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CONTENTS
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Preface
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1919
SPEECH AT A NON-PARTY CONFERENCE OF THE WORKERS
AND MEN OF THE RED ARMY OF BASMANNY, LEFORTOVO,
ALEXEYEVSKOYE AND SOKOLNIKI DISTRICTS . SEPTEMBER 3,
1919 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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HOW THE BOURGEOISIE UTILISES RENEGADES
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TO THE AMERICAN WORKERS
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THE TASKS OF THE WORKING WOMEN’S MOVEMENT IN THE
SOVIET REPUBLIC . Speech Delivered at the Fourth Moscow
City Conference of
ber 23, 1919 . . . .
THE EXAMPLE OF
Non-Party
Working
Women. Septem-
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THE PETROGRAD WORKERS . . . . . . . .
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS PUT BY A CHICAGO DAILY NEWS
CORRESPONDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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GREETINGS TO ITALIAN, FRENCH AND GERMAN COMMUNISTS
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SPEECH TO MOBILISED WORKER COMMUNISTS DELIVERED
FROM THE BALCONY OF MOSCOW SOVIET OF WORKERS’ AND
RED ARMY DEPUTIES . OCTOBER 16, 1919. Newspaper Report
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THE WORKERS’ STATE AND PARTY WEEK
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ARMY MEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PARTY WEEK IN MOSCOW AND OUR TASKS . . . .
TO THE WORKERS AND RED ARMY MEN OF PETROGRAD
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TO THE RED
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RESULTS OF
SPEECH TO STUDENTS OF THE SVERDLOV
LEAVING FOR THE FRONT . OCTOBER 24, 1919 . . .
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UNIVERSITY
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TO COMRADE LORIOT AND ALL THE FRENCH FRIENDS WHO
ADHERED TO THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL . . . . . . . . . .
85
LETTER TO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST
PARTY OF GERMANY REGARDING THE SPLIT . To Comrades
Paul Levi, Clara Zetkin, Eberlein and the Other Members of the
C . C . of the Communist Party of Germany . . . . . . . . .
87
TO THE COMMUNIST COMRADES WHO BELONGED TO THE
UNITED “COMMUNIST PARTY OF GERMANY” AND HAVE NOW
FORMED A NEW PARTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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TO COMRADE SERRATI AND TO ALL ITALIAN COMMUNISTS
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THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT
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I (A) The Dictatorship of the Proletariat as New Forms
of the Class Struggle of the Proletariat . . . . .
II (B) The Dictatorship of the Proletariat as the Destruction of Bourgeois Democracy and the Creation
of Proletarian Democracy . . . . . . . . . . .
III (C) The Dictatorship of the Proletariat and the Distinguishing Features of Imperialism . . . . . . .
IV (D) The Dictatorship of the Proletariat and Soviet
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ECONOMICS AND POLITICS IN THE ERA OF THE DICTATORSHIP
OF THE PROLETARIAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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GREETINGS TO THE WORKERS OF PETROGRAD .
SOVIET POWER AND THE STATUS OF WOMEN .
TWO YEARS OF SOVIET POWER . . . . . . .
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TWO YEARS OF SOVIET RULE. Speech at a Joint Session of the
All-Russia Central Executive Committee, the Moscow Soviet of
Workers’ and Red Army Deputies, the All-Russia Central Council of Trade Unions, and Factory Committees, on the Occasion of
the Second Anniversary of the October Revolution. November 7, 1919 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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THE FIGHT TO OVERCOME THE FUEL CRISIS . Circular Letter
to Party Organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
TO THE COMMUNISTS OF TURKESTAN
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SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE FIRST ALL-RUSSIA CONFERENCE ON
PARTY WORK IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. NOVEMBER 18, 1919 . . . .
143
ADDRESS TO THE SECOND ALL-RUSSIA CONGRESS OF
COMMUNIST ORGANISATIONS OF THE PEOPLES OF THE EAST .
NOVEMBER 22, 1919 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
151
DRAFT RESOLUTION OF THE C . C . , R . C . P . (B . ) ON SOVIET RULE
IN THE UKRAINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
163
EIGHTH ALL-RUSSIA CONFERENCE OF THE R . C . P . (B . ) . December
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1. S P E E C H A T T H E O P E N I N G O F T H E C O N F E R E N C E .
