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MARTOV, JULIUS ( Iulii Osipovich Tsederbaum ; 1873–1923), Russian revolutionary, leader of Menshevism. Born in Constantinople, where his father represented the Russian Steamship Co. and trade companies, Martov was the favorite grandson of Alexander *Zederbaum, the Hebrew writer and founder of Ha-Meliẓ, but his father, Osip, was a conscious ...

L. Martov (born Nov. 24, 1873, Constantinople—died April 4, 1923, Berlin) leader of the Mensheviks, the non-Leninist wing of the Russian Social Democratic Workers’ Party. Martov served his revolutionary apprenticeship in Vilna as a member of the Bund, a Jewish Socialist group.

Works: 1904. Short Constitution of the All-Russian Social Democratic Workers’ Party. 1907. The Lesson of the Events in Russia. 1917. Resolution to the Second All-Russia Congress of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies. 1918. Marx and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

Julius Martov Questions the assumption that the form of working class organisation to overthrow capitalism and establish socialism has been found in the workers' "soviets" or councils such as those that appeared during the Russian revolution. Looks at Martov's work "The State and the Socialist Revolution". Submitted by darren p on May 7, 2009

Julius Martov or L. Martov (Ма́ртов; born Yuliy Osipovich Tsederbaum; 24 November 1873 – 4 April 1923) was a Russian politician, revolutionary and the leader of the Mensheviks, a faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP). A close associate of Vladimir Lenin, Martov broke with him following the RSDLP ideological ...