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(Includes an Unofficial Volume 14)
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Authors Preface to Volume One .
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THE SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC VIEW OF THE NATIONAL

QUESTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A LETTER FROM KUTAIS
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A LETTER FROM KUTAIS (From the Same Comrade) .
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THE PROLETARIAN CLASS AND THE PROLETARIAN

PARTY (Concerning Paragraph One of the Party Rules)
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WORKERS OF THE CAUCASUS, IT IS TIME TO TAKE

REVENGE! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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LONG LIVE INTERNATIONAL FRATERNITY!
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TO CITIZENS. LONG LIVE THE RED FLAG! .
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BRIEFLY ABOUT THE DISAGREEMENTS IN THE

PARTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARMED INSURRECTION AND OUR TACTICS
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THE PROVISIONAL REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT

AND SOCIAL-DEMOCRACY . . . . . . . . .
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A REPLY TO SOCIAL-DEMOCRAT
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REACTION IS GROWING .
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THE BOURGEOISIE IS LAYING A TRAP .
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CITIZENS!
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TO ALL THE WORKERS .
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TIFLIS, NOVEMBER 20, 1905 .
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TWO CLASHES (Concerning January 9) .
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THE STATE DUMA AND THE TACTICS OF SOCIALDEMOCRACY . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
207
THE AGRARIAN QUESTION .
216
CONCERNING THE AGRARIAN QUESTION .
232
CONCERNING THE REVISION OF THE AGRARIAN

PROGRAMME (Speech Delivered at the Seventh Sitting
of the Fourth Congress of the R.S.D.L.P., April 13
(26), 1906) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ON THE PRESENT SITUATION (Speech Delivered at the

Fifteenth Sitting of the Fourth Congress of the R.S.D.L.P.,
April 17 (30), 1906) . . . . . . . . . . . .
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MARX AND ENGELS ON INSURRECTION .
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INTERNATIONAL COUNTER-REVOLUTION .
249
THE PRESENT SITUATION AND THE UNITY CONGRESS

OF THE WORKERS PARTY . . . . . . . .
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THE CLASS STRUGGLE .
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FACTORY LEGISLATION AND THE PROLETARIAN

STRUGGLE (Concerning the Two Laws of November 15)
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ANARCHISM OR SOCIALISM? .
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I The Dialectical Method .

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III Proletarian Socialism. .
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A n a r c h i s m o r S o c i a l i s m?
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Biographical Chronicle (1879-1906)
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Dialectical Materialism
Notes
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PREFACE TO THE GEORGIAN EDITION OF K. KAUTSKYS PAMPHLET THE DRIVING FORCES AND
PROSPECTS OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN ST. PETERSBURG AND
THE MENSHEVIKS . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE AUTOCRACY OF THE CADETS OR THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE? . . . . . . . . . .
THE PROLETARIAT IS FIGHTING, THE BOURGEOISIE IS CONCLUDING AN ALLIANCE WITH THE
GOVERNMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . .
COMRADE G. TELIA. In Memoriam . . . . . . .
THE ADVANCED PROLETARIAT AND THE FIFTH
PARTY CONGRESS . . . . . . . . . . . .
MUDDLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
OUR CAUCASIAN CLOWNS . . . . . . . . . . .
THE DISPERSION OF THE DUMA AND THE TASKS
OF THE PROLETARIAT . . . . . . . . . .
THE LONDON CONGRESS OF THE RUSSIAN SOCIALDEMOCRATIC LABOUR PARTY (Notes of a Delegate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I. The Composition of the Congress . . . . . .
II. The Agenda. Report of the Central Committee
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MANDATE TO THE SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC DEPUTIES

IN THE THIRD STATE DUMA, Adopted at a Meeting
of the Delegates of the Workers Curia in the City of Baku,
September 22, 1907 . . . . . . . . . . . .
BOYCOTT THE CONFERENCE! . . . . . . . . .
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1908
BEFORE THE ELECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . .
MORE ABOUT A CONFERENCE WITH GUARANTEES
WHAT DO OUR RECENT STRIKES TELL US? . . .
THE CHANGE IN THE OIL OWNERS TACTICS . . .
WE MUST PREPARE! . . . . . . . . . . . .
ECONOMIC TERRORISM AND THE LABOUR MOVEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE OIL OWNERS ON ECONOMIC TERRORISM . .
THE PRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Flunkey Socialists. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hypocritical Zubatovites . . . . . . . . . . .
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THE CONFERENCE AND THE WORKERS . . . . .
THE PARTY CRISIS AND OUR TASKS . . . . .
THE FORTHCOMING GENERAL STRIKE
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PARTY NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Resolution of the Baku Committee on the Disagreements on the Enlarged Editorial Board of Proletary
THE DECEMBER STRIKE AND THE DECEMBER
AGREEMENT (On the Occasion of the Fifth Anniversary)
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1910
LETTERS FROM THE CAUCASUS . . .
I. Baku . . . . . . . . . . .
The Situation in the Oil Industry .
Local Government in the Oil Fields
The State of the Organisation . . .
Legal Possibilities . . . . . .
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II. Tiflis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Programmatic Liquidationism . . . . . .
Tactical Liquidationism . . . . . . . .
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE BAKU COMMITTEE
ON JANUARY 22, 1910 (For the Forthcoming General
Party Conference) . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I. Political Agitation and the Actual Consolidation
of the Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
II. Representation at the Forthcoming General Party
Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
AUGUST BEBEL, LEADER OF THE GERMAN
WORKERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A LETTER TO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE
PARTY FROM EXILE IN SOLVYCHEGODSK . .
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FOR THE PARTY! . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
LONG LIVE THE FIRST OF MAY !
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A NEW PERIOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
LIBERAL HYPOCRITES . . . . . . . . . . . .
NON-PARTY SIMPLETONS . . . . . . . . . . .
LIFE TRIUMPHS! . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THEY ARE WORKING WELL . . . . . . . . . .
THE ICE HAS BROKEN! . . . . . . . . . . . .
HOW THEY ARE PREPARING FOR THE ELECTIONS
DEDUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
OUR AIMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MANDATE OF THE ST. PETERSBURG WORKERS TO
THEIR LABOUR DEPUTY
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THE WILL OF THE VOTERS DELEGATES . . . .
THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTIONS IN THE WORKERS CURIA OF ST. PETERSBURG . . . . .
1. The Election of the Voters Delegates . . . . .
2. The Election of Electors . . . . . . . . . .
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4. The Election of the Duma Deputy .
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TO ALL THE WORKING MEN AND WORKING WOMEN

OF RUSSIA! January 9 . . . . . . . . . .
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TODAY IS ELECTION DAY .
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THE ELECTIONS IN ST. PETERSBURG (A Letter From

St. Petersburg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I. The Workers Curia . . . . . . . . . .
1. The Fight for Elections . . . . . . . . .
2. The Deputys Mandate . . . . . . . . .
3. Unity as a Mask, and the Election of the
Duma Deputy . . . . . . . . . . . .
II. The City Curia . . . . . . . . . . . .
III. Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ON THE ROAD TO NATIONALISM (A Letter From the Caucasus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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MARXISM AND THE NATIONAL QUESTION . . .

I. The Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . .
II. The National Movement . . . . . . . . .
III. Presentation of the Question . . . . . . .
IV. Cultural-National Autonomy . . . . . . . .
V. The Bund, Its Nationalism, Its Separatism .
VI. The Caucasians, the Conference of the Liquidators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
VII. The National Question in Russia . . . . . .
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THE SITUATION IN THE SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC

GROUP IN THE DUMA
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THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE LENA MASSACRE .
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Notes
Biographical Chronicle (1907 to March 1917)
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323
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422
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THE SOVIETS OF WORKERS AND

DEPUTIES . . . . . . . . . .
SOLDIERS
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THE WAR .
1917
NOT FOR . . . .
CONDITIONS FOR THE VICTORY OF THE RUSSIAN
REVOLUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
COMMERCIAL
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AGAINST FEDERALISM.
BIDDING FOR MINISTERIAL PORTFOLIOS
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TWO RESOLUTIONS .
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THE LAND TO THE PEASANTS
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MAY DAY .
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THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT. Speech Delivered

at a Meeting in Vasilyevsky Ostrov, April 18 (May 1),
1917. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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THE CONFERENCE IN THE MARIINSKY PALACE
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THE SEVENTH (APRIL) CONFERENCE OF THE

R.S.D.L.P (BOLSHEVIKS), April 24-29, 1917 . .
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1. Speech in Support of Comrade Lenins Resolution

on the Current Situation, April 24 . . . . . .
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2. Report on the National Question, April 29
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3. Reply to the Discussion on the National Question,

April 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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LAGGING BEHIND THE REVOLUTION
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WHAT DID WE EXPECT FROM THE CONFERENCE? .
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THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN .
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YESTERDAY AND TODAY (Crisis of the Revolution) .
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AGAINST ISOLATED DEMONSTRATIONS .
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RESULTS OF THE PETROGRAD MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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TO ALL THE TOILERS, TO ALL THE WORKERS AND

SOLDIERS OF PETROGRAD . . . . . . . .
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AT THE DEMONSTRATION .
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CLOSE THE RANKS!
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SPEECHES DELIVERED AT AN EMERGENCY CONFERENCE OF THE PETROGRAD ORGANIZATION OF

THE R.S.D.L.P. (BOLSHEVIKS), July 16-20, 1917 .
114
1. Report of the Central Committee on the July

Events, July 16 . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2. Report on the Current Situation, July 16 .
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3. Replies to Written Questions, July 16 .
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4. Reply to the Discussion, July 16 .
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VICTORY OF THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION .
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THE VICTORY OF THE CADETS .
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TO ALL THE TOILERS, TO ALL THE WORKERS AND

SOLDIERS OF PETROGRAD . . . . . . . .
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TWO CONFERENCES .
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THE NEW GOVERNMENT .
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THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
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SPEECHES DELIVERED AT THE SIXTH CONGRESS

OF THE R.S.D.L.P. (BOLSHEVIKS), July 26-August
3, 1917. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Report of the Central Committee, July 27 . . .

