W O R K E R S O F A L L C O U N T R I E S , U N I T E! L E N I N COLLECTED WORKS A ü A THE RUSSIAN EDITION WAS PRINTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A DECISION OF THE NINTH CONGRESS OF THE R.C.P.(B.) AND THE SECOND CONGRESS OF SOVIETS OF THE U.S.S.R. ИНCTИTУT МАРÇCИзМА — ЛЕНИНИзМА пpи ЦK KНCC B. n. l d H n H С О Ч И Н E Н И Я И з д a н u е ч е m в е p m o e ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО ПОЛИТИЧЕСКОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ M О С К В А V. I. L E N I N cOLLEcTED WORKS VOLUME A ü LETTERS February 191? – December 19?? PROGRESS PUBLISHERS MOSCOW 1973 TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN BY A N D R E W R O T H S T E I N EDITED BY R O B E R T D A G L I S H PUBLISHERS’ NOTE Translated from the Fourth Russian Edition of Lenin’s Collected Works. Corrections have been made to some of the letters and notes in accordance with the Fifth Russian Edition, and some further editorial comments have been added. From Marx to Mao M L © Digital Reprints 2014 www.marx2mao.com First printing 1966 Second printing 1973 B. n. leHnH coЧnHeHnr T OM 35 На английском языке 7 C O N T E N T S Page Preface ........................ 19 Letters addressed to: 191? 1. MAXIM GORKY. February ............... 23 2. MAXIM GORKY. February-March ............ 24 3. G. L. SHKLOVSKY. March 1? ............. 25 4. G. L. SHKLOVSKY. March 13 ............. 27 5. *G. K. ORJONIKIDZE, S. S. SPANDARYAN AND YELENA STASOVA. March ?8 1 ................ 28 6. CAMILLE HUYSMANS. Earlier than March ?8 ...... 31 7. *G. K. ORJONIKIDZE, S. S. SPANDARYAN AND YELENA STASOVA. Early in April .............. 33 8. *THE BUREAU OF THE C.C. OF THE R.S.D.L.P. IN RUSSIA. April 16 ...................... 34 9. EDITOR OF ZVEZDA. April ?? ............. 36 10. B. N. KNIPOVICH. June 6 ............... 38 11. *EDITOR OF PRAVDA. July 19 ............. 40 12. EDITOR OF NEVSKAYA ZVEZDA. July ?4 ........ 42 13. *EDITOR OF PRAVDA. Earlier than August 1 ...... 45 14. EDITOR OF PRAVDA. August 1 ............ 47 15. MAXIM GORKY. August 1 ............... 50 16. *EDITOR OF PRAVDA. August ? ............ 52 17. MAXIM GORKY. Earlier than August ?5 ........ 54 18. EDITOR OF PRAVDA. September 8 ........... 56 19. MAXIM GORKY. Beginning of October.......... 58 20. MAXIM GORKY. October 17 .............. 59 21. EDITOR OF PRAVDA. November ? ........... 61 1 Letters marked with an asterisk have not been published in previous editions. See Preface, p. 20.—Ed. 8 CONTENTS 22. *EDITOR OF SOTSIAL-DEMOKRAT. Earlier than Novem- ber 18 ...................... 63 23. EDITOR OF PRAVDA. November ?4 ........... 64 24. EDITOR OF PRAVDA. November ?6 ........... 65 25. MAXIM GORKY. December ?? or ?3 ........... 67 1913 26. MAXIM GORKY. Earlier than January 8 ........ 69 27. N. A. RUBAKIN. January ?5 ............. 73 28. MAXIM GORKY. After January ?5 ........... 74 29. *Y. M. SVERDLOV. February 9 ............ 78 30. *EDITORIAL BOARD OF PRAVDA. February 14 ...... 81 31. *EDITORIAL BOARD OF PRAVDA. February ?9 ...... 82 32. MAXIM GORKY. Between February 15 and ?5 ...... 83 33. EDITORIAL BOARD OF PRAVDA. February ?1 ....... 86 34. M. A. SAVELYEV. February ?? ............ 88 35. *L. B. KAMENEV. February ?5 ............ 90 36. MAXIM GORKY. After March 6 ............ 