Partnership of St. Petersburg Artisans

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PARTNERSHIP OF ST. PETERSBURG ARTISANS (Tochissky Group), one of the first Marxist organizations in Russia founded by P.V. Tochissky, D.V. Lazarev, L.L. and E.L. Breitfus in 1885, the name given in 1886. The members of the partnership were workers N. Vasliyev, E.A. Klimanov (Afanasyev), V.V. Buyanov, V.A. Shelgunov, I.I. Timofeev, G.A. Mefodiev, et al. Members of the organization opened a network of circles and made propaganda at industrial plants outside of Nevskaya Zastava, in the State Papers Dispatch Office, at Baltiysky Plant, Alexandrovsky Plant, Obukhovsky Plant, Putilovsky Plant, Vargunin's Factory, Laferm's Factory, etc. The partnership was dissolved after mass arrests were conducted in the autumn of 1888, survivors joining Brusnev's Group afterwards.

Reference: Казакевич Р. А. Социал-демократические организации Петербурга конца 80-х-начала 90-х годов: (Кружки П. В. Точисского и М. И. Бруснева). Л., 1960; В начале пути: Воспоминания петерб. рабочих, 1872-1897 гг. Л., 1975.

Z. P. Solovyeva. Breitfus Eduard Lvovich
Breitfus Leonid Lvovich
Buyanov B.B.
Klimanov Egor Afanasievich
Lazarev D.V.
Mefodiev Gavriil A.
Shelgunov Vasily Andreevich
Timofeev I.I.
Tochissky Pavel Varfolomeevich
Vasilyev N.
Казакевич Р. А. Социал-демократические организации Петербурга конца 80-х - начала 90-х годов: (Кружки П. В. Точисского и М. И. Бруснева). Л., 1960
В начале пути: Воспоминания петерб. рабочих, 1872-1897 гг. Л., 1975 Obukhovsky Plant
Kirovsky Plant
Brusnev's Group