Reply to the Discussion, July 27 . . . . . .
Report on the Political Situation, July 30 . . .
Replies to Questions in Connection With the
Report on the Political Situation, July 31 . . .
5. Reply to the Discussion, July 31 . . . . . .
6. Reply to Preobrazhensky on Clause 9 of the Resolution On the Political Situation, August 3 . . .
WHAT DO THE CAPITALISTS WANT?
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AGAINST THE MOSCOW CONFERENCE
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MORE ON THE SUBJECT OF STOCKHOLM. .
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WHITHER THE MOSCOW CONFERENCE? .
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COUNTER-REVOLUTION AND THE PEOPLES OF

RUSSIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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TWO COURSES .
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THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR DEFEAT AT THE FRONT .
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THE CAUSES OF THE JULY DEFEAT AT THE FRONT .
238
WHO REALLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFEAT

AT THE FRONT? . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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AMERICAN BILLIONS .
OUTCOME OF THE MOSCOW CONFERENCE
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THIS IS ELECTION DAY .
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A PERIOD OF PROVOCATION .
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DIVISION OF LABOUR IN THE SOCIALIST-REVOLUTIONARY PARTY . . . . . . . . . . . .
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YELLOW ALLIANCE .
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EITHEROR .
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WE DEMAND! .
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AGAINST COMPROMISE WITH THE BOURGEOISIE .
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THE CRISIS AND THE DIRECTORY .
THE CONSPIRACY CONTINUES
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THEY WILL NOT SWERVE FROM THEIR PATH
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THE BREAK WITH THE CADETS .
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THE SECOND WAVE .
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FOREIGNERS AND THE KORNILOV CONSPIRACY
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THE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE
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TWO LINES .
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ALL POWER TO THE SOVIETS!
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THE REVOLUTIONARY FRONT .
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FORGING CHAINS
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A GOVERNMENT OF BOURGEOIS DICTATORSHIP
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COMMENTS .
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The Railway Strike and the Democratic Bankrupts
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The Russian Peasants and the Party of Numskulls
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CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE WORKERS .
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YOU WILL WAIT IN VAIN! .
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COMMENTS .
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The Party of Indeterminates and the Russian Soldiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Conspirators in Power
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A PAPER COALITION
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COMMENTS .
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Starvation in the Countryside .
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Starvation in the Factories .
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THE PLOT AGAINST THE REVOLUTION .
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WHO IS TORPEDOING THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY?
383
THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION IS MOBILIZINGPREPARE TO RESIST! . . . . . . . . . . . .
386
WHO NEEDS THE PRE-PARLIAMENT?
389
SOVIET POWER .
SELF-CHASTISEMENT
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A STUDY IN BRAZENNESS
397
BLACKLEGS OF THE REVOLUTION
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SPEECH AT A MEETING OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,

October 16, 1917 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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STRONG BULLS OF BASHAN HAVE BESET ME ROUND
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WHAT DO WE NEED? .
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Notes
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Biographical Chronicle (March-October 1917)
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SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE CONGRESS OF THE

FINNISH SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC LABOUR PARTY,
HELSINGFORS, November 14, 1917. . . . . . .
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REPLY TO UKRAINIAN
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THE UKRAINIAN
RADA. Speech Delivered in the AllCOMMERCIAL
Russian Central Executive Committee, December 14, 1917
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WHAT IS THE UKRAINIAN RADA? . .
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THE INDEPENDENCE OF FINLAND. Speech Delivered in

the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, December
22, 1917 (Newspaper Report) . . . . . . . . .
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TURKISH ARMENIA .
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SPEECH AT THE MEETING OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE R.S.D.L.P.(B.) ON THE QUESTION
OF PEACE WITH THE GERMANS, January 11,
1918 (Summary Record in the Minutes) . . . . .
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THE KIEV BOURGEOIS RADA .
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SPEECHES DELIVERED AT THE THIRD ALL-RUSSIAN CONGRESS OF SOVIETS OF WORKERS,

SOLDIERS AND PEASANTS DEPUTIES, January
10-18, 1918 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1. Report on the National Question, January 15
(Newspaper report) . . . . . . . . . . .
2. Draft Resolution on the Federal Institutions of
the Russian Republic . . . . . . . . . .
3. Reply to the Discussion on the Report on the
National Question, January 15 (Newspaper Report)
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TELEPHONE MESSAGE TO THE PETROGRAD COMMITTEE, R.S.D.L.P.(B.), February 21, 1918 . . .
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TELEGRAM TO THE PEOPLES SECRETARIAT,

UKRAINIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC, February 21,
1918 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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NOTE SENT BY DIRECT WIRE TO THE PEOPLES

SECRETARIAT, UKRAINIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC,
February 24, 1918 . . . . . . . . . . . .
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THE UKRAINIAN KNOT .
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A TATAR-BASHKIR SOVIET REPUBLIC .
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TRANSCAUCASIAN COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES
UNDER A SOCIALIST MASK . . . . . . . .
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ORGANIZATION OF A RUSSIAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC.

Pravda Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bourgeois-Democratic Federations . . . . . .
How the Russian Federation Now in Process of Formation Differs From Them . . . . . . . .
Structural Principles of the Russian Federation . .
Composition of the Russian Federal Republic . .
Rights of Federating Regions. Rights of National
Minorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Structure of the Central Authority . . . . . .
The Executive Organ of Power . . . . . . .
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Transitional Function of Federalism . . . . .

Shaping the Political Structure of the Russian
Federation. Federalism in Russiaa Transitional
Step to Socialist Unitarism . . . . . . . .
ONE IMMEDIATE TASK .
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GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF

THE RUSSIAN SOCIALIST FEDERATIVE SOVIET
REPUBLIC. Draft Approved by the Commission Appointed by the All-Russian C.E.C. for Drafting the
Constitution of the Soviet Republic . . . . . . .
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TELEGRAM TO THE FIFTH CONGRESS OF SOVIETS

OF THE TURKESTAN REGION, April 22, 1918 .
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THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE UKRAINE.

Izvestia Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Conclusion of an Armistice . . . . . . . .
Subsequent Negotiations . . . . . . . . .
Effect of the Coup dtat in the Ukraine . . . .
Causes of the Coup dtat . . . . . . . .
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SPEECHES DELIVERED AT A CONFERENCE ON THE

CONVENING OF A CONSTITUENT CONGRESS OF
SOVIETS OF THE TATAR-BASHKIR SOVIET REPUBLIC, May 10-16, 1918 . . . . . . . . .
1. Speech at the Opening of the Conference, May 10
2. Speech at the Closing of the Conference, May 16
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ANOTHER LIE .
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THE SITUATION IN THE CAUCASUS

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II. The North Caucasus . . . .
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CONCERNING THE SITUATION IN THE CAUCASUS

From the Peoples Commissariat for the Affairs of Nationalities . . .
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CONTENTS
THE DON AND THE NORTH CAUCASUS (Machinations and the Facts) . . . . . . . . . . . .
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TELEGRAM TO V. I. LENIN, June 7, 1918
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LETTER TO V. I. LENIN, July 7, 1918 .
120
LETTER TO V. I. LENIN, July 10, 1918 .
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LETTER TO V. I. LENIN, August 4, 1918 .
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LETTER TO V. I. LENIN, August 31, 1918 .
129
TELEGRAM TO SVERDLOV, CHAIRMAN OF THE ALLRUSSIAN CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,

August 31, 1918 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
130
TELEGRAM TO THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLES COMMISSARS, September 6, 1918 . . . . . . . .
131
TELEGRAM TO VOROSHILOV, COMMANDER OF THE

FRONT, TSARITSYN, September 19, 1918 . . .
132
THE SOUTHERN FRONT. Izvestia Interview .
133
Theses
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SPEECH DELIVERED AT A PLENARY MEETING

OF THE MOSCOW SOVIET OF WORKERS, SOLDIERS AND PEASANTS DEPUTIES ON THE
SITUATION ON THE SOUTHERN FRONT, October
29, 1918 (Newspaper Report) . . . . . . . .
149
THE SOUTH OF RUSSIA. Pravda Interview.

Importance of the Southern Front . .
Tsaritsyn the Main Target . . . . .
Wherein Lies the Strength of Our Army?
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THE LOGIC OF FACTS (In Reference to the

of the Central Committee of the Mensheviks)
I. The October Revolution . . . .
II. The Dictatorship of the Proletariat
III. Petty-Bourgeois Muddle . . . .
IV. What Next? . . . . . . . . .
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THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION (October 24 and 25, 1917,

in Petrograd) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION AND THE NATIONAL
QUESTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I. The February Revolution and the National Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
II. The October Revolution and the National Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
III. The World-Wide Significance of the October
Revolution . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PARTITION WALL . . . . . . . .
DONT FORGET THE EAST . . . . .
THE UKRAINE IS LIBERATING ITSELF
LIGHT FROM THE EAST . . . . . .
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LETTER TO V. I. LENIN FROM THE EASTERN
FRONT, January 5, 1919 . . . . . . . . . .
REPORT TO V. I. LENIN . . . . . . . . . . .
SPEECH DELIVERED AT A JOINT MEETING OF
PARTY AND SOVIET ORGANIZATIONS IN VYATKA, January 19, 1919 (Record in the Minutes) . .
REPORT TO COMRADE LENIN BY THE COMMISSION
OF THE PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE AND
THE COUNCIL OF DEFENCE ON THE REASONS
FOR THE FALL OF PERM IN DECEMBER 1918 .
General Picture of the Disaster . . . . . . .
The Third Army and the Reserves . . . . . .
Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Control System of the Army and Instructions of
the Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Insecurity of the Rear and Work of the

Soviet Institutions . . . . . . .
Conclusions . . . . . . . . .
Supply and Evacuation Agencies . .
Conclusions . . . . . . . . .
Total Losses of Materiel and Men . .
Measures Taken to Strengthen the Front
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THE GOVERNMENTS POLICY ON THE NATIONAL QUESTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
233
TO THE SOVIETS AND THE PARTY ORGANIZATIONS

OF TURKESTAN . . . . . . . . . . . . .
238
TWO CAMPS
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OUR TASKS IN THE EAST .
245
TWO YEARS
249
IMPERIALISMS RESERVES .
254
EXCERPT FROM A SPEECH ON THE MILITARY QUESTION DELIVERED AT THE EIGHTH CONGRESS
OF THE R.C.P.(B.), March 21, 1919 . . . . .
258
THE RE-ORGANIZATION OF STATE CONTROL. Report

Delivered at a Meeting of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, April 9, 1919 (Newspaper Report) .
260
THE SHOOTING OF THE TWENTY-SIX BAKU COMRADES BY AGENTS OF BRITISH IMPERIALISM
261
TELEGRAM TO THE INSPECTOR-EXTRAORDINARY

OF STATE CONTROL, SHCHIGRY, May 7, 1919
266
NOTE TO V. I. LENIN FROM PETROGRAD BY DIRECT WIRE, May 25, 1919 . . . . . . . .
268
TELEGRAM TO V. I. LENIN, June 16, 1919 .
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NOTE TO V. I. LENIN FROM PETROGRAD BY DIRECT WIRE, June 18, 1919 . . . . . . . .
272
THE PETROGRAD FRONT. Pravda Interview
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The Approaches to Petrograd

The Enemys Forces . . . .
The Enemys Calculations . .
The Situation at the Front .
The Navy . . . . . . . .
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LETTER TO V. I. LENIN ABOUT THE SITUATION

ON THE WESTERN FRONT, August 11, 1919 . .
282
LETTER TO V. I. LENIN FROM THE SOUTHERN

FRONT, October 15, 1919 . . . . . . . . .
285
TELEGRAM TO V. I. LENIN, October 25, 1919 .
289
SPEECH AT THE OPENING OF THE SECOND ALL-RUSSIAN CONGRESS OF COMMUNIST ORGANIZATIONS

OF THE PEOPLES OF THE EAST, November 22, 1919
290
GREETINGS TO PETROGRAD FROM THE SOUTHERN

FRONT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE MILITARY SITUATION IN THE SOUTH . . .
293
294
I. Abortive Plans of the Entente . . . . . . .