92 37. *L. B. KAMENEV. Before March ?9 .......... 93 38. *EDITORIAL BOARD OF PRAVDA. April 5 ........ 95 39. MAXIM GORKY. Not earlier than May 9-10 ....... 97 40. *EDITORIAL BOARD OF PRAVDA. Not earlier than May ?5 . 99 41. THE BOLSHEVIK DEPUTIES IN THE FOURTH STATE DUMA. June 17 ...................... 101 42. G. V. PLEKHANOV. Not later than June ?? ....... 103 43. MAXIM GORKY. Not later than June ?? ......... 105 44. MAXIM GORKY. July ?5 ............... 107 45. * THE GERMAN SOCIAL- DEMOCRATIC PARTY ON THE DEATH OF AUGUST BEBEL. Between August 13 and 17 .. 109 46. S. G. SHAHUMYAN. August ?4 ............. 110 47. *EDITORIAL BOARD OF PRAVDA TRUDA. Not earlier than September 30 .................... 111 48. MAXIM GORKY. September 30 ............. 112 49. EDITORIAL BOARD OF ZA PRAVDU. Earlier than October ?6 ..................... 114 50. EDITORIAL BOARD OF ZA PRAVDU. Between November ? and 7 ...................... 115 51. *EDITORIAL BOARD OF ZA PRAVDU. Not earlier than November 3 .................... 117 52. *EDITORIAL BOARD OF ZA PRAVDU. November 7 ..... 118 CONTENTS 9 53. * EDITORIAL BOARD OF ZA PRAVDU. Not later than November 7 .................... 119 54. *EDITORIAL BOARD OF ZA PRAVDU. Not earlier than November 13 .................... 120 55. MAXIM GORKY. November 13 or 14 .......... 121 56. * EDITORIAL BOARD OF ZA PRAVDU. Not later than November 14 ................... 125 56. * EDITORIAL BOARD OF ZA PRAVDU. Not later than November 16 .................... 126 58. MAXIM GORKY. Second half of November ........ 127 59. *INESSA ARMAND. After December 18.......... 130 60. *INESSA ARMANDFROM. End of December MARX.......... 131 1914 61. *DAVID WIJNKOOP. JanuaryTO MAO1? ............ 133 62. *INESSA ARMAND. April 1 .............. 135 63. *INESSA ARMAND. April ?4 .............. 137 64. *EDITORIAL BOARD OF DZVIN. April ?6 ......... 139 65. N. N. NAKORYAKOV. May 18 ............. 140 66. S. G. SHAHUMYAN. May 19 .............. 142 67. *INESSA ARMAND. Earlier than June 5 ........ 144 68. *INESSA ARMAND. Between July 10 and 16 ....... 146 69. *I. E. HERMAN. LaterNOT than July FOR 18 .......... 150 70. SECRETARY, EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE GRANAT BROS. ENCYCLOPAEDICCOMMERCIAL DICTIONARY. July ?1 ......... 153 71. SECRETARY, EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE GRANAT BROS. ENCYCLOPAEDIC DICTIONARY. July ?8 ......... 154 72. V. A. KARPINSKYDISTRIBUTION. Later than September ?7 ....... 155 73. V. A. KARPINSKY. Earlier than October 11 ....... 156 74. V. A. KARPINSKY. October 11 ............. 158 75. V. A. KARPINSKY. October 17 ............. 159 76. A. G. SHLYAPNIKOV. October 17 ............ 161 77. A. G. SHLYAPNIKOV. October 17 ............ 165 78. A. G. SHLYAPNIKOV. October ?7 ............ 167 79. A. G. SHLYAPNIKOV. October 31 ............ 170 80. SECRETARY, EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE GRANAT PUBLISH- ING HOUSE. November 17............... 173 81. A. G. SHLYAPNIKOV. November ?8 ........... 175 82. ALEXANDRA KOLLONTAI. Earlier than December 16 .... 177 10 CONTENTS 1915 83. BASOK. January 1? ................. 179 84. *INESSA ARMAND. January 17 ............ 180 85. *INESSA ARMAND. January ?4 ............ 182 86. A. G. SHLYAPNIKOV. January 11 ........... 186 87. ALEXANDRA KOLLONTAI. Later than May ?? ...... 