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TIL of the Circle of Tchaikovsky, a group formed in 1868 to share knowledge and books that were banned in the Russian Empire, which included the first volume of Das Kapital by Karl Marx. However, the circle opposed violent revolutions and believed fighting for political freedom was pointless.

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