II. Causes of the Defeat of the Counter-revolution
III. Present Situation on the Southern Front . . .
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1920
ORDER OF THE DAY TO THE UKRAINIAN LABOUR
ARMY, March 7, 1920 . . . . . . . . . . .
SPEECHES AT THE FOURTH CONFERENCE OF THE
COMMUNIST PARTY (BOLSHEVIKS) OF THE
UKRAINE, March 17-23, 1920 . . . . . . . .
1. Speech at the Opening of the Conference, March 17
2. Report on Economic Policy, March 19 . . . .
3. Reply to the Discussion on the Report on Economic
Policy, March 20 . . . . . . . . . . .
4. Speech at the Closing of the Conference, March 23
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LENIN AS THE ORGANIZER AND LEADER OF THE

RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY . . . . . . .
I. Lenin as the
nist Party .
II. Lenin as the
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Organizer
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Leader of
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the Russian Communist
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SPEECH DELIVERED AT A MEETING CALLED BY THE

MOSCOW COMMITTEE, R.C.P.(B.) ON THE OCCASION OF V. I. LENINS FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY,
April 23, 1920 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
328
THE ENTENTES NEW CAMPAIGN AGAINST RUSSIA

I. The General Situation . . . . . . . . .
II. Rear. Striking Area . . . . . . . . . .
III. Prospects. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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339
THE SITUATION ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN FRONT.

Ukrainian ROSTA Interview . . . . . . . . .
The Break-Through . . . . . . . . . . .
Results of the Break-Through . . . . . . . .
Fate of the Polish Third Army . . . . . . .
Situation at the Front . . . . . . . . . .
Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Crimean Front . . . . . . . . . . .
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TELEGRAM TO V. I. LENIN, June 25, 1920 .
347
THE SITUATION ON THE POLISH FRONT. Pravda Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. May-June . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. The Zhitomir Break-Through . . . . . . .
3. Results of the Break-Through . . . . . . .
4. The Danger From the South . . . . . . .
5. Remember Wrangel . . . . . . . . . .
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HOW THE RED ARMY IS GREETED. Statement to Krasnoarmeyets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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TO ALL PARTY ORGANIZATIONS. Draft Letter of the

C.C., R.C.P.(B.) . . . . . . . . . . . . .
356
CREATION OF FIGHTING RESERVES OF THE REPUBLIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
358
1. Memorandum to the Political Bureau, C.C.,

R.C.P.(B.), August 25, 1920 . . . . . . .
2. Statement to the Political Bureau, C.C.,
R.C.P.(B.), August 30, 1920 . . . . . . .
358
360
THE POLICY OF THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT ON THE

NATIONAL QUESTION IN RUSSIA . . . . . .
363
SPEECH AT THE OPENING OF THE FIRST ALLRUSSIAN CONFERENCE OF RESPONSIBLE PERSONNEL OF THE WORKERS AND PEASANTS
INSPECTION, October 15, 1920 . . . . . . .
377
AUTHORS PREFACE. To a Collection of Articles on the

National Question, Published in 1920 . . . . . .
383
THE POLITICAL SITUATION OF THE REPUBLIC.

Report Delivered at a Regional Conference of Communist
Organizations of the Don and the Caucasus, held in
Vladikavkaz, October 27, 1920 . . . . . . . .
387
THREE YEARS OF PROLETARIAN DICTATORSHIP.

Report Delivered at a Celebration Meeting of the Baku
Soviet, November 6, 1920 . . . . . . . . . .
The First Period . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Second Period . . . . . . . . . . .
The Third Period . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prospects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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396
398
400
402
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLES OF

November 13, 1920 . . . . . .
1. Declaration on Soviet Autonomy
2. Concluding Remarks . . . .
407
407
411
DAGHESTAN,
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CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLES

REGION, November 17, 1920
1. Report on Soviet Autonomy
2. Concluding Remarks . .
OF THE TEREK
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THE SITUATION IN THE CAUCASUS. Pravda Interview .
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LONG LIVE SOVIET ARMENIA!
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Notes
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SPEECH AT THE OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE

OF COMMUNISTS OF THE TYURK PEOPLES OF THE
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1921-23
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NATIONAL QUESTION. Theses for the Tenth Congress
of the R.C.P.(B.) Endorsed by the Central Committee
of the Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I. The Capitalist System and National Oppression . .
II. The Soviet System and National Freedom . . .
III. The Immediate Tasks of the R.C.P. . . . . .
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8-16, 1921 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1. Report on the mmediate Tasks of the Party in the
National Question, March 10 . . . . . . . . .
2. Reply to the Discussion, March 10 . . . . . . .
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A LETTER TO V. I. LENIN .
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CONCERNING THE PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL QUESTION . . . . . . . . . . . .

GREETINGS TO THE FIRST CONGRESS OF HIGHLAND WOMEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE POLITICAL STRATEGY AND TACTICS OF THE
RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS. Synopsis of a Pamphlet . .
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I. Definition of Terms and Subject of Investigation

II. Historic Turns in the Development of Russia . .
III. Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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THE IMMEDIATE TASKS OF COMMUNISM IN GEORGIA AND TRANSCAUCASIA. Report to a General Meeting of the Tiflis Organisation of the Communist Party of
Georgia, July 6, 1921 . . . . . . . . . . .
THE PARTY BEFORE AND AFTER TAKING POWER .
THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION AND THE NATIONAL
POLICY OF THE RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS . . .
THE PROSPECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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TO PRAVDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF PRAVDA (Reminiscences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1. The Lena Events . . . . . . . . .
2. The Foundation of Pravda . . . . . .
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GREETINGS TO PETROGRAD, TO THE SOVIET OF
DEPUTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE QUESTION OF THE UNION OF THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL REPUBLICS. Interview With a
Pravda Correspondent . . . . . . . . . . .
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THE UNION OF THE SOVIET REPUBLICS. Report

Delivered at the Tenth All-Russian Congress of Soviets,
December 26, 1922 . . . . . . . . . . . .
148
THE FORMATION OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS. Report Delivered at the First
Congress of Soviets of the U.S.S.R., December 30, 1922
159
1923
CONCERNING THE QUESTION OF THE STRATEGY
AND TACTICS OF THE RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS .
I. Preliminary Concepts .
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7.
Two Aspects of the Working-Class Movement

The Theory and Programme of Marxism
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Strategy . . . . . . . . . . .
Tactics . . . . . . . . . . .
Forms of Struggle . . . . . . . .
Forms of Organisation . . . . . . .
The Slogan. The Directive . . . . .
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2. The First Historic Turn and the Course Towards the
Bourgeois-Democratic Revolution in Russia . . .
3. The Second Historic Turn and the Course Towards the
Dictatorship of the Proletariat in Russia . . . . .
4. The Third Historic Turn and the Course Towards the Proletarian Revolution in Europe . . . . . . . .
NATIONAL FACTORS IN PARTY AND STATE AFFAIRS. Theses for the Twelfth Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks), Approved by the
Central Committee of the Party . . . . . . . .
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THE TWELFTH CONGRESS OF THE R.C.P.(B.), April

17-25, 1923 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
197
1. The Organisational Report of the Central Committee

of the R.C.P.(B.), April 17 . . . . . . . . .
199
2. Reply to the Discussion on the Central Committees

Organisational Report, April 19 . . . . . . .
227
3. Report on National Factors in Party and State Affairs, April 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
241
4. Reply to the Discussion on the Report on National

Factors in Party and State Affairs, April 25 . . .
269
5. Answer on the Amendments to the Resolution,

April 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
281
6. Supplement to the Report of the Commission on the

National Question, April 25 . . . . . . . .
284
THE PRESS AS A COLLECTIVE ORGANISER .
286
CONFUSION WORSE CONFOUNDED . . . . . . .

FOURTH CONFERENCE OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE R.C.P.(B.) WITH RESPONSIBLE
WORKERS OF THE NATIONAL REPUBLICS AND
REGIONS, June 9-12, 1923 . . . . . . . . .
291
297
1. Draft Platform on the National Question for the

Fourth Conference, Endorsed by the Political Bureau
of the Central Committee . . . . . . . . .
299
The General Line on Party Work on the National Question
299
Questions Connected With the Institution or a Second Chamber or the Central Executive Committee or the Union
and With the Organisation of the Peoples Commissariats
or the Union or Republics
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Measures for Drawing Working People or the Local Population Into Party and Soviet Affairs . . . . . . .
301
Measures to Raise the Cultural Level or the Local Population

Economic Construction in the National Republics and Regions From the Standpoint of the Specific National Features or Their Manner or Life . . . . . . . .
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CONTENTS
Practical Measures for the Organisation of National Military

Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Organisation or Party Educational Work
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Selection or Party and Soviet officials With a View to Implementing the Resolution on the National Question Adopted
by the Twelfth Congress . . . . . . . . . .
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2. Rights and Lefts in the National Republics and

Regions. Speech on the First Item of the Conference
Agenda: The Sultan-Galiyev Case, June 10 . .
3. Practical Measures for Implementing the Resolution
on the National Question Adopted by the Twelfth
Party Congress. Report on the Second Item of the
Agenda, June 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. Reply to the Discussion, June 12 . . . . . . .
5. Reply to Speeches, June 12 . . . . . . . .
THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION AND THE QUESTION
OF THE MIDDLE STRATA . . . . . . . . .
349
THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST CONGRESS OF WORKING WOMEN AND PEASANT
WOMEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
356
SPEECH AT A CELEBRATION MEETING AT THE MILITARY ACADEMY, November 17, 1923 (Brief Newspaper Report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE PARTYS TASKS. Report Delivered at an Enlarged
Meeting of the Krasnaya Presnya District Committee of
the R.C.P.(B.) With Group Organisers, Members of the
Debating Society and of the Bureau of the Party Units,
December 2, 1923 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Discussiona Sign of the Partys Strength. . . . .
Causes of the Discussion . . . . . . . . . .
Defects in Internal Party Life . . . . . . . .
The Causes of the Defects . . . . . . . . . .
How Should the Defects in Internal Party Life Be
Removed?
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THE DISCUSSION, RAFAIL, THE ARTICLES BY

PREOBRAZHENSKY AND SAPRONOV,
AND
TROTSKYS LETTER . . . . . . . . . . .
The Discussion . . .
Rafail . . . . . . .
Preobrazhenskys Article
Sapronovs Article . .
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A NECESSARY COMMENT (Concerning Rafail)
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GREETINGS TO THE NEWSPAPER COMMUNIST .
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Appendix 1. Declaration on the Formation of the Union

of Soviet Socialist Republics . . . . . . . .
403
Appendix 2. Treaty on the Formation of the Union of

Soviet Socialist Republics . . . . . . . . . .
405
Appendices
Notes
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THE DISCUSSION. Interview With a Rosta Correspondent, January 9, 1924 . . . . . . . . . . . .
THIRTEENTH CONFERENCE OF THE R.C.P.(B.), January 16-18, 1924 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1. Report on Immediate Tasks in Party Affairs,

January 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NOT FOR
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ON THE DEATH
OF LENIN. A Speech Delivered at the
Second All-Union Congress of Soviets, January 26, 1924.
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LENIN. A Speech Delivered at a Memorial Meeting of the

Kremlin Military School, January 28, 1924 . . . .
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The Mountain Eagle . .

