Background
YERMANSKIY, O. was born in 1866. Son of an artisan.
YERMANSKIY, O. was born in 1866. Son of an artisan.
From late 1880’s in revol movement. 1899—1902 in Southern Russia. Worked for newspaper “Yuzhnyy rabochiy”.
1902 arrested and exiled to Siberia, but soon fled and went abroad. After 2nd Party Congress sided with Mensheviks. In 1910’s took Iiquidationist stand.
During World War 1 member, “Initiativist Group”. 1917 Menshevik-Internationalist. 1918 member, Central Committee, Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party (Mensheviks).
Company-ed, journal “Rabochiy Internatsional”. 1921 broke with Mensheviks. Research and publ work in Moscow.
Member, Communist Academy. 1930 expelled from acad for his unorthodox views. From 1934 pensioner.