DECEMBER 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 . POLITICAL REPORT OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE .
DECEMBER 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 . CONCLUDING SPEECH ON THE POLITICAL REPORT OF
THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE . DECEMBER 2 . . . . . . .
4 . DRAFT RESOLUTION ON FOREIGN POLICY . . . . . . .
5 . SPEECH SUMMING UP THE DEBATE ON SOVIET POWER
IN THE UKRAINE . DECEMBER 3 . . . . . . . . . . .
2-4, 1919
FROM MARX
TO MAO
SPEECH
DELIVERED
AT
THE
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNES AND
DECEMBER 4, 1919 . . . . . . .
FIRST
CONGRESS
OF
AGRICULTURAL ARTELS.
. . . . . . . . . . . .
NOT FOR
COMMERCIAL
DISTRIBUTION
167
169
170
189
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195
SEVENTH ALL-RUSSIA CONGRESS OF SOVIETS . December 5-9,
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1. R E P O R T O F T H E A L L - R U S S I A C E N T R A L E X E C U T I V E
COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE’S COMMISSARS .
DECEMBER 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. C O N C L U D I N G S P E E C H O N T H E R E P O R T O F T H E A L L -
1919
RUSSIA CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THE
COUNCIL OF PEOPLE’S COMMISSARS . DECEMBER 6. . . .
3 . SPEECH IN THE ORGANISATION SECTION . DECEMBER 8 .
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4 . SPEECH DELIVERED ON THE CLOSING OF THE CONGRESS .
DECEMBER 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE
CONSTITUENT
ASSEMBLY
ELECTIONS
DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT . . . . .
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CONTENTS
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VI
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TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION
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SPEECH AT A MEETING IN PRESNYA
ANNIVERSARY
OF
THE
DECEMBER
DECEMBER 19, 1919 . . . . . . . . . .
DISTRICT ON THE
UPRISING,
1905.
. . . . . . . . . 277
REPORT ON SUBBOTNIKS DELIVERED TO A MOSCOW
CONFERENCE OF THE R . C . P . (B . ) . DECEMBER 20, 1919 . .
CITY
. . . 283
LETTER TO THE WORKERS AND PEASANTS OF THE UKRAINE
APROPOS OF THE VICTORIES OVER DENIKIN . . . . . . . . .
291
STOP SPOILING THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE . Some Thoughts at
Leisure, i . e . , While Listening to Speeches at Meetings . . . .
298
1920
TO THE BUREAU OF THE WOMEN’S CONGRESS IN PETROGRAD
GUBERNIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
299
REMARKS ON AND ADDENDA TO DRAFTS FOR “RULES FOR
THE WORKERS’ AND PEASANTS’ INSPECTION” . . . . . . . .
300
SPEECH DELIVERED AT A NON-PARTY CONFERENCE OF
WORKERS AND RED ARMY MEN OF PRESNYA DISTRICT,
MOSCOW . JANUARY 24, 1920 . Newspaper Report . . . . . . .
302
DRAFT DECISIONS AND DIRECTIVES ON CO-OPERATIVES .
. . . . 307
SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE THIRD ALL-RUSSIA CONGRESS OF
ECONOMIC COUNCILS . JANUARY 27, 1920 . Newspaper Report . .
TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF DEFENCE .
309
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REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE ALL-RUSSIA CENTRAL
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE’S
COMMISSARS DELIVERED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE
ALL-RUSSIA CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. SEVENTH
CONVOCATION . FEBRUARY 2, 1920 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
315
DRAFT (OR THESES) OF THE R . C . P . ’S REPLY TO THE LETTER
OF
THE
INDEPENDENT
SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC
PARTY
OF
GERMANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
337
SPEECH AT A MEETING OF THE RAILWAYMEN OF MOSCOW
JUNCTION . FEBRUARY 5, 1920 . Brief Newspaper Report . . . .
345
A LA GUERRE COMME A LA GUERRE!
