Moisei Uritsky

Moisei Solomonovich Uritsky (Russian: Моисей Соломонович Урицкий; (1873-01-14)January 14, 1873–August 17, 1918(1918-08-17)) was a Bolshevik revolutionary leader in Russia.

Family

Uritsky was born in the city of Cherkasy, Kiev Governorate, to a Litvak family. His father, a merchant, died when Moisei was little and his mother raised her son by herself. He attended the Bila Tserkva Gymnasium, supporting himself through teaching and became an active social democrat.

Early political career

Moisei studied law at the University of Kiev. During his studies he joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party and organized an underground network for importing and distributing political literature. In 1897 he was arrested and exiled for running an illegal mimeograph press. Becoming involved in the revolutionary movement, he participated in the revolutionary Jewish Bund. In 1903, he became a Menshevik. His activities in Petersburg during the 1905 revolution earned him a second term of exile. Along with Alexander Parvus he was active in dispatching revolutionary agents to infiltrate the Tsarist security apparatus.

Moisei

Moisei (Hungarian: Majszin) is a commune in Maramureş County, Romania. Composed of a single village, Moisei, it is one of the oldest communes in Maramureş County, first attested in 1213. This place is well known for the monastery near the village, founded in 1672.

It is the site of the Moisei massacre which occurred on October 14, 1944, when 39 Romanians and 3 Jews were killed by the Hungarian Army.

General presentation

Moisei is located in the southeastern part of Maramureş County, at 136 km from Baia Mare, the county seat, at 5 km from Borșa and at 7 km from Vișeu de Sus. The village is located mainly on the Vișeu River’s course, on Dragoș Spring and on Black Spring (Black Valley). Together, these waterways constitute the main landscape of the village, along with the houses that are built on hills up to 800 m high.

The commune is situated in the relief unit called Maramureş Hollow, under the Vișeu corridor. Practically, Moisei is placed at the bottom of Rodnei Mountains, having Pietrosu mountain on its upper side and the Maramureş Mountains to the north. Passage from Lunca Vişeului to the mountain area is made naturally from hills with heights between 600 and 800 m.