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PLEKHANOV, GEORGY (1856–1918), Russian revolutionary and social philosopher.

Often called the "Father of Russian Marxism," Georgy Plekhanov was born into a minor gentry family on 11 December (29 November, old style) 1856, in Gudalovka, a village in Tambov Province.

In 1873, after completing his studies at the Voronezh Military Academy, he enrolled in a St. Petersburg military school, with the intention of becoming an army officer. Affected by the vogue of science among Russia's engaged youth, he soon transferred to the St.

Petersburg State Mining Institute.

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Before long he abandoned his studies to participate wholeheartedly in the burgeoning populist revolutionary movement. His military training and the allure of science undoubtedly helped shape his character.

In the period from 1875 to 1880 Plekhanov was active in the populist movement's efforts to foment a peasant uprising and thereby create an agrarian socialist society.

Foreshadowing his future, his effort