Plekhanov.
Georgii Valentinovich Plekhanov was an important Marxist thinker and politician in Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was one of the founders of the Social Democratic Labour Party and a prominent activist in the international workers' movement. Plekhanov was the first to disseminate and advocate Marxist thought, which had an important impact on the revolution and the socialist movement.
Plekhanov was initially a revolutionary populist, but later turned to Marxism and became one of the leaders of the ** Marxist party. He made important contributions to Marxist theory, especially in historical materialism and economics. His book The Monist View of History is considered an important exposition of historical materialism.
However, after the Second Congress of the ** Social Democratic Labour Party in 1903, Plekhanov gradually disagreed with Lenin and the Bolsheviks and turned to Menshevism. He was opposed to the October Revolution and supported nationalism during World War I. Plekhanov died in 1918.
Plekhanov had a profound influence on the development of the international workers' movement, and his ideas and theories provided important references and inspiration for later Marxists.
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