J. V. Stalin

PROBLEMS OF LENINISM

Table of Contents




C O N T E N T S
(Abbreviated)



THE FOUNDATIONS OF LENINISMLectures Delivered at the
  Sverdlov University
  (more)
 


1
 

THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION AND THE TACTICS OF THE RUSSIAN
  COMMUNISTSPreface to the Book "On the Road to October"
 (more)
 


117
 
 

CONCERNING QUESTIONS OF LENINISM  (more)
 

160
 

THE PARTY'S THREE FUNDAMENTAL SLOGANS ON THE PEASANT
  QUESTIONReply to Yan-sky
 


237
 

THE SLOGAN OF THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT AND
  POOR PEASANTRY IN THE PERIOD OF PREPARATION FOR
  OCTOBERReply to S. Pokrovsky
 


 
253
 

THE INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION.
 On the Occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the October
  Revolution

 


 
266
 

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
 


 
278
 

LENIN AND THE QUESTION OF THE ALLIANCE WITH THE MIDDLE
  PEASANTReply to Comrade S.
 


294
 

THE RIGHT DANGER IN THE C.P.S.U.(B.). Speech Delivered at the
  Plenum of the Moscow Committee and the Moscow Control
  Commission of the C.P.S.U.(B.)
, October 19, 1928
 


 
309
 

THE RIGHT DEVIATION IN THE C.P.S.U.(B.). Speech Delivered at
  the Plenum of the Central Committee and the Central Control
  Commission of the C.P.S.U.(B.) in April 1929
 (more)
 


 
326
 

A YEAR OF GREAT CHANGEOn the Occasion of the Twelfth
  Anniversary of the October Revolution
 (more)
 


429
 

CONCERNING QUESTIONS OF AGRARIAN POLICY IN THE U.S.S.R. Speech Delivered at a Conference of Marxist Students of
  Agrarian Questions
, December 27, 1929 (more)
 


 
447
 

CONCERNING THE POLICY OF ELIMINATING THE KULAKS AS A CLASS
 

477
 

DIZZY WITH SUCCESSConcerning Questions of the Collective-
  Farm Movement

 


483
 

REPLY TO COLLECTIVE-FARM COMRADES
 

492
 

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


 
519
 

NEW CONDITIONS -- NEW TASKS IN ECONOMIC CONSTRUCTION.  Speech Delivered at a Conference of Economic Executives,
 June 23, 1931 (more)
 


 
532
 

SOME QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE HISTORY OF BOLSHEVISM.
 Letter to the Editorial Board of the Magazine "Proletarskaya
  Revolutsia"

 


 
560
 

THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST FIVE-YEAR PLAN.  Report Delivered
  at the Joint Plenum of the Central Committee and the Central
  Control Commission of the C.P.S.U.(B.)
, January 7, 1933 (more)
 


 
578
 

WORK IN THE COUNTRYSIDESpeech Delivered at the Joint Plenum
  of the Central Committee and the Central Control Commission
  of the C.P.S.U.(B.)
, January 11, 1933
 


 
631
 

SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE FIRST ALL-UNION CONGRESS OF COL-
 LECTIVE-FARM SHOCK BRIGRADESFebruary 19, 1933  (more)
 


650
 

REPORT TO THE SEVENTEENTH PARTY CONGRESS ON THE WORK OF
  THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE C.P.S.U.(B.), January 26, 1934   (more)
 


671
 
 

INSTEAD OF A REPLY TO THE DISCUSSION, January 31, 1934
 

766
 

ADDRESS DELIVERED IN THE KREMLIN PALACE TO THE GRADUATES
 FROM THE RED ARMY ACADEMIES, May 4, 1935
 


767
 

SPEECH AT THE FIRST ALL-UNION CONFERENCE OF STAKHANOV-
 ITESNovember 17, 1935 (more)
 


775
 

ON THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION OF THE U.S.S.RReport Delivered
  at the Extraordinary Eigth Congress of Soviets of the U.S.S.R.
,
  November 25, 1936 (more)
 


 
795
 

DIALECTICAL AND HISTORICAL MATERIALISMSeptember 1938
 

835
 

REPORT TO THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE C.P.S.U.(B.) ON
  THE WORK OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEEMarch 10, 1939 (more)
 


874
 

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J. V. Stalin

PROBLEMS OF LENINISM

Table of Contents
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THE FOUNDATIONS OF LENINISMLectures Delivered at the
  Sverdlov University


1

I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
 VIII.
IX.
 