189 88. *DAVID WIJNKOOP. Between June 19 and July 13 .... 191 89. ALEXANDRA KOLLONTAI. Later than July 11 ...... 193 90. *DAVID WIJNKOOP. Later than July ?4 ........ 195 91. ALEXANDRA KOLLONTAI. July ?6 ........... 198 92. ALEXANDRA KOLLONTAI. Not earlier than August 4 ... 200 93. K. B. RADEK. August 19 ............... 202 94. A. G. SHLYAPNIKOV. August ?3 ........... 204 95. A. G. SHLYAPNIKOV. Earlier than September 13 ..... 206 96. A. G. SHLYAPNIKOV. October 10 ........... 208 97. ALEXANDRA KOLLONTAI. November 9 ......... 210 1916 98. MAXIM GORKY. January 11 ............. 212 99. A. G. SHLYAPNIKOV. Later than March 11 ....... 213 100. *G. Y. ZINOVIEV. May ?1 .............. 218 101. A. G. SHLYAPNIKOV. Earlier than June 17 ....... 223 102. M. N. POKROVSKY. July ? .............. 226 103. *G. Y. ZINOVIEV. August .............. 228 104. *N. I. BUKHARIN. End of August and beginning of Sep- tember ...................... 230 105. A. G. SHLYAPNIKOV. Later than October 3 ....... 232 106. FRANZ KORITSCHONER. October ?5 .......... 237 107. N. D. KIKNADZE. End of October and beginning of November ..................... 240 108. N. D. KIKNADZE. Later than November 5 ....... 242 109. *INESSA ARMAND. November ?0 ........... 246 110. *INESSA ARMAND. November ?5 ........... 248 111. *INESSA ARMAND. November 30 ........... 250 112. ARTHUR SCHMID. December 1 ............ 256 113. *INESSA ARMAND. December 18 ........... 259 114. M. N. POKROVSKY. December ?1 ........... 262 115. *INESSA ARMAND. Later than December ?3 ...... 264 116. *INESSA ARMAND. December ?5 ........... 266 CONTENTS 11 1917 117. *INESSA ARMAND. January 8 ............. 270 118. *INESSA ARMAND. January 19 ............ 272 119. *INESSA ARMAND. January ?? ............ 275 120. *INESSA ARMAND. Between January ?? and 30 ..... 277 121. *INESSA ARMAND. January 30 ............ 279 122. *INESSA ARMAND. February 3 ............ 282 123. ALEXANDRA KOLLONTAI. February 17 .......... 285 124. *INESSA ARMAND. February 19 ............ 288 125. ALEXANDRA KOLLONTAI. March 5 ........... 290 126. *INESSA ARMAND. March 15 ............. 294 127. ALEXANDRA KOLLONTAI. March 16 ........... 295 128. ALEXANDRA KOLLONTAI. March 17 ........... 297 129. V. A. KARPINSKY. March 19 ............. 300 130. V. A. KARPINSKY. March ?4 ............. 301 131. *A. V. LUNACHARSKY. Earlier than March ?5 ...... 302 132. V. A. KARPINSKY. March ?5 ............. 303 133. *INESSA ARMAND. Between March ?5 and 31 ...... 306 134. J. S. HANECKI. March 30 .............. 308 135. *V. A. KARPINSKY. April ? .............. 314 136. V. A. KARPINSKY. April 1? .............. 316 137. BUREAU OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ABROAD. August 17 (30) ...................... 318 138. THE FINNISH COMRADES. November 11 ......... 325 139. TELEGRAM TO THE PRESIDIUM OF THE MOSCOW SOVIET OF WORKERS’ AND SOLDIERS DEPUTIES. November 19 ... 326 140. * TELEGRAM TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE OSTROGOZHSK SOVIET. December 6 (19) ............... 327 1918 141. *TELEGRAM TO G. K. ORJONIKIDZE. January ?? ..... 328 142. *TELEGRAM TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DRISSA TOWN SOVIET. February 19 ................. 329 143. *TO THE PEOPLE’S COMMISSARIAT FOR WAR. April ?? .. 330 144. TO D. I. KURSKY. May 4 ............... 331 145.