Grigory Petrovich Maksimov (pseudonym Gr. Lapot ; November 10, 1893 , Smolensk region - March 16, 1950 ) - Russian anarchist and revolutionary , emigrant, the last major anarchist theorist in Russia.
| Grigory Petrovich Maksimov | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | November 10, 1893 |
| Place of Birth | Mityushino , Smolensk province |
| Date of death | March 16, 1950 (56 years old) |
| Place of death | |
| A country | |
| Occupation | revolutionary , journalist , editor |
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Early years
Born in the village of Mitushino, Smolensk province , in a peasant family. In 1915 he studied at the Agricultural Academy in St. Petersburg as an agronomist. Leads anarchist propaganda.
Civil War in Russia
Participates in the organization of the strike on the Vyborg side.
Joins the Red Army , but when the Bolsheviks begin to use the army to suppress the protests of the workers and their disarmament , Maximov refuses to obey orders, for which he is sentenced to death, but thanks to the intercession of the workers, he remains alive.
Then he takes an anti-Bolshevik position, which he has consistently adhered to until the end of his life.
During the civil war in Russia gaining fame. At this time he works in the editorial offices of the anarchist publications “ Voice of Labor ” and “Free Voice of Labor”. One of the leaders of the Union of Anarcho-Syndicalist Propaganda, and then the Russian Confederation of Anarchist-Syndicalists.
In September 1918, he was elected head of the secretariat of the “Russian Confederation of Anarchist Syndicalists” at its first conference [1] .
On March 8, 1921, during the Kronstadt uprising, he was arrested along with other members of the Nabat anarchist confederation in Moscow. Four months later, in prison, he and his comrades go on a hunger strike and then, under pressure from the international community, he is sent abroad.
Emigration
First he lived abroad in Berlin , where he was the editor of the journal “The organ of the Committee for the Protection of Anarchist-Syndicalists under the International Workers' Association”.
Then he lived in Paris , then moved to the United States in Chicago . From July 1925 to May 1927 - editor of the newspaper “Voice of the Worker”. In December 1931 he became editor of the publication “Delo Truda” [2] .
By 1940, Russian anarchist emigration rallied around Maximov and the publication The Work of Labor - Awakening, which he led.
In recent years, he worked as an upholsterer and was often ill.
Bibliography
- A selection of articles by G. P. Maksimov in the journal “The Work of Labor - Awakening”
- Maksimov G. Anarcho-syndicalists in the Russian Revolution // Direct Action No. 9-10, 1997
- Maximov G. P. For what and how did the Bolsheviks expel anarchists from Russia? (To the coverage of the situation of anarchists in Russia)
- Maximoff, Gregory Petrovich. The Guillotine at Work - Volume 1: The Leninist Counter-Revolution Cienfuegos Press, 1979, First Thus. ( ISBN 0-904564-23-1 ) Printed Boards. 338pp.
- Maximoff, Gregory Petrovich .. A Grand Cause - the Hunger Strike and the Deportation of Anarchists from Soviet Russia. - London, Kate Sharpley Library, 2008, First Separate. Card Covers, 8vo. Pamphlet, x, 34pp.