At the end of this year, the Romanian public celebrates two dates from the history of the Romanian labor movement: 75 years of the creation of the Social Democratic Party of Workers of Romania (SDPRR) and 50 years of the general political strike in Bucharest. In the second half of the last century, a new social force entered the political arena of Romania - the working class. With its appearance, the workers ' press began to form in the country, and the socialist movement began to develop. An important milestone in this page 205 The goal was to create the SDPRR , the first political party of the Romanian proletarians. The foundation of this party was laid by the Founding Congress, which was held in late March - early April 1893. However, the party was weak organizationally. In its charter it was written that all those who are members of workers ' clubs or any other working groups and recognize its program can be members of the party. Such organizational amorphousness had a detrimental effect on the future fate of the SDPRR and led to its liquidation: at the Sixth Party Congress (1899), at the suggestion of opportunist elements called "magnanimous", the Social Democratic Party was transformed into a national democratic party, and a number of opportunists moved to the national liberal camp. At the beginning of the twentieth century, a small group of workers-revolutionaries, led by I. C. Frimu, S. Gheorghiu and others, arose among the Romanian working class and boldly raised their voices in protest against the betrayal of the opportunists and called for the unification of the proletarian masses in Romania. The development of the Romanian revolutionary movement and its international relations was greatly influenced by the 1905 - 1907 revolution in Russia. I. K. Frimu, speaking at a workers ' rally in Bucharest, warmly welcomed the Russian revolution. "It is our duty,"he said," to draw conclusions from what is happening in Russia and to organize the workers. " 1  ... Читать далее