▁ 9 ▁deleg ates ▁to ▁the ▁Congress ▁representing ▁these ▁three ▁groups ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁social ▁dem ocr ats ▁from ▁Moscow ▁and ▁Y ek ater inos lav . ▁The ▁Kh ark ov ▁social ists ▁refused ▁to ▁come ▁thinking ▁the ▁move ▁prem ature . ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁ 6 ▁sessions , ▁with ▁no ▁minutes ▁taken ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁secre cy ; ▁only ▁resolution s ▁were ▁recorded . ▁The ▁major ▁issues ▁discussed ▁by ▁the ▁deleg ates ▁were ▁mer ging ▁all ▁social ▁dem ocr atic ▁groups ▁into ▁one ▁party ▁and ▁selecting ▁the ▁party ' s ▁name . ▁The ▁Congress ▁also ▁elected ▁a ▁Central ▁Committee ▁of ▁three : ▁Ste pan ▁Rad chen ko , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁oldest ▁Russian ▁social ▁dem ocr ats ▁and ▁a ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Saint ▁Petersburg ▁League , ▁Bor is ▁E idel man ▁of ▁Rab och aya ▁Gaz eta ▁and ▁Ark adi ▁Kre mer , ▁a ▁Jewish ▁Bund ▁leader . ▁The ▁Man if esto ▁ ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁party ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Peter ▁Str uve ▁at ▁Rad chen ko ' s ▁request . ▁ ▁The ▁Central ▁Committee ▁elected ▁by ▁Congress ▁printed ▁the ▁Man if esto ▁and ▁the ▁resolution s ▁of ▁the ▁Congress , ▁but ▁five ▁of ▁the ▁nine ▁deleg ates ▁were ▁arrested ▁by ▁the ▁Ok h ran a ▁within ▁a ▁month . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁Congress ▁failed ▁to ▁un ite ▁the ▁Russian ▁Social ▁Dem ocracy , ▁neither ▁through ▁the ▁proposed ▁Stat utes ▁nor ▁the ▁Program me . ▁A ▁wave ▁of ▁police ▁repr ession ▁followed , ▁which ▁prevent ed ▁the ▁party ▁from ▁function