Universalists (Russia)

Pan-Russian Section of the Anarchist-Universalists
Всероссийская секция анархистов-универсалистов
AbbreviationVSAU
FoundersAbba Gordin
Wolf Gordin
German Askarov
FoundedAugust 1920 (1920-08)
Dissolved1921 (1921)
HeadquartersMoscow
NewspaperThe Universal
IdeologyAnarcho-communism
Platformism
Syndicalism
Political positionFar-left

The Universalists were a Russian anarcho-communist organization established in 1920 to support the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War. After a period of growth, the organization split and was eventually suppressed in the wake of the Kronstadt rebellion.