Ludwik Waryński
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Ludwik Tadeusz Waryński (born 24 September 1856 in Marynówka- died 2 March 1889 in Schlissburg)- activist and theoretican of socialist movement in Poland.
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He was born in Marynówka, as a son of january uprising combatant. In 1865 he started his education in gimnasium in Biala Cerkiev. Since 1874 he studied in Petersburg. In Technological Institut he met socialists, and join Polish Socialist Youth. Because of student's riots of 1875, he was forced to leave Institut. He started to learn by himself. In 1876 he went to Warsaw, and was founder of first socialist magazines in Kingdom of Poland. After that, he joined Agronomical School in Puławy, but he was still leader of Warsaw worker's movement. In 1879 Tsar police found him in Warsaw, so he was forced to leave Kingdom of Poland. He moved to Lvov, and one year later- to Cracow. Waryński was author of Brussel Program, ideological declaration of polish socialists. In 1882 he created fist polish workingman's party, called Proletariat. In 1883 he was arrested by Tsar secret police, and sentenced for 16 years of prison in Schlissburg. He died there 6 years later.