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Contrasting Exiles
- Lenin enjoyed a relatively comfortable exile in Siberia, focusing on writing and even marrying Krupskaya.
- Martov, however, endured a harsher exile in the northern tundra, marked by isolation and poor health.
Failed Unification
- Lenin attempted to unify with the legal Marxists by creating a national newspaper.
- However, their differing views made unification impossible, leading to rivalry.
Iskra's Conception
- Lenin decided to work from abroad, collaborating with the Emancipation of Labor group.
- They aimed to create a newspaper, Iskra, to unite and guide the social democratic movement.