Talk:Sergei Prokopovich

Rationale against deletion tag
S.N. Prokopovich and E.D. Kuskova were the principal representatives of the 'Economist' heresy in Russian Social-Democracy in the 1890s. That controversy was quite vehement and in may ways foreshadowed the subsequent split between Bolsheviks and Mensheviks (although not all Mensheviks were former 'Economists', many were).

The controversy between Prokopovich and his Plekhanov and Lenin was also part of the broader 'Revisinism' dispute which raged in European Marxism around the turn of the last century. These facts alone would justify a reference to Prokopovich, I'd think.

But Prokopovich was also involved in founding the Russian liberal party (the Ka-Dets) in 1904-06, and in 1917 served as minister in the Provisional Government. He was thus a significant personality in the February Revolution of 1917.

Further, other comprehensive reference systems include articles on Prokopovich (e.g., the Blackwell Encyclopedia on the Russian Revolution, the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, Der Grosse Brockhaus, thefreedictionary.com, etc.) I think it would be a lacuna if WP had no such entry.

That's my 2 cents worth. Chastra (talk) 13:44, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Also, I just noticed that Russian WP does have an article on S.N. Prokopovich. Chastra (talk) 14:08, 12 February 2011 (UTC)