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SPEECH DELIVERED AT A NON- PARTY CONFERENCE IN
BLAGUSHA - LEFORTOVO DISTRICT . FEBRUARY 9, 1920, News-
paper Report
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A PUBLICIST’S NOTES
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TELEGRAM TO J . V . STALIN . FEBRUARY 16
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TELEGRAM TO J . V . STALIN . FEBRUARY 18
. . . . . . . . . 364
IN REPLY TO QUESTIONS PUT BY KARL
CORRESPONDENT OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE
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WIEGAND,
BERLIN
IN REPLY TO QUESTIONS PUT BY A CORRESPONDENT OF THE
DAILY EXPRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TELEGRAM TO J . V . STALIN . FEBRUARY 20
TO THE WORKING WOMEN
368
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TELEGRAM TO J . V . STALIN . FEBRUARY 22
. . . . . . . . . 373
SPEECH
AT
THE
THIRD
ALL-RUSSIA
CONFERENCE
OF
DIRECTORS OF ADULT EDUCATION DIVISIONS OF GUBERNIA
EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS . FEBRUARY 25, 1920 . . . . . . .
374
SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE FIRST ALL-RUSSIA CONGRESS OF
WORKING COSSACKS . MARCH 1, 1920 . . . . . . . . . . . .
380
SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE SECOND ALL-RUSSIA CONGRESS
OF MEDICAL WORKERS . MARCH 1, 1920 . Minutes . . . . . . .
401
A LETTER TO R . C . P . ORGANISATIONS
FOR THE PARTY CONGRESS . . . . . . .
INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN’S DAY
ON PREPARATIONS
. . . . . . . . . 403
. . . . . . . . . . 408
SPEECH DELIVERED AT A MEETING OF THE MOSCOW SOVIET
OF WORKERS’ AND RED ARMY DEPUTIES . MARCH 6, 1920. . . .
SPEECH AT A MEETING OF THE MOSCOW
CELEBRATION OF THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF
INTERNATIONAL . MARCH 6, 1920 . . . . . . . .
SOVIET IN
THE THIRD
410
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SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE THIRD ALL-RUSSIA CONGRESS
OF WATER TRANSPORT WORKERS . MARCH 15, 1920 . . . . . .
SPEECH AT A MEETING IN MEMORY OF
MARCH 16, 1920 . Brief Newspaper Report .
426
Y . M . SVERDLOV .
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WORK FOR THE RAILWAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
LABOUR DISCIPLINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
TWO RECORDED SPEECHES
1.
2.
NINTH CONGRESS OF THE R . C . P . (B . ) . March 29-April 5, 1920
1. OPENING SPEECH . MARCH 29
439
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2. REPORT OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. MARCH 29
3. REPLY TO THE DISCUSSION ON THE
CENTRAL COMMITTEE. MARCH 30 . . .
4. SPEECH
5. SPEECH
6. SPEECH
ON COMPROMISES
I
REPORT
OF
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ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MARCH 31 .
ON THE CO-OPERATIVES. APRIL 3 . . . .
CLOSING THE CONGRESS. APRIL 5 . . . .
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TELEGRAM TO G . K . ORJONIKIDZE
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SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE FIRST (INAUGURAL) ALL - RUSSIA
CONGRESS OF MINEWORKERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE THIRD
UNION CONGRESS . APRIL 7, 1920 . . .
FROM THE DESTRUCTION OF
THE CREATION OF THE NEW .
THE
OLD
ALL-RUSSIA
495
TRADE
. . . . . . . . . . 502
SOCIAL
SYSTEM
TO
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SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE THIRD
OF TEXTILE WORKERS . APRIL 19, 1920
ALL-RUSSIA
CONGRESS
. . . . . . . . . . . 519
SPEECH DELIVERED AT A MEETING ORGANISED BY THE
MOSCOW COMMITTEE OF THE R . C . P . (B . ) IN HONOUR OF LENIN’S
FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY . APRIL 23, 1920 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Notes
463
526
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The Life and Work of V. I. Lenin. Outstanding Dates
. . . . 575
CONTENTS
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ILLUSTRATIONS
V . I . Lenin . 1920.
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First page of Lenin’s manuscript “Economics and Politics in
the Era of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat” . October 30, 1919
105
First page of Lenin’s manuscript “Letter to the Workers and
Peasants of the Ukraine Apropos of the Victories over Denikin” .
December 28, 1919 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
289
First page of the questionnaire filled in by Lenin as delegate
to the Ninth Congress of the R . C . P . (B . ) . March 29, 1920 . 438-439