Communication and Joint Activities of Belgorod and Kharkov Bolsheviks on the Eve of Revolution Events of 1905-1907
During the terrible events of 1905-1907 many political parties tried to make themselves known (especially in 1906, when the first Duma started working). These include cadets and SRs, pro-monarchic parties and unions, but the RSDRP (Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party) was the most prominent one in comparison with all the rest. Under the conditions of the underground struggle, the structuring of the party of social democrats was based on personal relations and industrial connections. At that time the city of Kharkov was the centre of the powerful labor movement and a major railway junction. For Belgorod party members of RS-DRP, the party branch located in Kharkov was closer than the one in Kursk, it accounts for close relationship of Belgorod and Kharkov Bolsheviks.