Modesty . . . . . .
Force of Logic . . . .
No Whining . . . . .
No Boasting . . . . .
Fidelity to Principle . .
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THE FOUNDATIONS OF LENINISM. Lectures Delivered

at the Sverdlov University . . . . . . . . . .
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The Historical Roots of Leninism .

Method . . . . . . . . .
Theory . . . . . . . . . .
The Dictatorship of the Proletariat
The Peasant Question . . . . .
The National Question . . . .
Strategy and Tactics . . . . .
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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE R.C.P.(B.), May

23-31, 1924 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
197
Organisational Report of the Central Committee, May 24
199
1. The Mass Organisations That Link the Party With the

Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. The State Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . .
3. The Composition of the Party. The Lenin Enrolment
4. The composition of Leading Party Bodies, Cadres and
the Younger Party Element . . . . . . . . .
5. The Work of the Party in the Sphere or Agitation and
Propaganda
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
6. The Work of the Party in the Registration, Allocation and Promotion of Forces
. . . . . . .
7. Inner-Party Life . . . . . . . . . . . .
8. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reply to the Discussion, May 27 .
246
218
218
221
THE RESULTS OF THE THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF

THE R.C.P.(B.). Report Delivered at the C.C., R.C.P.(B.)
Courses for Secretaries of Uyezd Party Committees, June 17,
1924 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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215
231
212
Foreign Affairs
200
206
210
247
Questions of the Bond Between Town and Country
252
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CONTENTS
Questions of the Education and Re-education of the

Working Masses . . . . . . . . . . . . .
260
The Party
265
The Tasks of Party Workers in the Uyezds .
272
WORKER CORRESPONDENTS. Interview With a Representative of the Magazine Rabochy Korrespondent . .
274
THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF POLAND. Speech Delivered

at a Meeting of the Polish Commission of the Comintern,
July 3, 1924 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
276
A LETTER TO COMRADE DEMYAN BEDNY. July

15, 1924 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
285
Y. M. SVERDLOV
289
CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION .
292
1. The Period of Bourgeois-Democratic Pacifism
292
2. The Intervention of America in European Affairs and

the Ententes London Agreement on Reparations
298
3. Strengthening of the Revolutionary Elements in

the European Labour Movement. Growth of the
International Popularity of the Soviet Union
304
THE PARTYS IMMEDIATE TASKS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. Speech Delivered at a Conference of Secretaries of
Rural Party Units, Called by the Central Committee of
the R.C.P.(B.), October 22, 1924 . . . . . . . .
315
Defects in the Reports From the Localities .
315
The Partys Chief Defectthe Weakness of Party

Work in the Countryside
. . . . . . . .
317
Wherein Lies the Strength of Our Party in the Towns?
317
Wherein Lies the Weakness of Our Work in the Countryside? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
318
The Chief Task Is to Create a Peasant Active Around

the Party . . . . . . . . . . . . .
319
CONTENTS
The Soviets Must Be Revitalised . . . . . . .

The Approach to the Peasantry Must Be Changed .
The Lessons of the Revolt in Georgia . . . . .
A Tactful Approach to the Peasantry Is Needed . .
The Partys Chief Tasks . . . . . . . . . .
Conditions for the Work . . . . . . . . . .
The Chief Thing Is To Maintain Contact With the
Millions of Non-Party People . . . . . . . .
319
320
321
323
324
324
325
THE PARTYS TASKS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. Speech

Delivered at the Plenum of the Central Committee of
the R.C.P.(B.), October 26, 1924 . . . . . . .
327
ENTRY IN THE RED BOOK OF THE DYNAMO FACTORY, November 7, 1924 . . . . . . . . .
335
TO THE FIRST CAVALRY ARMY
336
TO KRESTYANSKAYA GAZETA . .
337
TROTSKYISM OR LENINISM? Speech Delivered at the

Plenum of the Communist Group in the A.U.C.C.T.U.,
November 19, 1924 . . . . . . . . . . . .
338
I. The Facts About the October Uprising .
338
II. The Party and the Preparation for October .
346
363
THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION AND THE TACTICS

OF THE RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS. Preface to the Book
On the Road to October . . . . . . . . . .
374
I. The External and Internal Setting for the October

Revolution . . . . . . . . . . . . .
374
II. Two Specific Features of the October Revolutionor October and Trotskys Theory of Permanent Revolution . . . . . . . . . .
378
III. Trotskyism or Leninism? .
XI
CONTENTS
Notes
III. Certain Specific Features of the Tactics of the

Bolsheviks During the Period of Preparation
for October
. . . . . . . . . . . .
398
IV. The October Revolution as the Beginning of

and the Pre-condition for the World Revolution
414
421
Biographical Chronicle (1924) .
439
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TO THE TEACHERS CONGRESS .
THE TASKS OF THE MAGAZINE KRASNAYA MOLODYOZH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SPEECH DELIVERED AT A PLENUM OF THE

CENTRAL COMMITTEE AND THE CENTRAL
CONTROL COMMISSION OF THE R.C.P.(B.), January 17, 1925 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TRAL COMMITTEE OF THE R.C.P.(B.), January 19,

1925 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A LETTER TO COMRADE DOV .
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DYMOVKA. Speech Delivered at a Meeting of the

Organising Bureau of the Central Committee of the
R.C.P.(B.), January 26, 1925. . . . . . . . .
19
CONCERNING THE QUESTION OF THE PROLETARIAT

AND THE PEASANTRY. Speech Delivered at the Thirteenth Gubernia Conference of the Moscow Organisation of
the R.C.P.(B.), January 27, 1925. . . . . . . .
25
THE PROSPECTS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF

GERMANY AND THE QUESTION OF BOLSHEVISATION. Interview with Herzog, Member of the C.P.G. .
34
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CONTENTS
A LETTER TO COMRADE MERT .
42
INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY .
48
THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE R.C.P.(B.) TO

THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
KUOMINTANG . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50
THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION AND THE TASKS

OF THE COMMUNIST PARTIES . . . . . . .
51
THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA.

Speech Delivered in the Czechoslovak Commission of the
E.C.C.I., March 27, 1925 . . . . . . . . . .
58
CONCERNING THE NATIONAL QUESTION IN YUGOSLAVIA. Speech Delivered in the Yugoslav Commission of the
E.C.C.I., March 30, 1925 . . . . . . . . . .
69
THE ACTIVE OF THE YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE

IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. Speech Delivered at a Meeting of the Organising Bureau of the Central Committee of
the R.C.P.(B.), April 6, 1925 . . . . . . . . .
77
TO THE FIRST ALL-UNION CONFERENCE OF PROLETARIAN STUDENTS. A Message . . . . . . .
85
THE RESULTS OF THE WORK OF THE FOURTEENTH

CONFERENCE OF THE R.C.P.(B.); Report Delivered at a Meeting of the Active of the Moscow Organisation
of the R.C.P.(B.), May 9, 1925 . . . . . . . .
90
I. The International Situation . . . . . . .

II. The Immediate Tasks of the Communist Parties
in the Capitalist Countries. . . . . . . .
III. The Immediate Tasks of the Communist Elements
in the Colonial and Dependent Countries . . .
IV. The Fate of Socialism in the Soviet Union . .
V. The Partys Policy in the Countryside . . .
VI. The Metal Industry . . . . . . . . . .
91
102
107
110
123
130
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THE POLITICAL TASKS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE

PEOPLES OF THE EAST. Speech Delivered at a Meeting of Students of the Communist University of the
Toilers of the East, May 18, 1925 . . . . . . .
I. The Tasks of the Communist University of the
Toilers of the East in Relation to the Soviet
Republics of the East . . . . . . . . . .
II. The Tasks of the Communist University of the
Toilers of the East in Relation to the Colonial
and Dependent Countries of the East . . . .
135
136
146
TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD

OF KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA . . . . . . .
155
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Speech Delivered at the Sverdlov University, June 9, 1925 . . . .
. . . .
158
TO THE SVERDLOV UNIVERSITY. On the Occasion of

the Second Graduation of Students of Basic and Trade
Union Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
215
THE NATIONAL QUESTION ONCE AGAIN. Concerning

the Article by Semich . . . . . . . . . . . .
219
THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN THE EAST.

Interview Given to Mr. Fuse, Japanese Correspondent
of Nichi-Nichi . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
231
A LETTER TO COMRADE YERMAKOVSKY
237
INTERVIEW WITH THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONFERENCE OF AGITATION AND PROPAGANDA

DEPARTMENTS, October 14, 1925 . . . . . . .
240
THE TASKS OF THE YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE.

Answers to Questions Submitted by the Editorial Board of
Komsomolskaya Pravda . . . . . . . . . . .
247
SPEECH AT THE FUNERAL OF M. V. FRUNZE, November 3, 1925 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
256
CONTENTS
OCTOBER, LENIN, AND THE PROSPECTS OF OUR

DEVELOPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . .
258
A LETTER TO THE PRESIDIUM OF THE TWENTYSECOND LENINGRAD GUBERNIA PARTY CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
263
THE FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE C.P.S.U.(B.),

December 18-31, 1925 . . . . . . . . . . .
265
Political Report of the Central Committee, December 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
267
I. The International Situation .
267
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275
277
284
288
295
302
Union
304
The National Economy as a Whole . . . . . . .

Industry and Agriculture . .
. . . . . . .
Questions Concerning Trade . . . . . . . . .
Classes, Their Activity, Their Correlation . . . . .
Lenins Three Slogans on the Peasant Question . . .
Two Dangers and Two Deviations In Regard to the Peasant Question . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7. The Partys Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . .
305
321
325
327
332
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
The Stabilisation of Capitalism . . . . .

Imperialism, the Colonies and Semi-Colonies .
Victors and Vanquished . . . . . . .
The Contradictions between the Victor Countries
The Capitalist World and the Soviet Union .
The External Position of the U.S.S.R. . . .
The Partys Tasks . . . . . . . . .
II. The
Internal
Situation
in
the
Soviet
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
III. The Party .
342
347
351
Reply to the Discussion on the Political Report of the

Central Committee, December 23 . . . . . . .
362
1. Sokolnikov and the Dawesation of Our Country .

