Grigorii Maksimov

Grigorii Maksimov
Григо́рий Макси́мов
A portrait of Grigorii Maksimov.
Born(1893-11-10)10 November 1893
Mityushino, Smolensk, Russian Empire
Died16 March 1950(1950-03-16) (aged 56)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Resting placeWaldheim Cemetery
Occupation(s)Agriculturalist, journalist
Years active1917–1950
Organization(s)Golos Truda
Delo Truda
Notable workThe Guillotine at Work
MovementAnarcho-syndicalism

Grigorii Petrovich Maksimov (Russian: Григо́рий Петро́вич Макси́мов; 1893–1950) was a Russian anarcho-syndicalist. From the first days of the Russian Revolution, he played a leading role in the country's syndicalist movement – editing the newspaper Golos Truda and organising the formation of factory committees. Following the October Revolution, he came into conflict with the Bolsheviks, who he fiercely criticised for their authoritarian and centralist tendencies. For his anti-Bolshevik activities, he was eventually arrested and imprisoned, before finally being deported from the country. In exile, he continued to lead the anarcho-syndicalist movement, spearheading the establishment of the International Workers' Association (IWA), of which he was a member until his death.


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