Iskra
(Spark) was first published by the Social Democratic
Labour Party in December, 1900. Edited by George
Plekhanov, Vladimir Lenin and Jules
Martov, it was printed in Munich and then smuggled into Russia
by a network of SDLP agents. It was the first underground Marxist
paper to be distributed in Russia and was later printed in Leipzig,
London and Geneva.
The editorial
board included George Plekhanov, Pavel
Axelrod, Vera Zasulich, Vladimir
Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Julius
Martov. After the split with the Bolsheviks
in 1903, Iskra came under the
control of the Mensheviks.
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