2. Kamenev and Our Concessions to the Peasantry .
3. Whose Miscalculations? . . . . . . . .
363
365
369
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4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
How Sokolnikov Protects the Poor Peasants .

Ideological Struggle or Slander? . . . .
Concerning NEP . . . . . . . . .
Concerning State Capitalism . . . . . .
Zinoviev and the Peasantry . . . . . .
Concerning the History of the Disagreements
The Oppositions Platform . . . . . .
Their Desire for Peace
. . . . . .
The Party Will Achieve Unity . . . . .
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381
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397
399
401
404
Biographical Chronicle (1925) .
419
Notes
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THE FIGHT AGAINST RIGHT AND ULTRA-LEFT

DEVIATIONS. Two Speeches Delivered at a Meeting of
the Presidium of the E.C.C.I., January 22, 1926 . . .
I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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NOT FOR
CONCERNING QUESTIONS OF LENINISM . .
I. The COMMERCIAL
Definition of Leninism . . . . .
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION OF THE COLLECTION QUESTIONS OF LENINISM . . . . . .
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
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The Main Thing in Leninism . . . . . .
The Question of Permanent Revolution . .
The Proletarian Revolution and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat . . . . . . . . .
The Party and the Working Class in the System
of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat . . .
The Question of the Victory of Socialism in One
Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Fight for the Victory of Socialist Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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THE PEASANTRY AS AN ALLY OF THE WORKING

CLASS. Reply to Comrades P. F. Boltnev, V. I. Efremov
and V. I. Ivlev . . . . . . . . . . . . .
97
THE POSSIBILITY OF BUILDING SOCIALISM IN OUR

COUNTRY. Reply to Comrade Pokoyev . . . .
101
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COMRADE KOTOVSKY . . . . . . . . . . .
SPEECH DELIVERED IN THE FRENCH COMMISSION
OF THE SIXTH ENLARGED PLENUM OF THE
E.C.C.I., March 6, 1926 . . . . . . . . . .
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNIST WOMENS DAY . .
SPEECH DELIVERED IN THE GERMAN COMMISSION
OF THE SIXTH ENLARGED PLENUM OF THE
E.C.C.I., March 8, 1926 . . . . . . . . . .
THE ECONOMIC SITUATION OF THE SOVIET UNION
AND THE POLICY OF THE PARTY. Report to the
Active of the Leningrad Party Organisation on the Work
of the Plenum of the C.C., C.P.S.U.(B.), April 13, 1926
I. Two Periods of NEP . . . . . . . . .
II. The Course Towards Industrialisation . . . .
III. Questions of Socialist Accumulation . . . . .
IV. The Proper Use of Accumulations. The Regime
of Economy . . . . . . . . . . . .
V. We Must Create Cadres of Builders of Industry
VI. We Must Raise the Activity of the Working
Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
VII. We Must Strengthen the Alliance of the Workers and Peasants . . . . . . . . . . .
VIII. We Must Put Inner-Party Democracy into Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
IX. We Must Protect the Unity of the Party . . .
X. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TO COMRADE KAGANOVICH AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE POLITICAL BUREAU OF THE
CENTRAL COMMITTEE, UKRAINIAN C.P.(B.) . .
THE BRITISH STRIKE AND THE EVENTS IN POLAND.
Report Delivered at a Meeting of Workers of the Chief
Railway Workshops in Tiflis, June 8, 1926 . . . .
What Caused the Strike in Britain? . . . . . . .
105
106
114
115
123
124
126
129
136
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151
153
154
157
164
164
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Why Did the British General Strike Fail? .
169
Lessons of the General Strike .
173
Some Conclusions .
175
The Recent Events in Poland .
177
REPLY TO THE GREETINGS OF THE WORKERS OF

THE CHIEF RAILWAY WORKSHOPS IN TIFLIS,
June 8, 1926 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
182
THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN UNITY COMMITTEE. Speech Delivcred at a Joint Plenum of the Central Committee and
the Central Control Commission, C.P.S.U.(B.), July
15, 1926 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
185
F. DZERZHINSKY (In Memory of F. Dzerzhinsky) .
203
THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN COMMITTEE. Speech Delivered

at a Meeting of the Presidium of the E.C.C.I., August 7,
1926 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
205
TO THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE DAILY WORKER, CENTRAL ORGAN OF THE WORKERS
PARTY OF AMERICA . . . . . . . . . . .
215
LETTER TO SLEPKOV
217
MEASURES FOR MITIGATING THE INNER-PARTY

STRUGGLE. Speech Delivered at a Meeting of the Political Bureau of the C.C., C.P.S.U.(B.), October 11,
1926 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
220
THE OPPOSITION BLOC IN THE C.P.S.U.(B.). Theses

for the Fifteenth All-Union Conference of the C.P.S.U.(B.),
Adopted by the Conference and Endorsed by the C.C.,
C.P.S.U.(B.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
225
I. The Passing over of the New Opposition to

Trotskyism on the Basic Question of the Character and Prospects of Our Revolution . . .
227
II. The Practical Platform of the Opposition Bloc
232
CONTENTS
III. The Revolutionary Words and Opportunist

Deeds of the Opposition Bloc . . . . . .
IV. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
239
243
THE SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC DEVIATION IN OUR PARTY. Report Delivered at the Fifteenth All-Union Conference of the C.P.S.U.(B.), November 1, 1926 . . . .
245
I. The Stages of Development

Bloc . . . . . . . .
1. The First Stage . . . . .
2. The Second Stage . . . .
3. The Third Stage . . . .
4. The Fourth Stage . . . .
of
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the Opposition
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5. Lenin and the Question of Blocs in the Party . . .
6. The Process of Decomposition of the Opposition Bloc
7. What Is the Opposition Bloc Counting on? . . . .
II. The Principal Error of the Opposition Bloc .

1. Preliminary Remarks . . . . . . . . .
2. Leninism or Trotskyism? . . . . . . . .
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3. The Resolution of the Fourteenth Conference on the

R.C.P.(B.) . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. The Passing over of the New Opposition to Trotskyism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. Trotskys Evasion. Smilga. Radek . . . . . .
6. The Decisive Importance of the Question of the Prospects of Our Constructive Work . . . . . . .
7. The Political Prospects of the Opposition Bloc . . .
III. The Political and Organisational Errors of the

Opposition Bloc . . . . . . . . . . .
IV. Some Conclusions . . . . . . . . . .
REPLY TO THE DISCUSSION ON THE REPORT ON
THE SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC DEVIATION IN OUR
PARTY, November 3, 1926 . . . . . . . . .
I. Some General Questions . . . . . . . .
1. Marxism Is Not a Dogma, but a Guide to Action
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246
247
249
250
252
254
256
258
259
264
278
282
287
292
295
299
306
311
311
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2. Some Remarks of Lenin on the Dictatorship of the

Proletariat . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. The Unevenness of Development of the Capitalist
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Countries
II. Kamenev Clears the Way for Trotsky

III. An Incredible Muddle, or Zinoviev on
lutionary Spirit and Internationalism .
IV. Trotsky Falsifies Leninism
. . . .
1. Trotskys conjuring Tricks, or
nent Revolution . . .
2. Juggling with Quotations, or
ism . . . . . . .
3. Trifles and Curiosities .
. . .
Revo. . .
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321
326
330
339
347
the Question of Perma-
347
Trotsky Falsifies Lenin-
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
V. The Practical Platform of the Opposition. The
Demands of the Party . . . . . . . . .
VI. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . .
357
363
366
370
THE PROSPECTS OF THE REVOLUTION IN CHINA.

Speech Delivered in the Chinese Commission of the E.C.C.I.,
November 30, 1926 . . . . . . . . . . . .
I. Character of the Revolution in China . . .
II. Imperialism and Imperialist Intervention in
China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
III. The Revolutionary Army in China . . . .
IV. Character of the Future Government in China
V. The Peasant Question in China . . . . .
VI. The Proletariat and the Hegemony of the Proletariat in China . . . . . . . . . . .
VII. The Question of the Youth in China . . .
VIII. Some Conclusions . . . . . . . . . .
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
388
390
391
393
Biographical Chronicle (January-November 1926) .
409
373
373
375
378
381
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November 22-December 16, 1926 . . . . . . . . 1-155
Once More on the Social-Democratic Deviation in
Our Party. Report Delivered on December 7 . .
I. Preliminary Remarks .
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II. Specific Features of the Opposition in the
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1. Contradictions of Inner-Party Development
2. Sources of Contradictions Within the Party .
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1. Questions of Socialist Construction . . . . .

2. Factors of the Respite . . . . . . . .
3. The Unity and Inseparability of the National and
International Tasks of the Revolution
. . . .
4. Concerning the History of the Question of Building
Socialism . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. The Special Importance of the Question of Building
Socialism in the U.S.S.R. at the Present Moment
6. The Perspectives of the Revolution . . . . .
7. How the Question Really Stands . . . . . .
8. The Chances of Victory . . . . . . . . .
9. Disagreements Over Political Practice . . . . .
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DISTRIBUTION
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40
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V. Why the Enemies of the Dictatorship of the

Proletariat Praise the Opposition . . . . .
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VI. Defeat of the Opposition Bloc . . .

VII. The Practical Meaning and Importance
Fifteenth Conference of the C.P.S.U.(B.)
Reply to the Discussion, December 13 .
I. Miscellaneous Remarks . . . . . .
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1. We Need Facts, Not Inventions and Tittle-Tattle

2. Why the Enemies of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat Praise the Opposition . . . . . . . .
3. There Are Errors and Errors . . . . . . .
4. The Dictatorship of the Proletariat According to
Zinoviev . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. Trotskys Oracular Sayings . . . . . . . .
6. Zinoviev In the Role of a Schoolboy Quoting Marx,
Engels, Lenin . . . . . . . . . . . .
7. Revisionism According to Zinoviev . . . . .
90
100
II. The Question of the Victory of Socialism in

Individual Capitalist Countries . . . . . .
105
1. The Prerequisites for Proletarian Revolutions in Individual Countries in the Period of Imperialism.
2. How Zinoviev Elaborates Lenin . . . . . .
105
116
III. The Question of Building Socialism in the

U.S.S.R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
120
1. The Manoeuvres of the Opposition and the

National-Reformism of Lenins Party . . . .
2. We are Building and Can Completely Build the
Economic Basis of Socialism in the U.S.S.R. . .
3. We are Building Socialism in Alliance With the
World Proletariat . . . . . . . . . . .
4. The Question of Degeneration . . . . . . .
IV. The Opposition and the Question of Party Unity

V. Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
LETTER TO KSENOFONTOV . . . . . . . . . .
SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE FIFTEENTH MOSCOW
GUBERNIA PARTY CONFERENCE, January 14, 1927
LETTER TO COMRADE ZAITSEV . . . . . . . .
72
78
82
86
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TO THE LENA WORKERS .
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GREETINGS TO THE STALINGRAD NEWSPAPER

BORBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
172
SPEECH DELIVERED AT A MEETING OF WORKERS

OF THE STALIN RAILWAY WORKSHOPS, OCTOBER RAILWAY, March 1, 1927 (Abbreviated Report)
173
LETTER TO COMRADES TSVETKOV AND ALYPOV
179
CONCERNING THE QUESTION OF A WORKERS AND

PEASANTS GOVERNMENT. Reply to Dmitriev . .
182
LETTER TO SHINKEVICH .
194
SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE FIFTH ALL-UNION

CONFERENCE OF THE ALL-UNION LENINIST
YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE, March 29, 1927 . .
196
LETTER TO CHUGUNOV .
205
THE PARTYS THREE FUNDAMENTAL SLOGANS ON

THE PEASANT QUESTION. Reply to Yansky . .
207
QUESTIONS OF THE CHINESE REVOLUTION. Theses

for Propagandists, Approved by the C.C., C.P.S.U.(B.)
224
I.
II.
III.
IV.
Prospects of the Chinese Revolution . . . .

