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Intermovement

The Intermovement (formally International Movement of Workers in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic) ( , ) was a political movement and organisation in the Estonian SSR. It was founded on 19 July 1988 and claimed by different sources 16,000 - 100,000 members. The original name of the movement was Interfront (International Front of Workers in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic), which was changed to Intermovement in autumn 1988. The movement was aligned with the pro-Soviet wing of the Estonian Communist Party, and opposed the Estonian independence movement led by the pro-independence Popular Front of Estonia and the liberal wing of the CPE. The Intermovement was not an organisation built on nationalist principles, as it gathered almost exclusively supporters from ethnic non-Estonians. The main leader of the movement was Jevgeni Kogan ( , sometimes transliterated as Evgeny Kogan). Kogan was also one of the leaders of the hardline Soyuz faction in the USSR legislature. Other leaders of the Intermovement included Vladimir Jarovoi ( , also transliterated as Vladimir Yarovoi), Arnold Sai, Vladimir Lebedev ( ) and economist Konstantin Kiknadze The Intermovement functioned at factories, mainly, at military plants and those factories that had an all-union importance.…

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The Intermovement (formally International Movement of Workers in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic) ( , ) was a political movement and organisation in the Estonian SSR. It was founded on 19 July 1988 and claimed by different sources 16,000 - 100,000 members. The original name of the movement was Interfront (International Front of Workers in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic), which was changed to Intermovement in autumn 1988. The movement was aligned with the pro-Soviet wing of the Estonian Communist Party, and opposed the Estonian independence movement led by the pro-independence Popular Front of Estonia and the liberal wing of the CPE. The Intermovement was not an organisation built on nationalist principles, as it gathered almost exclusively supporters from ethnic non-Estonians. The main leader of the movement was Jevgeni Kogan ( , sometimes transliterated as Evgeny Kogan). Kogan was also one of the leaders of the hardline Soyuz faction in the USSR legislature. Other leaders of the Intermovement included Vladimir Jarovoi ( , also transliterated as Vladimir Yarovoi), Arnold Sai, Vladimir Lebedev ( ) and economist Konstantin Kiknadze The Intermovement functioned at factories, mainly, at military plants and those factories that had an all-union importance.…

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 1988-07-19 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. members: 100,000 members — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1988-07-19". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the members is "100,000 members". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332615499

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