Medal - Krasnaya Presnya, 1905 ND

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Quote of Vladimir Lenin.

Lettering:
“Подвиг
пресненских рабочих
не пропал даром. Их
жертвы были не напрасны.”
В.И. Ленин

Translation:
“The feat of the Presnya workers was not in vain. Their sacrifices were not in vain.”
V. I. Lenin

Comment

The Moscow uprising, which was centered in Moscow’s Presnia district between December 7 and 17, 1905, was the culminating point of the Revolution of 1905. Thousands of proletariat workers joined in an armed insurrection against the Imperial Government for better socio-democratic conditions. The uprising ended in defeat for the Bolshevik revolutionaries and provoked a swift counter-revolution that lasted till 1907. In many respects, the revolution of 1905 was a turning point. The December uprising played an important role in fostering revolutionary consciousness among workers throughout the country. Several years later the experience gained by the Moscow proletariat would also help them win the October Revolution of 1917.