The First Stage of the Chinese Revolution . .
The Second Stage of the Chinese Revolution
Errors of the Opposition . . . . . . . .
224
226
229
231
TO PRAVDA (On the Occasion of Its Fifteenth Anniversary)
235
CONCERNING QUESTIONS OF THE CHINESE REVOLUTION. Reply to Comrade Marchulin . . . . .
236
TALK WITH STUDENTS OF THE SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY, May 13, 1927 . . . . . . . . . .
243
THE SLOGAN OF THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT AND POOR PEASANTRY IN THE PERIOD
OF PREPARATION FOR OCTOBER. Reply to S. Pokrovsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
274
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THE REVOLUTION IN CHINA AND THE TASKS OF

THE COMINTERN. Speech Delivered at the Tenth
Sitting. Eighth Plenum of the E.C.C.I., May 24, 1927 .
I. Some Minor Questions . . . . . . . . .
II. The Agrarian-Peasant Revolution as the Basis
of the Bourgeois-Democratic Revolution . .
III. The Right Kuomintang in Nanking, Which
Massacres Communists, and the Left Kuomintang in Wuhan, Which Maintains an Alliance
With the Communists . . . . . . . . .
IV. Soviets of Workers and Peasants Deputies
in China . . . .
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V. Two Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TO THE STUDENTS OF THE COMMUNIST UNIVERSITY
OF THE TOILERS OF THE EAST . . . . . . .
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REPLY TO S. POKROVSKY
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I. The Threat of War

II. China . . . . .
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CENTRAL CONTROL COMMISSION OF THE
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The International Situation and the Defence of the

U.S.S.R. Speech Delivered on August 1 . . . .
I. The Attacks of the Opposition on Sections
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II. About China . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Delegates Replies . . . . . .
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THE POLITICAL COMPLEXION OF THE RUSSIAN

OPPOSITION. Excerpt from a Speech Delivered at a
Joint Meeting of the Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Comintern and the International Control
Commission, September 27, 1927. . . . . . . .
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SYNOPSIS OF THE ARTICLE THE INTERNATIONAL

CHARACTER OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION
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THE TROTSKYIST OPPOSITION BEFORE AND NOW.

Speech Delivered at a Meeting of the Joint Plenum of
the Central Committee and Central Control Commission
of the C.P.S.U.(B.), October 23, 1927 . . . . . .
I. Some Minor Questions . . . . . . . .
II. The Oppositions Platform . . . . . .
III. Lenin on Discussions and Oppositions in
General . . . . . . .
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IV. The Opposition and the Third Force . .
V. How the Opposition Is Preparing for the
Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . .
VI. From Leninism to Trotskyism . . . . . .
VII. Some of the Most Important Results of the
Partys Policy During the Past Few Years
VIII. Back to Axelrod . . . . . . . . . .
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INTERVIEW WITH FOREIGN WORKERS DELEGATIONS, November 5, 1927 . . . . . . . . . .
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THE INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION. On the Occasion of the Tenth
Anniversary of the October Revolution . . . . . .
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TO THE PARTY CONFERENCE OF THE MOSCOW

MILITARY AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . .
256
THE PARTY AND THE OPPOSITION. Speech Delivered

at the Sixteenth Moscow Gubernia Party Conference,
November 23, 1927 . . . . . . . . . . . .
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I. Brief Results of the Discussion . . . . .

II. The Working Class and the Peasantry . . .
III. The Party and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat . . . . . . .
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IV. The Prospects of Our Revolution . . . . .
V. What Next? . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE C.P.S.U.(B.),
December 2-19, 1927 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Political Report of the Central Committee, December 3
I. The Growing Crisis of World Capitalism and
the External Situation of the U.S.S.R. . . .
1. The Economics of World Capitalism and the Intensification of the Struggle for Foreign Markets . . .
2. The International Policy of Capitalism and the
Preparation of New Imperialist Wars . . . . . .
3. The State of the World Revolutionary Movement
and the Harbingers of a New Revolutionary Upsurge
4. The Capitalist World and the U.S.S.R. . . . . .
5. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
II. The Successes of Socialist Construction and the

Internal Situation in the U.S.S.R. . . . . .
1. The National Economy as a Whole . . . . .
2. The Rate of Development of Our Large-Scale
Socialist Industry . . . . . . . . . . .
3. The Rate of Development of Our Agriculture . . .
4. Classes, the State Apparatus and the Countrys
Cultural Development . . . . . . . . . .
III. The Party and the Opposition

1. The State of the Party . .
2. The Results of the Discussion
3. The Fundamental Divergences
and the Opposition . . . .
4. What Next? . . . . . .
IV. General Summary .
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Reply to the Discussion on the Political Report of

the Central Committee, December 7 . . . . . .
I. Concerning Rakovskys Speech . . . . . .
II. Concerning Kamenevs Speech . . . . . .
III. The Summing Up . . . . . . . . . .
STATEMENT TO FOREIGN PRESS CORRESPONDENTS
CONCERNING THE COUNTERFEIT ARTICLES BY
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Notes
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Biographical Chronicle (August-December 1927) .
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE. From
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1928. (Brief Record) . . . . . . . . . . . .
NOT FOR
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THE RED ARMY ON ITS TENTH ANCOMMERCIAL
NIVERSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FIRST RESULTS OF THE PROCUREMENT CAMPAIGN

AND THE FURTHER TASKS OF THE PARTY. To
All Organisations of the C.P.S.U.(B.) . . . . . .
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THREE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE RED ARMY.

Speech Delivered at a Plenum of the Moscow Soviet Held
in Honour of the Tenth Anniversary of the Red Army,
February 25, 1928 . . . . . . . . . . . .
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CENTRAL COMMITTEE AND CENTRAL CONTROL
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GREETINGS TO THE WORKERS OF KOSTROMA

SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE EIGHTH CONGRESS OF
THE ALL-UNION LENINIST YOUNG COMMUNIST
LEAGUE, May 16, 1928 . . . . . . . . . .
I. Strengthen the Readiness for Action of the
Working Class . . . . . . . . . . .
II. Organise Mass Criticism from Below . . .
III. The Youth Must Master Science . . . . .
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TO KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA. On Its Third Anniversary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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TO THE SVERDLOV UNIVERSITY. On Its Tenth Anniversary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ON THE GRAIN FRONT. From a Talk to Students of the

Institute of Red Professors, the Communist Academy
and the Sverdlov University, May 28, 1928 . . . . .
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LETTER TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PARTY AFFAIRS

STUDY CIRCLE AT THE COMMUNIST ACADEMY
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LENIN AND THE QUESTION OF THE ALLIANCE

WITH THE MIDDLE PEASANT. Reply to Comrade S.
105
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE POLITICAL BUREAU OF

THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Reply to Frumkin.
(With Reference to Frumkins Letter of June 15, 1928)
121
AGAINST VULGARISING THE SLOGAN OF SELFCRITICISM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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PLENUM OF THE C.C., C.P.S.U.(B.). July 4-12, 1928 .

The Programme of the Comintern. Speech Delivered on July 5, 1928 . . . . . . . . . . .
Industrialisation and the Grain Problem. Speech
Delivered on July 9, 1928 . . . . . . . . .
On the Bond between the Workers and Peasants
and On State Farms. From a Speech Delivered
on July 11, 1928
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RESULTS OF THE JULY PLENUM OF THE C.C.,

C.P.S.U.(B.). Report to a Meeting of the Active of the
Leningrad Organisation of the C.P.S.U.(B.), July 13,
1928 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I. The Comintern . . . . . . . . . . . .
1. Major Problems of the Sixth Congress of the
Comintern . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. The Programme of the Comintern . . . . .
II. Questions of Socialist Construction in the
U.S.S.R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1. Grain Procurement Policy . . . . . . . . .
2. Training of Cadres for the Work of Industrial
construction . . . . . . . . . . . .
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TO THE LENINGRAD OSOAVIAKHIM .
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LETTER TO COMRADE KUIBYSHEV .
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TO THE MEMORY OF COMRADE I. I. SKVORTSOVSTEPANOV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
230
THE RIGHT DANGER IN THE C.P.S.U.(B.). Speech

Delivered at the Plenum of the Moscow Committee and
Moscow Control Commission of the C.P.S.U.(B.),
October 19, 1928 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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REPLY TO COMRADE SH. .
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TO THE LENINIST YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE.

Greetings on the Day of the Tenth Anniversary of the AllUnion Leninist Young Communist League . . . . .
252
ON THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST CONGRESS OF WORKING WOMEN AND PEASANT
WOMEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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INDUSTRIALISATION OF THE COUNTRY AND THE

RIGHT DEVIATION IN THE C.P.S.U.(B.). Speech
Delivered at the Plenum of the C.C., C.P.S.U.(B.),
November 19, 1928 . . . . . . . . . . . .
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III. Conclusion .
CONTENTS
I. The Rate of Development of Industry . . .