The Historical Roots of Leninism
Method
Theory
The Dictatorship of the Proletariat
The Peasant Question
The National Question
Strategy and Tactics
The Party
Style in Work
 

4
11
19
38
52
67
78
97
113
 

THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION AND THE TACTICS OF THE RUSSIAN
  COMMUNISTSPreface to the Book "On the Road to October"


117

I.
 
II.
 
III.
 
IV.
 
 

The External and Internal Setting for the October Revolution
Two Specific Features of the October Revolution -- or October and Trotsky's Theory of "Permanent" Revolution
Certain Specific Features of the Tactics of the Bolsheviks During the Period of Preparation for October
The October Revolution as the Beginning of and the Pre-condition for the World Revolution
 


117
 
121
 
138
 
154
 

CONCERNING QUESTIONS OF LENINISM

160

I.
II.
III.
IV.
 
V.
 
VI.
VII.
 

The Definition of Leninism
The Main Thing of Leninism
The Question of "Permanent" Revolution
The Proletarian Revolution and the Dictatorship of the
Proletariat
The Party and the Working Class in the System of the
Dictatorship of the Proletariat
The Question of the Victory of Socialism in One Country
The Fight for the Victory of Socialist Construction
 

160
163
165
 
168
 
178
207
222
 

THE PARTY'S THREE FUNDAMENTAL SLOGANS ON THE PEASANT
  QUESTIONReply to Yan-sky
 


237
 

THE SLOGAN OF THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT AND
  POOR PEASANTRY IN THE PERIOD OF PREPARATION FOR
  OCTOBERReply to S. Pokrovsky
 


 
253
 

THE INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION.
 On the Occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the October
  Revolution

 


 
266
 

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
 


 
278
 

LENIN AND THE QUESTION OF THE ALLIANCE WITH THE MIDDLE
  PEASANTReply to Comrade S.
 


294
 

THE RIGHT DANGER IN THE C.P.S.U.(B.). Speech Delivered at the
  Plenum of the Moscow Committee and the Moscow Control
  Commission of the C.P.S.U.(B.)
, October 19, 1928
 


 
309
 

THE RIGHT DEVIATION IN THE C.P.S.U.(B.). Speech Delivered at
  the Plenum of the Central Committee and the Central Control
  Commission of the C.P.S.U.(B.) in April 1929


 
326

I.
II.
III.
IV.

One Line or Two Lines?
Class Changes and Our Disagreements
Disagreements in Regard to the Comintern
Disagreements in Regard to Internal Policy

328
335
344
351

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)

The Class Struggle
The Intensifiaction of the Class Struggle
The Peasantry
NEP and MArket Relations
The So-called "Tribute"
The Rate of Development of Industry and the New Forms of the Bond
Bukharin as a Theoretician
A Five-Year Plan and a Two-Year Plan
The Question of the Crop Area
Grain Procurements
Foreign Currency Reserves and Grain Imports

352
359
363
367
373
379
391
401
404
407
413

V.

Question of Party Leadership

416

a)
b)
c)

The Factionalism of Bukharin's Group
Loyalty and Collective Leadership
The Fight Against the Right Deviation

417
419
424

VI.
 

