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1881-1963
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| 1881, January 4/16 |
Born in Upyna, Lithuania (part of the Russian Empire). |
| 1900 |
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| 1903 |
Becomes a Bolshevik. |
| 1905 |
Fights against Machism. |
| 1907 |
Joins the Mensheviks; remains a member until 1917. |
| 1908 |
Graduates from the Philosophy Department at Bern University. |
| 1909 |
Publishes the article, "Dialectical Materialism," in the anthology "Abroad." Lenin's comments on this article are in Lenin, CW, vol. 38, pp. |
| 1914 |
Becomes a Menshevik-Internationalist. |
| 1917 |
Leaves the Menshevik Party. |
| 1917-1920? |
Lectures in philosophy at the Sverdlov University |
| 1920-1924? |
Teaches philosophy at the Institute of Red Professors. |
| 1921-1923? |
Works at the Marx-Engels Institute. |
| 1924, June 9 |
One of the founding members of the Society of Militant Materialists and member of its presidium, which also included Bukharin, Vaganian, Luppol, Nevsky, Pokrovsky and Timiriazev. |
| 1924-1931 |
Director of the Institute of Philosophy. |
| 1926-1930 |
Main editor of the journal, "Under the Banner of Marxism." |
| 1926-1927 |
Clashes with Akselrod and others in debate between "Mechanists" and "Dialecticians" |
| 1928 |
Joins the Communist Party. |
| 1929 |
Becomes an Academician in the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. |
| 1931, 25 January |
Criticized in the Central Committee resolution, "On the Journal «Under the Banner of Marxism»." Charged with adopting the position of "Menshevizing idealism." |
| 1935-1945 |
Member of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. |
| 1943 |
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| 1956 |
Deborin's articles begin to be published again. |
| 1961 |
Major collection of his writings is published. |
| 1963, 8 March |
Dies in Moscow. |
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