<P> Following Lenin's instructions, a trial of SRs was held in Moscow in 1922, which led to protests by Eugene V. Debs, Karl Kautsky and Albert Einstein among others . Most of the defendants were found guilty, but they did not plead guilty like the defendants in the later show trials in the Soviet Union in the late 1920s and the 1930s . </P> <P> The party continued its activities in exile . A Foreign Delegation of the Central Committee was established and based in Prague . The party was a member of the Labour and Socialist International between 1923 and 1940 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Party leader </Th> <Th_colspan="4"> Performance </Th> <Th> Government </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Votes </Th> <Th> Percentage </Th> <Th> Seats </Th> <Th> Position </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1906 </Td> <Td> Viktor Chernov </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Boycotted </Td> <Td> 34 / 478 </Td> <Td> 4th </Td> <Td> Opposition </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1907 (January) </Td> <Td> Viktor Chernov </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> 37 / 518 </Td> <Td> 5th </Td> <Td> Opposition </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1907 (October) </Td> <Td> Viktor Chernov </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Boycotted </Td> <Td> 0 / 509 </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> <Td> Absent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1912 </Td> <Td> Viktor Chernov </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Boycotted </Td> <Td> 0 / 509 </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> <Td> Absent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1917 </Td> <Td> Viktor Chernov </Td> <Td> 17,943.000 </Td> <Td> 40.4% </Td> <Td> 380 / 703 </Td> <Td> 1st </Td> <Td> Majority </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Party leader </Th> <Th_colspan="4"> Performance </Th> <Th> Government </Th> </Tr>

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