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Concerning the Organization of the Russian Colony

1917

Mentions the foundation in Chicago, in 1917, of the Society Prosvyeshcheniye (Enlightenment), also known as Berg's School, 1206 North Avenue, corner Hoyne Avenue.

The society had three aims: (1) The study of the political constitution and of the economic structure of the United States; (2) The study of socialism as the most prominent movement of the present times having a serious scientific foundation, and (3) The arrangement of literary and musical entertainments, etc.

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