Deslinières, Lucien

Born in Vierzon-Ville, France 1857, died in Vernouillet, France 1937; joined the Parti Ouvrier Français (POF) in 1891; worked as a journalist and writer, developing his scheme for a future socialist society; tried in vain to establish a collectivist settlement in Morocco; in the same vein he set out to prepare a new society in the Soviet Union, where he became an agricultural commissar in the Ukraine in 1920; however the civil war and economic difficulties blocked his attempts at agrarian reform; returned to France, where he continued to work out his ideas.

From the description of Archives 1900-1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78162729