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Note: “Dialectical and Historical Materialism” (1938) is not included here; it is only available in The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks), Short Course (1939), where it was originally published.

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

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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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PREFACE TO THE GEORGIAN EDITION OF K. KAUTSKY’S 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 Report of the Group in the Duma . . . . . . III. The Non-Proletarian Parties . . . . . . . . IV. The Labour Congress . . . . . . . . . .

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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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1909 THE CONFERENCE AND THE WORKERS . . . . . THE PARTY CRISIS AND OUR TASKS . . . . . THE FORTHCOMING GENERAL STRIKE . . . . 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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1912 FOR THE PARTY! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LONG LIVE THE FIRST OF MAY ! . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . 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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THE ELECTIONS IN ST. PETERSBURG (A Letter From St. Petersburg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I. The Workers’ Curia . . . . . . . . . . 1. The Fight for Elections . . . . . . . . . 2. The Deputy’s 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 PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT. Speech Delivered at a Meeting in Vasilyevsky Ostrov, April 18 (May 1), 1917. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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YESTERDAY AND TODAY (Crisis of the Revolution) .

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THE VICTORY OF THE CADETS .

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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 PEOPLE’S SECRETARIAT, UKRAINIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC, February 21, 1918 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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NOTE SENT BY DIRECT WIRE TO THE PEOPLE’S SECRETARIAT, UKRAINIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC, February 24, 1918 . . . . . . . . . . . .

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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 Russia—a Transitional Step to Socialist Unitarism . . . . . . . . ONE IMMEDIATE TASK .

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THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE UKRAINE. Izvestia Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conclusion of an Armistice . . . . . . . . Subsequent Negotiations . . . . . . . . . Effect of the Coup d’État in the Ukraine . . . . Causes of the Coup d’État . . . . . . . .

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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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CONCERNING THE SITUATION IN THE CAUCASUS From the People’s Commissariat for the Affairs of Nationalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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TELEGRAM TO SVERDLOV, CHAIRMAN OF THE ALLRUSSIAN CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, August 31, 1918 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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TELEGRAM TO THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE’S COMMISSARS, September 6, 1918 . . . . . . . .

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TELEGRAM TO VOROSHILOV, COMMANDER OF THE FRONT, TSARITSYN, September 19, 1918 . . .

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THE SOUTHERN FRONT. Izvestia Interview .

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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) . . . . . . . .

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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 . . . . . . . . DON’T FORGET THE EAST . . . . . THE UKRAINE IS LIBERATING ITSELF LIGHT FROM THE EAST . . . . . . THINGS ARE MOVING . . . . . .

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1919 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 GOVERNMENT’S POLICY ON THE NATIONAL QUESTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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EXCERPT FROM A SPEECH ON THE MILITARY QUESTION DELIVERED AT THE EIGHTH CONGRESS OF THE R.C.P.(B.), March 21, 1919 . . . . .

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THE RE-ORGANIZATION OF STATE CONTROL. Report Delivered at a Meeting of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, April 9, 1919 (Newspaper Report) .

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THE SHOOTING OF THE TWENTY-SIX BAKU COMRADES BY AGENTS OF BRITISH IMPERIALISM

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TELEGRAM TO THE INSPECTOR-EXTRAORDINARY OF STATE CONTROL, SHCHIGRY, May 7, 1919

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NOTE TO V. I. LENIN FROM PETROGRAD BY DIRECT WIRE, May 25, 1919 . . . . . . . .

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The Approaches to Petrograd The Enemy’s Forces . . . . The Enemy’s Calculations . . The Situation at the Front . The Navy . . . . . . . . Summing up . . . . . . .

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LETTER TO V. I. LENIN ABOUT THE SITUATION ON THE WESTERN FRONT, August 11, 1919 . .

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LETTER TO V. I. LENIN FROM THE SOUTHERN FRONT, October 15, 1919 . . . . . . . . .

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TELEGRAM TO V. I. LENIN, October 25, 1919 .