II. The Grain Problem . . .
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III. Combating
Deviations
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TO THE WORKERS OF THE KATUSHKA FACTORY,

TO THE WORKERS OF THE YARTSEVO FACTORY, SMOLENSK GUBERNIA . . . . . . .
303
TO THE WORKERS OF THE KRASNY PROFINTERN

FACTORY, BEZHITSA . . . . . . . . . . .
305
ON THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRUNZE

MILITARY ACADEMY OF THE WORKERS AND
PEASANTS RED ARMY . . . . . . . . . .
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THE RIGHT DANGER IN THE GERMAN COMMUNIST

PARTY. Speech Delivered at a Meeting of the Presidium
of the E.C.C.I., December 19, 1928 . . . . . . .
I. The Problem of the Capitalist Stabilisation . .
II. The Problem of the Class Battles of the Proletariat . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
III. The Problem of the German Communist Party
IV. The Rights in the C.P.G. and in the C.P.S.U.(B.)
V. The Drafts for the Open and Closed Letters . .
REPLY TO KUSHTYSEV
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THEY HAVE SUNK TO THE DEPTHS
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BUKHARINS GROUP AND THE RIGHT DEVIATION IN OUR PARTY. From Speeches Delivered at
a Joint Meeting of the Political Bureau of the C.C. and
the Presidium of the C.C.C., C.P.S.U.(B.) at the End of
January and the Beginning of February 1929. (Brief
Record) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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REPLY TO BILL-BELOTSERKOVSKY .
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TO THE WORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF THE

KRASNY TREUGOLNIK FACTORY . . . . . .
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TELEGRAM TO THE RED ARMY MEN, COMMANDERS

AND POLITICAL OFFICERS OF THE FIRST RED
COSSACK REGIMENT, PROSKUROV . . . . . .
GREETINGS TO SELSKOKHOZYAISTVENNAYA
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GAZETA . . . . .
THE NATIONAL QUESTION AND LENINISM. Reply to
Comrades Meshkov, Kovalchuk, and Others . . . . .
1.
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Concept Nation . . . . . . . . .
Rise and Development of Nations . . .
Future of Nations and of National Languages
Policy of the Party on the National Question
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Delivered at the Plenum of the Central Committee and
Central Control Commission of the C.P.S.U.(B.) in
April 1929. (Verbatim Report) . . . . . . . . .
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Class Changes and Our Disagreements . .
Disagreements in Regard to the Comintern
Disagreements in Regard to Internal Policy
a) The Class Struggle . . . . . . . . .
b) The Intensification of the Class Struggle . . .
c) The Peasantry . . . . . . . . . .
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h) A Five-Year Plan or a Two-Year Plan . . . . .
i) The Question of the Crop Area . . . . . . .
j) Grain Procurements . . . . . . . . . . .
k) Foreign Currency Reserves and Grain Imports . . .
V. Questions of Party Leadership .
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EMULATION AND LABOUR ENTHUSIASM OF THE

MASSES. Foreword to E. Mikulinas Pamphlet Emulation of the Masses . . . . . . . . . . . .
114
TO COMRADE FELIX KON. Copy to Comrade Kolotilov,

Secretary, Regional Bureau of the Central Committee,
Ivanovo-Voznesensk Region . . . . . . . . . .
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TO THE YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE OF THE

UKRAINE ON ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY . . .
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ENTRY IN THE LOG-BOOK OF THE CRUISER CHERVONA UKRAINA . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A YEAR OF GREAT CHANGE. On the Occasion of the

Twelfth Anniversary of the October Revolution . . .
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I. In the Sphere of Productivity of Labour . .

II. In the Sphere of Industrial Construction . .
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TREVOGA, ORGAN OF THE SPECIAL FAR EASTERN
ARMY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A NECESSARY CORRECTION
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TO ALL ORGANISATIONS AND COMRADES WHO SENT

GREETINGS ON THE OCCASION OF COMRADE
STALINS FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY . . . . . . .
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CONCERNING QUESTIONS OF AGRARIAN POLICY

IN THE U.S.S.R. Speech Delivered at a Conference of
Marxist Students of Agrarian Questions, December 27,
1929 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Conclusions .
I. The Theory of Equilibrium . . . . . . .

II. The Theory of Spontaneity in Socialist Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Farming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
IV. Town and Country . . . . . . . . . . .
V. The Nature of Collective Farms . . . . . .
VI. The Class Changes and the Turn in the Partys
Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
VII. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
LETTER TO A. M. GORKY .
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CONCERNING THE POLICY OF ELIMINATING THE

KULAKS AS A CLASS . . . . . . . . . .
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REPLY TO THE SVERDLOV COMRADES .
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DIZZY WITH SUCCESS. Concerning Questions of the Collective-Farm Movement . . . . . . . . . . .
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LETTER TO COMRADE BEZYMENSKY .
I. The Sverdlov Students Questions .

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REPLY TO COLLECTIVE-FARM COMRADES .
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TO THE FIRST GRADUATES OF THE INDUSTRIAL

ACADEMY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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REPLY TO COMRADE M. RAFAIL. (Regional Trade-Union

Council, Leningrad.) Copy to Comrade Kirov, Secretary
Regional Committee of the C.P.S.U.(B.) . . . . .
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AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY WORKS, ROSTOV .
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TRACTOR WORKS, STALINGRAD .
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POLITICAL REPORT OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO

THE SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE C.P.S.U.(B.),
June 27, 1930 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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CONTENTS
I. The Growing Crisis of World Capitalism and the

External Situation of the U.S.S.R. . . . . . . .
1. The World Economic Crisis . . . . . . . . .
2. The Intensification of the Contradictions of Capitalism . .
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3. The Relations Between the U.S.S.R. and the Capitalist

States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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II. The Increasing Advance of Socialist Construction

the Internal Situation in the U.S.S.R. . . . .
1. The Growth of the National Economy as a Whole .
2. Successes in Industrialisation . . . . . . .
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3. The Key Position of Socialist Industry and Its Rate of

Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. Agriculture and the Grain Problem . . . . . . .
5. The Turn of the Peasantry Towards Socialism and the Rate
of Development of State Farms and Collective Farms . .
6. The Improvement in the Material and Cultural Conditions of
the Workers and Peasants . . . . . . . . . .
7. Difficulties of Growth the Class Struggle and the Offensive
of Socialism Along the Whole Front . . . . . . .
8. The Capitalist or the Socialist System of Economy . . .
9. The Next Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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REPORT OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO
THE SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE C.P.S.U.(B.),
July 2, 1930 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
LETTER TO COMRADE SHATUNOVSKY .
Page
. . . . . . . . .
NOT FOR
TO COMRADE DEMYAN BEDNY. (Excerpts from a Letter)
ANTI-SEMITISM.
Reply to an Inquiry of the Jewish News
COMMERCIAL
Agency in the United States . . . . . . . . . .
LETTERS TO COMRADE CH. .
18
21
24
30
THE TASKS OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVES. Speech Delivered at the First All-Union Conference of Leading Personnel of Socialist Industry, February 4, 1931 . . . .
31
45
GREETINGS TO THE STAFFS OF AZNEFT AND GROZNEFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
48
MAGNITOGORSK IRON AND STEEL WORKS PROJECT,

MAGNITOGORSK . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
TO THE CHAIRMAN OF
UNION CENTRE OF
STATIONS. TO ALL
STATIONS . . . .
50
DISTRIBUTION
LETTER TO COMRADE ETCHIN .
TO ELEKTROZAVOD .
THE BOARD OF THE ALLMACHINE AND TRACTOR

MACHINE AND TRACTOR
. . . . . . . . . . .
VIII
CONTENTS
TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GRAIN TRUST BOARD.

TO ALL STATE GRAIN FARMS . . . . . . .
52
NEW CONDITIONSNEW TASKS IN ECONOMIC CONSTRUCTION. Speech Delivered at a Conference of Business Executives, June 23, 1931 . . . . . . . .
53
I. Manpower .
54
57
III. The Organisation of Work .
62
IV. A Working-Class Industrial and Technical Intelligentsia . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
67
V. Signs of a Change of Attitude among the Old Industrial and Technical Intelligentsia . . . . .
71
II. Wages
VI. Business Accounting
75
VII. New Methods of Work, New Methods of Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
78
TO THE WORKERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AND

TECHNICAL PERSONNEL OF AMO . . . . .
83
TO THE WORKERS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND

TECHNICAL PERSONNEL OF THE KHARKOV
TRACTOR WORKS PROJECT . . . . . . . .
84
TO THE NEWSPAPER TEKHNIKA .
85
SOME QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE HISTORY OF

BOLSHEVISM. Letter to the Editorial Board of the
Magazine Proletarskaya Revolutsia . . . . . .
86
AUTOMOBILE WORKS, NIZHNI-NOVGOROD .
105
TALK WITH THE GERMAN AUTHOR EMIL LUDWIG,

December 13, 1931 . . . . . . . . . . . .
106
TO THE CHIEF OF THE AUTOMOBILE WORKS PROJECT AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE MOLOTOV
AUTOMOBILE WORKS, NIZHNI-NOVGOROD . . .
126
IX
CONTENTS
TO THE CHIEF OF THE HARVESTER COMBINE

WORKS PROJECT AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE
HARVESTER COMBINE WORKS, SARATOV. . .
127
REPLY TO OLEKHNOVICH AND ARISTOV. With Reference to the Letter Some Questions Concerning the History of Bolshevism Addressed to the Editorial Board
of the Magazine Proletarskaya Revolutsia . . . .
128
MAGNITOGORSK IRON AND STEEL WORKS PROJECT,

MAGNITOGORSK . . . . . . . . . . . . .
135
REPLY TO THE LETTER OF Mr. RICHARDSON, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEWS AGENCY . . . . . . . . . . . . .
136
THE IMPORTANCE AND TASKS OF THE COMPLAINTS

BUREAUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
137
REPLIES TO THE QUESTIONS OF RALPH V. BARNES

May 3, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
139
KUZNETSK IRON AND STEEL WORKS PROJECT

KUZNETSK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
142
GREETINGS TO THE SEVENTH ALL-UNION CONFERENCE OF THE ALL-UNION LENINIST YOUNG

COMMUNIST LEAGUE . . . . . . . . . . .
143
CONGRATULATIONS TO MAXIM GORKY .
144
TO THE BUILDERS OF THE DNIEPER HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION . . . . . . . .
145
GREETINGS TO LENINGRAD .
146
LETTER TO THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE NEWSPAPER PRAVDA . . . . . . . . . . . . .
147
MR. CAMPBELL STRETCHES THE TRUTH .
148
Record of the Talk with Mr. Campbell, January 28, 1929
150
THE FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OGPU .
.
.
160
CONTENTS
JOINT PLENUM OF THE C.C. AND C.C.C., C.P.S.U.(B.),

January 7-12, 1933 . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Results of the First Five-Year Plan. Report Delivered on January 7, 1933 . . . . . . . .
I. The International Significance of the Five-Year
Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
II. The Fundamental Task of the Five-Year Plan
and the Way to Its Fulfilment . . . . . .
III. The Results of the Five-Year Plan in Four Years
in the Sphere of Industry . . . . . . . .
IV. The Results of the Five-Year Plan in Four Years
in the Sphere of Agriculture . . . . . . .
V. The Results of the Five-Year Plan in Four Years
as Regards Improving the Material Conditions of
the Workers and Peasants . . . . . . . .
VI. The Results of the Five-Year Plan in Four Years
as Regards Trade Turnover between Town and
Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
VII. The Results of the Five-Year Plan in Four Years
in the Sphere of the Struggle against the Remnants
of the Hostile Classes . . . . . . . . .
VIII. General Conclusions . . . . . . . . . .
Work in the Countryside. Speech Delivered on January
11, 1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TO RABOTNITSA .
161
163
163
174
180
191
199
206
211
217
220
240
LETTER TO COMRADE I. N. BAZHANOV .
241
SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE FIRST ALL-UNION

