{{Socialism sidebar}} '''Siberian Social-Democratic Union''' ({{langx|ru|Сибирский социал-демократический союз}}) was a [[Siberia]]n organization of [[Social Democracy|Social Democratic]] groups. It was formed in the spring of 1901, by the initiative of the [[Tomsk]] Social-Democrats, including Social-Democratic groups from [[Krasnoyarsk]], [[Irkutsk]], and the [[Taiga]]. In the end of 1901 the union adopted a programme which defined its mission as fighting for political freedom of the [[proletariat]], and for [[socialism]]. The union was initially dominated by '[[Economism|economists]]'.<ref name="bse">[[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]]: [http://bse.sci-lib.com/article101854.html Сибирский союз РСДРП]</ref>
In 1902, a [[Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai|Chita]] committee was formed, and groups in [[Achinsk]], [[Barnaul]], [[Kansk]], [[Novonikolayevsk]], [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky|Petropavlovsk]] and other locations. In 1903, an [[Omsk]] committee was formed. In January 1903 the union was affiliated to the [[Russian Social Democratic Labour Party]], and changed name to '''Siberian Social-Democratic Union - RSDLP Committee'''. The union now had begun adhering to the ''[[Iskra]]'' line. The 1st conference of the union held in the summer 1903 reaffirm the commitment of the organization to the ''Iskra'' line. However, the delegates of the union at the [[2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party|2nd RSDLP congress]], [[Trotsky]] and [[V. E. Mandelson]], took a [[Menshevik]] position. The union later condemned their behaviour at the congress.<ref name="bse"/>
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