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SPEECH AT THE OPENING OF THE SECOND ALL-RUSSIAN CONGRESS OF COMMUNIST ORGANIZATIONS OF THE PEOPLES OF THE EAST, November 22, 1919

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GREETINGS TO PETROGRAD FROM THE SOUTHERN FRONT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE MILITARY SITUATION IN THE SOUTH . . .

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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 Party . .

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SPEECH DELIVERED AT A MEETING CALLED BY THE MOSCOW COMMITTEE, R.C.P.(B.) ON THE OCCASION OF V. I. LENIN’S FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY, April 23, 1920 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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THE ENTENTE’S NEW CAMPAIGN AGAINST RUSSIA I. The General Situation . . . . . . . . . II. Rear. Striking Area . . . . . . . . . . III. Prospects. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

331 332 335 339

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 .

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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.) . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CREATION OF FIGHTING RESERVES OF THE REPUBLIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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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 . . . . . . .

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THE POLICY OF THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT ON THE NATIONAL QUESTION IN RUSSIA . . . . . .

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SPEECH AT THE OPENING OF THE FIRST ALLRUSSIAN CONFERENCE OF RESPONSIBLE PERSONNEL OF THE WORKERS’ AND PEASANTS’ INSPECTION, October 15, 1920 . . . . . . .

377

AUTHOR’S 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 . . . . . . . .

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

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CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLES REGION, November 17, 1920 1. Report on Soviet Autonomy 2. Concluding Remarks . .

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THE SITUATION IN THE CAUCASUS. Pravda Interview .

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THE IMMEDIATE TASKS OF THE PARTY IN THE 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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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

63 68 74

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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1922 TO PRAVDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF PRAVDA (Reminiscences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. The Lena Events . . . . . . . . . 2. The Foundation of Pravda . . . . . . 3. The Organisational Significance of Pravda .

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COMRADE LENIN ON VACATION. NOTES . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . .

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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

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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 . . . . . . . . I . II .

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THE TWELFTH CONGRESS OF THE R.C.P.(B.), April 17-25, 1923 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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1. The Organisational Report of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.), April 17 . . . . . . . . .

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2. Reply to the Discussion on the Central Committee’s Organisational Report, April 19 . . . . . . .

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3. Report on National Factors in Party and State Affairs, April 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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4. Reply to the Discussion on the Report on National Factors in Party and State Affairs, April 25 . . .

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5. Answer on the Amendments to the Resolution, April 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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1. Draft Platform on the National Question for the Fourth Conference, Endorsed by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee . . . . . . . . .

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Questions Connected With the Institution or a Second Chamber or the Central Executive Committee or the Union and With the Organisation of the People’s Commissariats or the Union or Republics . . . . . . . . . Measures for Drawing Working People or the Local Population Into Party and Soviet Affairs . . . . . . .

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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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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SPEECH AT A CELEBRATION MEETING AT THE MILITARY ACADEMY, November 17, 1923 (Brief Newspaper Report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE PARTY’S 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Discussion—a Sign of the Party’s 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 TROTSKY’S LETTER . . . . . . . . . . . The Discussion . . . Rafail . . . . . . . Preobrazhensky’s Article Sapronov’s Article . . Trotsky’s Letter . . .

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NOT FOR 2. Reply to the Discussion, January 18 . . . . COMMERCIAL 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 FOUNDATIONS OF LENINISM. Lectures Delivered at the Sverdlov University . . . . . . . . . . I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX.

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WORKER CORRESPONDENTS. Interview With a Representative of the Magazine “Rabochy Korrespondent” . .

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THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF POLAND. Speech Delivered at a Meeting of the Polish Commission of the Comintern, July 3, 1924 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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A LETTER TO COMRADE DEMYAN BEDNY. July 15, 1924 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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3. Strengthening of the Revolutionary Elements in the European Labour Movement. Growth of the International Popularity of the Soviet Union

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THE PARTY’S 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 . . . . . . . .

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Defects in the Reports From the Localities .

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THE PARTY’S TASKS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. Speech Delivered at the Plenum of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.), October 26, 1924 . . . . . . .

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ENTRY IN THE RED BOOK OF THE DYNAMO FACTORY, November 7, 1924 . . . . . . . . .

