With the growth of industry in Odessa on the scene a new class – the proletariat. In 1875, here is the first in the state, the working organization "South-Russian workers 'Union" promoting socialist ideas. She lasted almost a year and was crushed by tsarist troops.
After three years in St. Petersburg he founded the "Northern Union of Russian workers", headed by its Obnorsky and Khalturin. In March 1882 they killed in Odessa military Prosecutor Strelnikov, who dealt harshly with the revolutionaries.
In the 90-ies in Odessa, originated the first social-democratic circles. They were in close contact with V. I. Lenin and N. To.Krupskaya. In 1902-1903, they created the "southern revolutionary group of social Democrats" organized political demonstrations.
In February, 1904, in Odessa created the "South Bureau of committees of the majority", which United the Bolsheviks in the South. The organization was headed by V. V. Vorovsky. The Odessa Committee at the third Congress was elected as a delegate to the party of Lenin.
The period of 1905-1907 – this heroic page in the history of Odessa, the struggle against tsarism and capitalism. In 1905 the city began to emerge the strike, exacerbated by the class struggle, the may strike had reached 90 companies, striking more than ten thousand workers. Presided over the event, the Bolsheviks, and became the centre of spit. Build barricades, fighting broke out with the gendarmerie, police and troops. At this time, at anchor in Odessa there was a revolutionary battleship "Potemkin".
In 1904 at the Sevastopol underground Committee of the RSDLP was organized by the leadership of the social democratic military organization of the black sea fleet. They created the ships group of the social Democrats. On the battleship "Potemkin" this group was headed by Grigory Vakulenchuk. Because of the escalating revolution in the country, the Committee decided to create a rebellion in the Navy during the summer practice.
On June 25, the battleship was Tendrivska Bay, this is where the sailors learned about the military clashes and working in Odessa, which further escalate the situation. And the reason for the uprising was the meat of worms, which refused to eat the sailors. Then the commander Golikov, stripped sailors, decided to shoot the rioters. The sailors were not to tolerate it and rebelled, and now the ship had developed a red flag. The Bolsheviks, unable to suppress the rebellion, just topped it off. Hard was previously the chief organizer Grigory Vakulenchuk.
A battleship anchored off the coast of Odessa, where he was welcomed by the people. Vakulenchuk's funeral turned into a huge revolutionary demonstration, even the police failed to prevent. The cemetery held a rally and Emelyan Yaroslavsky called on the proletariat to wage armed struggle for the victory.
However, not experienced the rebels are unable to use the weapons of the ship, they ran out of provisions and coal. On the suppression of the "Potemkin" had sent a squadron of the black sea fleet.
Frightened the authorities called to the aid of troops from Bender, Ekaterinoslav, Tiraspol. Police went to the meanness and set the fire in the port, burned the warehouses, the port of surrounded troops. Began mass executions of unarmed workers. The king's troops from the Primorsky Boulevard was shot in the port and the Potemkin stairs hundreds of workers.
Bolshevik Vasilyev-Yuzhin, sent to Odessa V. I. Lenin, expand the revolutionary uprising of late. When it arrived, the battleship "Potemkin" in Odessa left the RAID and went to the Romanian port of Constanta.
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