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C. E. Ruthenberg
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Charles Emil Ruthenberg was an American Marxist politician who was the founder and first head of the Communist Party USA. He is one of five Americans to be buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.
Cover of Ruthenberg's first political pamphlet, published in 1917 by the local Cleveland Socialist Party. According to WorldCat less than a dozen copies are known to exist.
Cover of Ruthenberg's first political pamphlet, published in 1917 by the local Cleveland Socialist Party. According to WorldCat less than a dozen copi
Ruthenberg (top row, third from left) with members of the Socialist Party's War Committee at the 1917 Emergency National Convention.
Ruthenberg (top row, third from left) with members of the Socialist Party's War Committee at the 1917 Emergency National Convention.
Ruthenberg speaks at a May Day rally in Cleveland, 1917
Ruthenberg speaks at a May Day rally in Cleveland, 1917
Cartoon of Ruthenberg, Alfred Wagenknecht, and Charles Baker in the potato patch of the Canton Workhouse from a 1917 pamphlet collecting speeches from
Cartoon of Ruthenberg, Alfred Wagenknecht, and Charles Baker in the potato patch of the Canton Workhouse from a 1917 pamphlet collecting speeches from their trial.
Kremlin Wall Necropolis
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The Kremlin Wall Necropolis is the former national cemetery of the Soviet Union, located in Red Square in Moscow beside the Kremlin Wall. Burials there began in November 1917, when 240 pro-Bolsheviks
C. E. Ruthenberg
…an American Marxist politician who was the founder and first head of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). He is one of five Americans to be buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis. Charles Emil Ruthenberg was born July 9, 1882, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Wilhelmina (née Lau) and August Charles Ruthenberg. Ruthenberg's parents…
The tombs of Suslov, Stalin, Kalinin, Dzerzhinsky, Brezhnev in front of the Moscow Kremlin Wall. The tomb of Yuri Andropov, which stands between Kalin
The tombs of Suslov, Stalin, Kalinin, Dzerzhinsky, Brezhnev in front of the Moscow Kremlin Wall. The tomb of Yuri Andropov, which stands between Kalinin's and Dzerzhinsky's, is obstructed by trees. The mausoleum is immediately to the right.
As recently as 1800, the site of the Necropolis was a boggy moat spanned with stone bridges.
As recently as 1800, the site of the Necropolis was a boggy moat spanned with stone bridges.
Red Square Mass Graves
Red Square Mass Graves
10 November 1917. A mass grave on Red Square for people who died in the October Revolution
10 November 1917. A mass grave on Red Square for people who died in the October Revolution