Measures 12" x 18 ½", 4 pages. Published by Leon Trotsky, effectively as a venue for propaganda of his own political views, even though it had the designation of the organ of the Russian Socialist-Democratic Workers' Party. At the bottom left-hand corner of p. 4 there is a line saying "Editor in Chief and Publisher - L. Beran." We found no confirmation online whether L. Beran was a temporary pseudonym of Leon Bronshteyn ("Trotsky" was one of his pseudonyms), but there is abundant information confirming that he was indeed the newspaper's editor-in-chief and publisher.

In very good

Measures 12" x 18 ½", 4 pages. Published by Leon Trotsky, effectively as a venue for propaganda of his own political views, even though it had the designation of the organ of the Russian Socialist-Democratic Workers' Party. At the bottom left-hand corner of p. 4 there is a line saying "Editor in Chief and Publisher - L. Beran." We found no confirmation online whether L. Beran was a temporary pseudonym of Leon Bronshteyn ("Trotsky" was one of his pseudonyms), but there is abundant information confirming that he was indeed the newspaper's editor-in-chief and publisher.

In very good condition. The issue is printed on very thin paper, almost translucent. This explains the wrinkles, creases, and partial separations along some of the fold lines. Other than that, the paper is clean, the print is crisp, vibrantly black, and perfectly legible.

The newspaper's first issue came out in October 1908 in Geneva. Later it was printed in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary, currently known as Lviv, Ukraine, and, finally, in Vienna. In 1912, Lenin pushed through the decision to publish an eponymous newspaper in St. Petersburg, effectively usurping the newspaper and suppressing Trotsky's public outlet to express his opinions. Trotsky's newspaper was named The Vienna Pravda but very soon Lenin's Bolshevik Pravda put an end to Trotsky's Menshevik one.

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