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Additionally, this sense of class injustice was the avenue through which Kaganovich
found community while in Kiev. He declares, “I have clearly, irrevocably decided that the only
real way for me is the physical labor of the proletarian worker, who sells his labor force but fights
"100
with the capitalist exploiter."
101
In 1911, Kaganovich joined the Bolshevik Party." He declares
with great pride, “I entered the Great University of the Revolution, the university of the great
Party - the University of Lenin!"102 Kaganovich's older brother Mikhail entered the Party earlier
103
in 1905, and this likely made an impact on Kaganovich's decision to join as well." As Rees
notes, there is a slight discrepancy in whether or not Kaganovich joined the Bolsheviks officially
in 1911 or 1912. Regardless, this period was his introduction to Bolshevik life and after joining
the Party and 'the Great university of revolution,' Kaganovich quickly became successful as a
revolutionary. 104 He was regularly engaged in the common revolutionary activities of organizing
groups, being an agitator, and setting up secret meetings. After marrying his wife Maria
Privorotskaya in 1912, also a strong Bolshevik and Party member since 1909 when she was only
fifteen, the couple used their apartment in Kiev as a meeting place for underground activity.
They also produced pamphlets and revolutionary posters there. 105 While Kaganovich's wife was
also Jewish by birth, he never clarifies whether their marriage was strictly legal or also religious,
but it is clear that they regularly completed revolutionary work together."
106
100 Ibid, 59.
101 Rees, Iron Lazar, 5.
102
Kaganovich, Pamiatnye zapiski, 76.
103 Ibid, 29.
104 Rees, Iron Lazar, 5.
105 Ibid.
106 Ibid.
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