In 1923 the battalion split on ideological grounds ; the left-wing demanded socialism , whilst the right-wing were more interested in Zionist pioneering . Despite the split , by 1925 the group had over 650 members , including Israel Shochat , Manya Shochat and Yitzhak Sadeh . In December 1926 a communist faction of the battalion was expelled . Some members of the faction returned to Russia , where they formed a commune named Vojo Nova ( Esperanto for " A New Way " ) , which was later liquidated during the Stalinist purges . The following year Gdud HaAvoda stopped work , and in 1929 it was dissolved after Kfar Giladi , Ramat Rachel , Tel Hai and Tel Yosef formed the HaKibbutz HaMeuhad movement
Stalinist purges
Great Purge
Gdud HaAvoda