Iskra Press

The press of Iskra ("The Spark"), the newspaper of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party founded by Lenin, Martov, Plekhanov and others in 1900. Printed in exile to evade the tsarist censorship, it moved from Munich to London in 1902 — where it was printed at the Twentieth Century Press — and to Geneva in 1903. It issued the newspaper and party pamphlets for smuggling into Russia. After the 1903 split Iskra passed to the Mensheviks, and it ceased in 1905.

Years

1900–1905

Location

Munich, Germany

Published abroad for

The movement of Soviet Union; this press is also listed under Soviet Union on the globe

Name history

1. 1900–1902 Iskra, Munich
2. 1902–1903 Iskra, London — Printed at the Twentieth Century Press, Clerkenwell Green
3. 1903–1905 Iskra, Geneva

Also known as

Искра · Tipografiia «Iskry»

Languages

Russian

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