The October Revolution - Stalin
JOSEPH STALIN
ТНЕ OCTOBER REVOLUTION
А Collection of Articles & Speeches
Contents
ТНЕ OCTOBER REVOLUTION AND ТНЕ NATIONAL QUESTION 9
I. ТнЕ FEBRUARY REVOLUTION AND ТНЕ NлTIONAL QuESTION. . • . 9
II. ТнЕ ОстовЕR REVOLUTION AND ТНЕ NAтIONAL QUESTION. . . • . 11
III. ТнЕ INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE 0F ТНЕ ОстоВЕR REVOLUTION 15
ТНЕ LOGIC OF EVENTS . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . .. .. . . .. . . . . .. .. .. .. . . . 19
(Apropos the "Theses" of the Central Comп11ttee of the Mensheviks)
I. ТнЕ ОстовЕв UPRISING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
II. ТнЕ DrcтлтoRSНIP 0F тнЕ РвоLвтл'вrлт .. . . .. . .. .. . . .. . . . . 21
III. ТнЕ PEттv-BouвcEors TлNGLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
IV. Wнлт №хт? • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
ТНЕ OCTOBER INSURRECTION .... : .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. .. .. 28
{ October 24 and 25, 1917, in Petrograd)
ТНЕ POLIТICAL STATE OF ТНЕ REPUBLIC ................... 31
(Report delivered on October 27, 1920, at the Regional Conference of Communist Organizations of the Don and Caucasus held in the City of Vladikavkaz)
THREE YEARS OF PROLETARIAN DICTATORSHIP ............ 37
(Report at the Celebration Meeting of the Baku Soviet, NovemЬer 7, 1920)
ТнЕ Frвsт PERIOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
ТнЕ SEcoNn PERIOD . 39
ТнЕ TнIRD PERIOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
PERSPECTIVES .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
ТНЕ РARTY AFТER ТНЕ SEIZURE OF POWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
(Extract from the article The Pary Be/ore and After the Seizureо/ Power)
ТНЕ OCTOBER REVOLUTION AND ТНЕ NATIONAL POLICY
OF ТНЕ RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS . .. .. . . • .. • . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . 52
ТНЕ OCTOBER REVOLUTION AND ТНЕ ALLIANCE BETWEEN
ТНЕ WORKERS AND ТНЕ PEASANTS . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . 55
(Extract from the article entitled Perspectives)
ТНЕ OCTOBER REVOLUTION AND ТНЕ STRATEGY OF ТНЕ
RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
(Extract from the article entitled Оп the Question о/ the Strategy and Tactics of the Russian Communists)
I. HrsTORICAL TuRNS-STRATEGIC PLANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
П. Тнв FIRsт HrsтoRICAL TuRN AND тнв Соuкsв ToWARDS А
BoURGEOIS-DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA • • . • . . . . • . . . . . 58
m. ТнЕ SECOND HrsтORICAL TURN AND ТНЕ CouRSE TowARDS ТНЕ
DICTATORSНIP OF ТНЕ PROLETARIAT IN RussrA . . . . . . . . . . . . • . 5q
IV. ТнЕ TНIRD HrsTORICAL TURN AND ТНЕ CouRSE TOWARDS ТНЕ
PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION IN EUROPE •.. • ....•.•. , , , . • • . . . . 60
ТНЕ OCTOBER REVOLUTION AND ТНЕ QUESTION OF ТНЕ MIDDLE STRATA . . . . . . 63
TROTSKYISM OR LENINISM? .................................. 68
(Speecl1 at the Plenum of the Communist Fraction of the AllUnion Central Council of Trade Unions, Delivered on November 19, 1924)
I. ТнЕ Fлстs CoNCERNING тнв Остоввн UPRISING . . . . • . . . . . . . . 68
п. ТнЕ PARTY AND ТНЕ PREPARATION FOR ОстоВЕR . . . . . . . • . . . . . 74
ПI. TROTSKYISM OR LENINISM? . . . . . . . • • • . . . . . • • . • . . . . • . • . . . . . . 87
ТНЕ OCTOBER REVOLUTfON AND ТНЕ Т ACTICS OF ТНЕ RUSSIAN COMMUNSTS .. .. 95
(Preface to the Ьооk entitled Оп the Way to October)
I. Тнв INTERNAL AND ExтERNAL SвттrNс FOR тнв ОстовЕR REVOLUTION . .. 95
п. Two SPECIAL FEATURES OF . ТНЕ ОстовЕR REVOLUTION-OR ОстовЕR AND CoмRADE ТвотsкУ's ТнЕОRУ OF PERMANENT REVOLUTION . . . • . . . . . 98
IП. CERTAIN SPECIAL Fвлтuквs OF тнв Тлстrсs OF тнЕ BoLsнвvrкs DuRING ТНЕ PERIOD OF PREPARATION FOR ОстоВЕR ••• 11:!
IV. Тнв ОстовЕR; REvoLuтюN лs тнв BEGINNING oF AND Равмrsв FOR ТНЕ WoRLD REVOLUTION .... 125
ОСТОБЕR, LENIN AND ТНЕ PROSPECTS OF OUR DEVELOPMENT......................... 130
ТНЕ THREE BASIC SLOGANS OF ТНЕ Р АRТУ ON ТНЕ PEASANT QUESTION . . . 134
(Reply to Comrade Yan-sky)
ТНЕ SLOGAN OF ТНЕ DICTATORSHIP OF ТНЕ PROLETARIAT AND ТНЕ POOREST PEASANTRY IN ТНЕ PERIOD OF PREPARATION FOR ОСТОБЕR ............................. 146
(Reply to Comrade S. Pokrovsky)
ТНЕ INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER OF ТНЕ OCTOBER REVOLUTION 156
( On the Occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the October Revo1ution)
ONE OF ТНЕ FUNDAMENTAL DIVERGENCES BETWEEN ТНЕ PARTY AND ТНЕ TROTSKY-ZINOVIEV OPPOSIТION BLOC .. 165
(From the Political Report of tЪе Central Committee to the Fifteenth Congress of the C.P.S.U., December 3, 1927)