzen Crime and Revolution Further Adventures of Nechaev Chapter 5: The Russian Section of the International Becker and the Geneva Russians Formation of the Russian Section Marx and the Russian Section The Programme of the Russian Section The First Test: La Chaux-de-Fonds Growth of the Russian Section The Russian Section and Russia Chapter 6: Shifting Revolutionary Currents The Russian Section and the Strike Movement The New Nechaev Lopatin and the Fall of Nechaev Lopatin and Marx Enter Lavrov Bakunin in Limbo Chapter 7: The Slav Emigrés and the Crisis of 1870 The Polish Emigrés and the War Lavrov, Jaclard and the New Republic Bakunin in Lyon Nechaev and Serebrennikov Chapter 8: The Slavs and the Paris Commune ‘Madame Dmitrieff’ Anna and Victor Jaclard Peter Lavrov Other Russians in the Commune The Poles in the Commune Reaction in Russia to the Commune Chapter 9: Après-Commune Russian Après-Commune: The Trial of the Nechaevists Nicholas Utin and the London Conference Anarchist Counter-attack: The Zürich Russians Nechaev at the End of the Road The Russian Diplomatic Campaign The Bakuninist Surge Marx and the Russians The End of Nechaev Chapter 10: The End of the First International The Hague Congress The End of the First International The New Holy Alliance The Three Emperors’ League Chapter 11: Conclusion Epilogue Bibliography Index Illustrations