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Fig. 2.6.Giorgi Dekanozishvili (in a mining engineer’s uniform) with his parents and sister, Tiflis,
end of the nineteenth century.
ary Party, the Armenian Dashnaktsutyun Party, and the Latvian Social Democratic
Party. The Bolsheviks and Mensheviks, concerned about the funding by Japan, did
not participate. Although uni cation of these diverse groups (socialist and nonsocial-
ist) proved impossible, the conference did issue a declaration advocating the over-
throw of autocracy, the establishment of a free, democratic system, and the right of
self-determination for all nations in the Russian Empire. Soon after the conference,
the Georgian Socialist Federalist Party issued in Paris a lea et in the name of itself, the
Socialist Revolutionary Party, the Polish Socialist Party, and the Latvian Social Demo-
cratic Party. Written in the Georgian language for Georgian workers, it advocated the
right to free choice, territorial autonomy, and secession for all nations in the Russian
Empire.²⁷
With Tokyo’s strong support in sight, Akashi and Zillicaus convened another con-
ference in Geneva, Switzerland, in early April 1905, in which the Russian Socialist Rev-
olutionaries and Father Gapon took the initiative in inviting mainly socialist and rev-
olutionary parties. This time the Belarusian Hramada, the Bolsheviks (represented by
Lenin), the Bund, and the Armenian Social Democratic Workers’ Party also joined in
27 Fonds Georges Dekanozichvili. Centre historique des archives nationales (CHAN), Paris, boxe
345AP/1.