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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. . . . . . . . .

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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. . . . . . . .

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THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Speech Delivered in the Czechoslovak Commission of the E.C.C.I., March 27, 1925 . . . . . . . . . .

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CONCERNING THE NATIONAL QUESTION IN YUGOSLAVIA. Speech Delivered in the Yugoslav Commission of the E.C.C.I., March 30, 1925 . . . . . . . . . .

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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 . . . . . . . . .

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TO THE FIRST ALL-UNION CONFERENCE OF PROLETARIAN STUDENTS. A Message . . . . . . .

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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 . . . . . . . .

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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 . . . .

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Speech Delivered at the Sverdlov University, June 9, 1925 . . . . . . . .

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TO THE SVERDLOV UNIVERSITY. On the Occasion of the Second Graduation of Students of Basic and Trade Union Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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THE NATIONAL QUESTION ONCE AGAIN. Concerning the Article by Semich . . . . . . . . . . . .

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THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN THE EAST. Interview Given to Mr. Fuse, Japanese Correspondent of Nichi-Nichi . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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OCTOBER, LENIN, AND THE PROSPECTS OF OUR DEVELOPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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THE FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE C.P.S.U.(B.), December 18-31, 1925 . . . . . . . . . . .

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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 WOMEN’S 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? . . . . . . .

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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.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CONCERNING QUESTIONS OF THE CHINESE REVOLUTION. Reply to Comrade Marchulin . . . . .

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TALK WITH STUDENTS OF THE SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY, May 13, 1927 . . . . . . . . . .

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . V. Two Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . TO THE STUDENTS OF THE COMMUNIST UNIVERSITY OF THE TOILERS OF THE EAST . . . . . . . .

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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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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 Opposition’s “Platform” . . . . . . III. Lenin on Discussions and Oppositions in General . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 Party’s 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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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 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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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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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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TO THE WORKERS OF THE “KATUSHKA” FACTORY, TO THE WORKERS OF THE YARTSEVO FACTORY, SMOLENSK GUBERNIA . . . . . . .

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ON THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRUNZE MILITARY ACADEMY OF THE WORKERS’ AND PEASANTS’ RED ARMY . . . . . . . . . .

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EMULATION AND LABOUR ENTHUSIASM OF THE MASSES. Foreword to E. Mikulina’s Pamphlet “Emulation of the Masses” . . . . . . . . . . . .

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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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A YEAR OF GREAT CHANGE. On the Occasion of the Twelfth Anniversary of the October Revolution . . .

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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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THE TASKS OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVES. Speech Delivered at the First All-Union Conference of Leading Personnel of Socialist Industry, February 4, 1931 . . . .

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TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GRAIN TRUST BOARD. TO ALL STATE GRAIN FARMS . . . . . . .

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NEW CONDITIONS—NEW TASKS IN ECONOMIC CONSTRUCTION. Speech Delivered at a Conference of Business Executives, June 23, 1931 . . . . . . . .

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TO THE CHIEF OF THE HARVESTER COMBINE WORKS PROJECT AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE HARVESTER COMBINE WORKS, SARATOV. . .

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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” . . . .

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REPLY TO THE LETTER OF Mr. RICHARDSON, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS AGENCY . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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THE IMPORTANCE AND TASKS OF THE COMPLAINTS BUREAUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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REPLIES TO THE QUESTIONS OF RALPH V. BARNES May 3, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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KUZNETSK IRON AND STEEL WORKS PROJECT KUZNETSK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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GREETINGS TO THE SEVENTH ALL-UNION CONFERENCE OF THE ALL-UNION LENINIST YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE . . . . . . . . . . .

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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 .

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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 Task—To Make All the Collective Farmers Prosperous . . . . . . . . . . . III. Miscellaneous Remarks . . . . . . . . . .

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GREETINGS TO THE RED ARMY ON ITS FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY. To the Revolutionary Military Council of the U.S.S.R. . . . . . . . . . . . .

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GREETINGS ON THE FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ALL-UNION LENINIST YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . .

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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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 10