Russia
Lazarevitch, Nicholas, 1895-1975
A short biography of Russo-Belgian anarchist, co-writer of The Platform and husband of Ida Mett, Nicholas Lazarevitch.
Born in Belgium 17 August 1895 near Liege, Nicholas Lazarevitch was the son of Russian revolutionary émigrés. After working in a number of factories and mines in French-speaking Belgium he became an anarcho-syndicalist shortly before world war one. He worked in the mines of Germany's Ruhr in 1916, but in 1917 escaped to Holland.
Bleikhman, Iosif, 1868-1921
A short biography of Russian anarchist-communist sent to a Bolshevik labour camp, Iosif Bleikhman.
Iosif Solomonovich Bleikhman
Born Vidzy, Belarus, 1868, died 1921
Arshinov, Peter, 1887-1937
A short biography of Russian revolutionary anarchist and protagonist of the Ukrainian Makhnovist movement, Peter Arshinov.
Exiled to France, he later appeared to split with anarchism, but was killed after re-entering the USSR in 1937 for apparently attempting to organise anarchist groups.
Peter Arshinov
Aka Piotr Andrievich Marin, Peter Arshinoff or F. I. Mikhailski. Born 1887 – Andreivka, Russia, died in or around 1937, USSR
Dolgoff, Sam, 1902-1990
An obituary and short biography of Russian-American labour organiser and anarcho-syndicalist Sam Dolgoff.
Sam Dolgoff, my old friend who died last week, spoke from sidewalk soapboxes and in union meeting halls for more than 60 years, and during all that time, what caught everyone's attention was his tough cocky style, half New York, half Joe Hill. Flames of mockery and indignation danced above his head.
Edelstadt, David, 1866-1892
A short biography of Russian-Jewish anarchist and editor David Edelstadt.
“A great poet and one of the finest types of Anarchist that ever lived.”
- Emma Goldman
