ABSTRACT
ThefirsttobridgethegapwasoneofthefewearlyRussianMarxists tocomefromthelowerclass:PavelAxelrod.OriginallyaJewishBakuninist,hewasdazzledinthemid-187osduringtwotripstoBerlinbythe combinationofdisciplineandworkerparticipationintheGermanSocialDemocraticparty.Hesawintheirculturalactivitiesandworkers' holidaysa"prototypeoflifeinthefuturesocialistsociety."sAxelrod joinedPlekhanov'santi-anarchist,anti-terroristBlackRepartitiongroup, whenitrebelledagainsttheconspiratorialpoliticsofthePeople'sWill, emigratedtoGenevain188o,andin1883formedthefirstRussianMarxistorganization,theLiberationofLabor.