CONGRESS OF COLLECTIVE-FARM SHOCK BRIGADERS, February 19, 1933 . . . . . . . . .
I. The Collective-Farm Path Is the Only Right Path
II. Our Immediate TaskTo Make All the Collective
Farmers Prosperous . . . . . . . . . . .
III. Miscellaneous Remarks . . . . . . . . . .
242
242
252
257
XI
CONTENTS
GREETINGS TO THE RED ARMY ON ITS FIFTEENTH

ANNIVERSARY. To the Revolutionary Military Council of the U.S.S.R. . . . . . . . . . . . .
264
REPLY TO A LETTER FROM Mr. BARNES, March 20,

1933 . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
265
TO COMRADE S. M. BUDYONNY .
266
TALK WITH COLONEL ROBINS, May 13, 1933. (Brief

Record) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
267
GREETINGS ON THE FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY

OF THE ALL-UNION LENINIST YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
280
TALK WITH Mr. DURANTY, CORRESPONDENT OF

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 25, 1933 . . .
282
REPORT TO THE SEVENTEENTH PARTY CONGRESS

ON THE WORK OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
OF THE C.P.S.U.(B.), January 26, 1934 . . . . .
I. The Continuing Crisis of World Capitalism and the
External Situation of the Soviet Union . . . .
1. The Course of the Economic Crisis in the Capitalist
Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. The Growing Tension in the Political Situation in
the Capitalist Countries . . . . . . . . .
3. The Relations between the U.S.S.R. and the Capitalist States . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
II. The Continuing Progress of the National Economy

and the Internal Situation in the U.S.S.R. . . .
1. The Progress of Industry . . . . . . . . .
2. The Progress of Agriculture . . . . . . . .
3. The Rise in the Material and Cultural Standard of
the Working People . . . . . . . . . .
4. The Progress of Trade Turnover, and Transport . .
III. The Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1. Questions of Ideological and Political Leadership . .
2. Questions of Organisational Leadership . . . . .
288
288
290
297
306
312
316
324
340
346
353
355
372
XII
CONTENTS
TO COMRADE SHAPOSHNIKOV, CHIEF AND COMISSAR OF THE FRUNZE MILITARY ACADEMY

OF THE WORKERS AND PEASANTS RED ARMY.
TO COMRADE SHCHADENKO, ASSISTANT FOR
POLITICAL WORK . . . . . . . . . . . .
389
INSTEAD OF A REPLY TO THE DISCUSSION, January 31,

1934 . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
390
Notes
391
Biographical Chronicle (July 1930-January 1934) .
409
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CONTENTS
PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
ON AN ARTICLE BY ENGELS July 19, 1934 . . . 11
MARXISM VERSUS LIBERALISM An Interview
with H. G. Wells, July 23, 1934 . . . . . . . . . . 21
TALK WITH THE METAL PRODUCERS December 26, 1934 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
DECISIONS ON THE MANUALS OF HISTORY . . 51
REMARKS ON A SUMMARY OF THE MANUAL
OF THE HISTORY OF THE U.S.S.R. August 8,
1934 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
REMARKS ON THE SUMMARY OF THE MANUAL
OF MODERN HISTORY August 9, 1934 . . . . . . 61
THE DEATH OF KIROV December 1, 1934 . . . . 63
LETTER TO COMRADE CHOUMIATSKY . . . . . 67
ADDRESS GIVEN AT THE RECEPTION OF
THE 1st MAY PARADE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES FROM THE
RED ARMY ACADEMIES Delivered in the
Kremlin May 6, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
ADDRESS TO THE SOLEMN MEETING ON THE
OPENING OF THE L. M. KAGANOVICH METRO
May 14, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
SPEECH DELIVERED AT A RECEPTION GIVEN
BY LEADERS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY
7
AND THE GOVERNMENT TO WOMEN COLLECTIVE FARM SHOCK WORKERS November 10, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
SPEECH AT THE FIRST ALL-UNION CONFERENCE OF STAKHANOVITES November 17,
1935. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
SPEECH AT A CONFERENCE OF HARVESTERCOMBINE OPERATORS December 1, 1935 . . . . 111
ADDRESS TO THE COMMISSION OF THE
SECOND ALL-UNION CONGRESS OF KOLKHOZINES February 15, 1936 . . . . . . . . . . . 121
SPEECH AT A CONFERENCE OF THE FOREMOST COLLECTIVE FARMERS OF TAJIKSTAN
AND TURKMENISTAN December 4, 1935 . . . . . 123
CONFERENCE OF THE AVANT-GARDIST MEN
AND WOMEN OF TAJIKSTAN AND OF TURKMENISTAN WITH THE DIRECTORS OF THE
PARTY AND THE STATE December 4, 1935 . . . 127
INTERVIEW BETWEEN J. STALIN AND ROY
HOWARD March 1, 1936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
TELEGRAM FROM THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE C.P.S.U.(B) TO THE CENTRAL
COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY
OF SPAIN October, 1936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
ON THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION OF THE
U.S.S.R. Report delivered at the Extraordinary
Eighth Congress of Soviets of the U.S.S.R.
November 25, 1936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
8
CONSTITUTION (FUNDAMENTAL LAW) OF

THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS With amendments adopted by the First,
Second, Third, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth
Sessions of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R.
Kremlin, Moscow. December 5, 1936 . . . . . . . 199
REPORT AND SPEECH IN REPLY TO DEBATE
AT THE PLENUM OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE C.P.S.U.(B) March 3- 5, 1937
DEFECTS IN PARTY WORK AND MEASURES
FOR LIQUIDATING TROTSKYITE AND OTHER
DOUBLE-DEALERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SPEECH IN REPLY TO DEBATE . . . . . . .
LETTER TO THE AUTHORS OF THE MANUAL
OF THE "HISTORY OF THE COMMUNIST
PARTY" May, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ADDRESS TO THE RECEPTION OF DIRECTORS
AND STAKHANOVITES OF THE METAL INDUSTRY AND THE COAL MINING INDUSTRY
October 29, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 241*
. . 275
. . 297
. . 301
SPEECH DELIVERED BY COMRADE J. STALIN

AT A MEETING OF VOTERS OF THE STALIN
ELECTORAL AREA, MOSCOW December 11,
1937. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
ON THE FINAL VICTORY OF SOCIALISM IN
THE U.S.S.R. January 18 - February 12, 1938 . . 315
LETTER ON PUBLICATIONS FOR CHILDREN
DIRECTED TO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
OF THE ALL-UNION COMMUNIST YOUTH
February 16, 1938 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
9
SPEECH DELIVERED AT A RECEPTION IN

THE KREMLIN TO HIGHER EDUCATIONAL
WORKERS May 17, 1938 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE EXCLUSION
OF KOLKHOZINES FROM THE KOLKHOZES
Decree of the Council of People's Commissars
of the U.S.S.R. and of the Central Committee
of the C.P.S.U.(B) April 19, 1938 . . . . . . . . . 333
ON THE INCORRECT DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES IN THE KOLKHOZES Decree of the
Council of People's Commissars of the U.S.S.R.
and of the Central Committee of the C.P.S.U.(B)
April 19, 1938 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
ON THE TAXES AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
CONCERNING INDEPENDENT OPERATORS
Decree of the Council of People's Commissars
of the U.S.S.R. and of the Central Committee
of the C.P.S.U.(B) April 19, 1938 . . . . . . . . . 349
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE OF THE WORKERS'
AND PEASANTS' RED ARMY February 23,
1939 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE CENTRAL
COMMITTEE TO THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE C.P.S.U.(B) March 10, 1939 . . . 355
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
* This item was published in the United States as a pamphlet and
carried the title Mastering Bolshevism. M-L Digital Reprints
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From Marx to Mao

This file contains the table of contents from each of the

Note: Dialectical and Historical Materialism (1938) is not

Preface to this Edition . . . . .

THE SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC VIEW OF THE NATIONAL

A LETTER FROM KUTAIS

A LETTER FROM KUTAIS (From the Same Comrade) .

THE PROLETARIAN CLASS AND THE PROLETARIAN

WORKERS OF THE CAUCASUS, IT IS TIME TO TAKE

LONG LIVE INTERNATIONAL FRATERNITY!

TO CITIZENS. LONG LIVE THE RED FLAG! .

BRIEFLY ABOUT THE DISAGREEMENTS IN THE

THE PROVISIONAL REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT

THE BOURGEOISIE IS LAYING A TRAP .

TO ALL THE WORKERS .

TIFLIS, NOVEMBER 20, 1905 .

TWO CLASHES (Concerning January 9) .

THE STATE DUMA AND THE TACTICS OF SOCIALDEMOCRACY . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

THE AGRARIAN QUESTION .

CONCERNING THE AGRARIAN QUESTION .

CONCERNING THE REVISION OF THE AGRARIAN

ON THE PRESENT SITUATION (Speech Delivered at the

MARX AND ENGELS ON INSURRECTION .

THE PRESENT SITUATION AND THE UNITY CONGRESS

THE CLASS STRUGGLE .

FACTORY LEGISLATION AND THE PROLETARIAN

I The Dialectical Method .

Biographical Chronicle (1879-1906)

MANDATE TO THE SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC DEPUTIES

TO ALL THE WORKING MEN AND WORKING WOMEN

TODAY IS ELECTION DAY .

THE ELECTIONS IN ST. PETERSBURG (A Letter From

ON THE ROAD TO NATIONALISM (A Letter From the Caucasus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MARXISM AND THE NATIONAL QUESTION . . .

THE SITUATION IN THE SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC

THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE LENA MASSACRE .

Biographical Chronicle (1907 to March 1917)

THE SOVIETS OF WORKERS AND

BIDDING FOR MINISTERIAL PORTFOLIOS

THE LAND TO THE PEASANTS

THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT. Speech Delivered

THE CONFERENCE IN THE MARIINSKY PALACE

THE SEVENTH (APRIL) CONFERENCE OF THE

1. Speech in Support of Comrade Lenins Resolution

2. Report on the National Question, April 29

3. Reply to the Discussion on the National Question,

LAGGING BEHIND THE REVOLUTION

WHAT DID WE EXPECT FROM THE CONFERENCE? .

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN .

YESTERDAY AND TODAY (Crisis of the Revolution) .

AGAINST ISOLATED DEMONSTRATIONS .

RESULTS OF THE PETROGRAD MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TO ALL THE TOILERS, TO ALL THE WORKERS AND

CLOSE THE RANKS!

SPEECHES DELIVERED AT AN EMERGENCY CONFERENCE OF THE PETROGRAD ORGANIZATION OF

1. Report of the Central Committee on the July

2. Report on the Current Situation, July 16 .

3. Replies to Written Questions, July 16 .

4. Reply to the Discussion, July 16 .

VICTORY OF THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION .

THE VICTORY OF THE CADETS .