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Aleksandra Kollontai

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  • Born

    Born
    Aleksandra was born.

  • Family

    Family
    Aleksandra married Vladimir Kollontai the year before and in 1894, she gave birth to her son Mikhail. Three years later, she left her family to pursue her career as a revolutionary.

  • Attended the University of Zurich

    Attended the University of Zurich
    She went to study labor history and later Communism and Marxism.

  • Membership to the Russian Social Democratic Party

    Membership to the Russian Social Democratic Party
    At age 27, she became a member of the Russian Social Democratic Party.

  • Publishing

    Publishing
    Starting in 1903, Aleksandra started writing and publishing numerous articles spreading Communism and inspiring for a revolution. She continued to do this for the rest of her life.

  • Lenin

    Lenin
    Lenin begs for Aleksandra Kollontai to support the Bolsheviks and write for them. She officially then joined the Bolshevik party.

  • Society for Mutual Aid to Women Workers

    Society for Mutual Aid to Women Workers
    In 1907, Kollontai set up the Society for Mutual Aid to Women Workers, an organization in St. Petersburg that benefited the working class women.

  • Exile

    Exile
    After publishing "Finland and Socialism" (a piece that inspired for Finnish workers to rise against the oppression of the Russian empire). Aleksandra went to Germany in exile, but then travelled all across Europe spreading her ideas. In 1917, she returned to Russia from Norway after the abdicatation of the Tsar.