Today. March 17, 2018 holiday - Day of the Paris Commune

The Day of the Paris Commune is celebrated by the working people of the world in commemoration of the victory of March 18, 1871, the first proletarian revolution. The decision to mark March 18 as the first successful attempt of the workers to seize political power was made on February 20, 1872 by the General Council of the First International.

The Paris Commune (La Commune de Paris) was called the revolutionary government, formed in Paris during the revolutionary events of 1871. After the establishment of an armistice between France and Prussia during the Franco-Prussian War in Paris, unrest began, which turned into a revolution.

As a result of the revolution, self-government was established, which lasted from March 18 to May 28, 1871. The Paris Commune was headed by representatives of the parties of socialists and anarchists. The leaders of both currents proclaimed the Paris Commune the first model of the dictatorship of the world proletariat.

Despite the fact that on May 28 the revolution was defeated, but the Day of the Paris Commune became a symbol of the victory of the proletariat in the struggle for power. This date went down in history as the accomplishment of the world's first proletarian revolution.