Sergey Girinis

Soviet revolutionary, journalist and trade unionist

Sergey Vladimirovich Girinis,[1][2] until 1919 known as Raul Isaakovich Ginzburg, was a Soviet revolutionary, journalist and trade unionist.[1][3][4] He was a leading figure in the labour movement in Vilna (Vilnius) in the 1910s, adhering to a Menshevik-Internationalist line. He later joined the Communist Party of Lithuania. After a prisoner exchange, he was based in Moscow and represented Lithuanian trade unions in the Red International of Labour Unions (Profintern). Girinis was a prolific writer, authoring different works on political theory and history.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija, Volume 4. Mokslas, 1976. p. 103
  2. Akimchenkov V. V.. “I HAVE EXPERIENCED ALL THE BEAUTIES OF RUSSIAN PRISONS”: MOISEI GINZBURG’S EXILE TO PINEGA. ЖУРНАЛ «ИСТОРИЯ: ФАКТЫ И СИМВОЛЫ». №3 (28) (2021) 176 стр.
  3. Lietuvos Komunistų partijos istorijos apybraiža: 1920-1940. Partijos istorijos institutas (Vilnius, Lithuania). Mintis, 1971. p. 111, 115, 648
  4. Jonas Mačiulis. Lietuviškieji slapyvardžiai: Autoriai. Lietuvos nacionalinė Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka, 2004. p. 82