VEGN DER BADAYTUNG FUN DER MARKSISTISH-LENINISHER TEORYE וועגנ דער באדייטונג פונ דער מארקסיסטיש־לענינישער טעאריע
Minsk: Melukhe-farlag fun Vaysrusland Yidsekter, 1932. Item #43588
First Yiddish edition. Original paper wrappers, 8vo, 22 pages. 16 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as “About The Significance of Marxist-Leninist Theory.”
“Adoratsky was born in Kazan into the family of a petty officials and nobleman. He graduated in law from the Kazan University, and joined the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1904. Arrested in 1905, he was deported to Astrakhan province. After his release he emigrated to Geneva. Later, he lived in Paris, London - where he met Sidney and Beatrice Webb, Berlin and Munchen, returning to Russia in 1918.
From 1920 to 1928, he was assistant manager of the Central Archives Board, and from 1928 to 1931, deputy director of the Lenin Institute, and in 1932 a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. In the 1920s, he edited volumes of philosophical writings by Marx and Engels, and Lenin, and wrote a number of works on the Marxist theory of the state and law, and on the philosophy and history of Marxism.
Early in 1931, after a case had been fabricated against Riazonov, Adoratsky took his place, becoming head of the merged Marx–Engels and Lenin Institutes. He also headed the Department of Philosophy of the Communist Academy from 1931 to 1936 and the Institute of Philosophy of the USSR Academy of Sciences Institute of Philosophy from 1936 to 1939.” (Wikipedia)
OCLC: 41165659. OCLC locates only 2 copies worldwide (YIVO & LOC), none at any Ivy League Institution.
Ex-library with light markings and some edgewear. Good Condition. Scarce. (PSB-1-45).
Price: $275.00