Sergey Girinis

Sergey Girinis
Sergey Girinis
Sergejus Girinis
Born	Raul Isaakovich Ginzburg; 10 April 1882; Prisele, Roslavlsky Uyezd, Smolensk Governorate
Died	8 September 1961 (aged 79); Moscow, Soviet Union
Occupations	Trade unionist, journalist
Political party	All-Union Communist Party
Other political; affiliations	Russian Social Democratic Labour Party; Inter-District Organisation of United Social-Democrats; Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Mensheviks); Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania and Belorussia; Communist Party of Lithuania and Belorussia; Communist Party of Lithuania;
Movement	Labour, Menshevik-Internationalist

Sergey Vladimirovich Girinis (Lithuanian: Sergejus Girinis, Russian: Сергей Владимирович Гиринис, 1882–1961), until 1919 known as Raul Isaakovich Ginzburg (Lithuanian: Raulas Ginsburgas, Russian: Рауль Исаакович Гинцбург), was a Soviet revolutionary, journalist and trade unionist. He was a leading figure in the labour movement in Vilna (Vilnius) in the 1910s, adhering to a Menshevik-Internationalist line. He later joined the Communist Party of Lithuania. After a prisoner exchange, he was based in Moscow and represented Lithuanian trade unions in the Red International of Labour Unions (Profintern). Girinis was a prolific writer, authoring different works on political theory and history.