Stalin CW Volume 4
November 1917 - 1920
Preface
1917
SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE CONGRESS OF THE FINNISH SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC LABOUR PARTY, HELSINGFORS, November 14, 1917
REPLY TO UKRAINIAN COMRADES IN THE REAR AND AT THE FRONT
THE UKRAINIAN RADA. Speech Delivered in the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, December 14, 1917
WHAT IS THE UKRAINIAN RADA?
THE INDEPENDENCE OF FINLAND. Speech Delivered in the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, December 22, 1917 (Newspaper Report)
“TURKISH ARMENIA”
1918
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)
THE KIEV BOURGEOIS RADA
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)
TELEPHONE MESSAGE TO THE PETROGRAD COMMITTEE, R.S.D.L.P.(B.), February 21, 1918
TELEGRAM TO THE PEOPLE’S SECRETARIAT, UKRAINIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC, February 21, 1918
NOTE SENT BY DIRECT WIRE TO THE PEOPLE’S SECRETARIAT, UKRAINIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC, February 24, 1918
THE UKRAINIAN KNOT
A TATAR-BASHKIR SOVIET REPUBLIC
TRANSCAUCASIAN COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES UNDER A SOCIALIST MASK
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
Transitional Function of Federalism
Shaping the Political Structure of the Russian Federation. Federalism in Russia—a Transitional Step to Socialist Unitarism
ONE IMMEDIATE TASK
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
TELEGRAM TO THE FIFTH CONGRESS OF SOVIETS OF THE TURKESTAN REGION, April 22, 1918
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
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
ANOTHER LIE
THE SITUATION IN THE CAUCASUS
I. Transcaucasia
II. The North Caucasus
CONCERNING THE SITUATION IN THE CAUCASUS From the People’s Commissariat for the Affairs of Nationalities
THE DON AND THE NORTH CAUCASUS (Machinations and the Facts)
TELEGRAM TO V. I. LENIN, June 7, 1918
LETTER TO V. I. LENIN, July 7, 1918
LETTER TO V. I. LENIN, July 10, 1918
LETTER TO V. I. LENIN, August 4, 1918
LETTER TO V. I. LENIN, August 31, 1918
TELEGRAM TO SVERDLOV, CHAIRMAN OF THE ALLRUSSIAN CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, August 31, 1918
TELEGRAM TO THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE’S COMMISSARS, September 6, 1918
TELEGRAM TO VOROSHILOV, COMMANDER OF THE FRONT, TSARITSYN, September 19, 1918
THE SOUTHERN FRONT. Izvestia Interview
THE LOGIC OF FACTS (In Reference to the “Theses” of the Central Committee of the Mensheviks)
I. The October Revolution
II. The Dictatorship of the Proletariat
III. Petty-Bourgeois Muddle
IV. What Next?
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)
THE SOUTH OF RUSSIA. Pravda Interview
Importance of the Southern Front
Tsaritsyn the Main Target
Wherein Lies the Strength of Our Army?
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
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
Insecurity of the Rear and Work of the Party and Soviet Institutions
Conclusions
Supply and Evacuation Agencies
Conclusions
Total Losses of Materiel and Men.
Measures Taken to Strengthen the Front
THE GOVERNMENT’S POLICY ON THE NATIONAL QUESTION
TO THE SOVIETS AND THE PARTY ORGANIZATIONS OF TURKESTAN
TWO CAMPS
OUR TASKS IN THE EAST
TWO YEARS
IMPERIALISM’S RESERVES
EXCERPT FROM A SPEECH ON THE MILITARY QUESTION DELIVERED AT THE EIGHTH CONGRESS OF THE R.C.P.(B.), March 21, 1919
THE RE-ORGANIZATION OF STATE CONTROL. Report Delivered at a Meeting of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, April 9, 1919 (Newspaper Report)
THE SHOOTING OF THE TWENTY-SIX BAKU COMRADES BY AGENTS OF BRITISH IMPERIALISM
TELEGRAM TO THE INSPECTOR-EXTRAORDINARY OF STATE CONTROL, SHCHIGRY, May 7, 1919
NOTE TO V. I. LENIN FROM PETROGRAD BY DIRECT WIRE, May 25, 1919
TELEGRAM TO V. I. LENIN, June 16, 1919
NOTE TO V. I. LENIN FROM PETROGRAD BY DIRECT WIRE, June 18, 1919
THE PETROGRAD FRONT. Pravda Interview
1. The Approaches to Petrograd
2. The Enemy’s Forces
3. The Enemy’s Calculations
4. The Situation at the Front
5. The Navy
6. Summing up
LETTER TO V. I. LENIN ABOUT THE SITUATION ON THE WESTERN FRONT, August 11, 1919
LETTER TO V. I. LENIN FROM THE SOUTHERN FRONT, October 15, 1919
TELEGRAM TO V. I. LENIN, October 25, 1919
SPEECH AT THE OPENING OF THE SECOND ALL-RUSSIAN CONGRESS OF COMMUNIST ORGANIZATIONS OF THE PEOPLES OF THE EAST, November 22, 1919
GREETINGS TO PETROGRAD FROM THE SOUTHERN FRONT
THE MILITARY SITUATION IN THE SOUTH
I. Abortive Plans of the Entente
II. Causes of the Defeat of the Counter-revolution
III. Present Situation on the Southern Front
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
LENIN AS THE ORGANIZER AND LEADER OF THE RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY
I. Lenin as the Organizer of the Russian Communist Party
II. Lenin as the Leader of the Russian Communist Party
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
THE ENTENTE’S NEW CAMPAIGN AGAINST RUSSIA
I. The General Situation
II. Rear. Striking Area
III. Prospects
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
TELEGRAM TO V. I. LENIN, June 25,
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
HOW THE RED ARMY IS GREETED. Statement to Krasnoarmeyets
TO ALL PARTY ORGANIZATIONS. Draft Letter of the C.C., R.C.P.(B.)
CREATION OF FIGHTING RESERVES OF THE REPUBLIC
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
THE POLICY OF THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT ON THE NATIONAL QUESTION IN RUSSIA
SPEECH AT THE OPENING OF THE FIRST ALLRUSSIAN CONFERENCE OF RESPONSIBLE PERSONNEL OF THE WORKERS’ AND PEASANTS’ INSPECTION, October 15, 1920
AUTHOR’S PREFACE. To a Collection of Articles on the National Question, Published in 1920
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
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
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLES OF DAGHESTAN, November 13, 1920
1. Declaration on Soviet Autonomy for Daghestan
2. Concluding Remarks
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLES OF THE TEREK REGION, November 17, 1920
1. Report on Soviet Autonomy for the Terek Region
2. Concluding Remarks
THE SITUATION IN THE CAUCASUS. Pravda Interview
LONG LIVE SOVIET ARMENIA!
Notes
Biographical Chronicle (1879-1906)