Conclusions
 

427
 

A YEAR OF GREAT CHANGEOn the Occasion of the Twelfth
  Anniversary of the October Revolution


429

I.
II.
III.

In the Sphere of Productivity of Labour
In the Sphere of Industrial Construction
In the Sphere of Agricultural Development

430
432
436

  Conclusions
 

445
 

CONCERNING QUESTIONS OF AGRARIAN POLICY IN THE U.S.S.R. Speech Delivered at a Conference of Marxist Students of
  Agrarian Questions
, December 27, 1929


 
447

I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
 

The Theory of "Equilibrium
The Theory of "Spontaneity" in Socialist Construction
The Theory of the "Stability" of Small-Peasant Farming
Town and Country
The Nature of Collective Farms
The Class Changes and the Turn in the Party's Policy
Conclusions
 

449
452
455
461
466
470
475
 

CONCERNING THE POLICY OF ELIMINATING THE KULAKS AS A CLASS
 

477
 

DIZZY WITH SUCCESSConcerning Questions of the Collective-
  Farm Movement

 


483
 

REPLY TO COLLECTIVE-FARM COMRADES
 

492
 

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


 
519
 

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


 
532

I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
 
VI.
VII.
 

Manpower
Wages
The Organization of Work
The Working-Class Industrial and Technical Intelligentsia
Signs of a Change of Attitude Among the Old Industrial and
Technical Intelligentsia
Business Accounting
New Methods of Work, New Methods of Management
 

533
536
540
545
 
549
552
555
 

SOME QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE HISTORY OF BOLSHEVISM.
 Letter to the Editorial Board of the Magazine "Proletarskaya
  Revolutsia"

 


 
560
 

THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST FIVE-YEAR PLAN.  Report Delivered
  at the Joint Plenum of the Central Committee and the Central
  Control Commission of the C.P.S.U.(B.)
, January 7, 1933


 
578

I.
II.
 
III.
 
IV.
 
V.
 
 
VI.
 
VII.
 
 
VIII.
 

The International Significance of the Five-Year Plan
The Fundamental Task of the Five-Year Plan and the Way
to Its Fulfilment
The Results of the Five-Year Plan in Four Years in the Sphere of Industry
The Results of the Five-Year Plan in Four Years in the Sphere of Agriculture
The Results of the Five-Year Plan in Four Years as Regards Improving the Material Conditions of the Workers and Peasants
The Results of the Five-Year Plan in Four Years as Regards Trade Turnover Between Town and Country
The Results of the Five-Year Plan in Four Years in the Sphere of the Struggle Against the Remnants of the Hostile Classes
General Conclusions
 

578
 
588
 
594
 
604
 
 
612
 
618
 
 
622
628
 

WORK IN THE COUNTRYSIDESpeech Delivered at the Joint Plenum
  of the Central Committee and the Central Control Commission
  of the C.P.S.U.(B.)
, January 11, 1933
 


 
631
 

SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE FIRST ALL-UNION CONGRESS OF
  COLLECTIVE-FARM SHOCK BRIGRADES, February 19, 1933


650

I.
II.
 
III.
 

The Collective-Farm Path Is the Only Right Path
Our Immediate Task -- To Make All the Collective-Farmers Prosperous
Miscellaneous Remarks
 

650
 
659
664
 

REPORT TO THE SEVENTEENTH PARTY CONGRESS ON THE WORK OF
  THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE C.P.S.U.(B.), January 26, 1934


671

I.
 

The Continuing Crisis of World Capitalism and the External Situation of the Soviet Union


671

1.
2.
3.

The Course of the Economic Crisis in the Capitalist Countries
The Growing Tension in the Political Situation in the Capitalist Countries
The Relations Between the U.S.S.R. and the Capitalist States

673
679
688

II.

The Continuing Progress of the National Economy

694

1.
2.
3.
4.

The Progress of Industry
The Progress of Agriculture
The Rise in the Material and Cultural Standard of the Working People
The Progress of Trade Turnover and Transport

698
705
721
727

III.

The Party

734

1.
2.
 

Questions of Ideological and Political Leadership
Questions of Organizational Leadership
 

735
750
 

INSTEAD OF A REPLY TO THE DISCUSSION, January 31, 1934
 

766
 

ADDRESS DELIVERED IN THE KREMLIN PALACE TO THE GRADUATES
 FROM THE RED ARMY ACADEMIES, May 4, 1935
 


767
 

SPEECH AT THE FIRST ALL-UNION CONFERENCE OF STAKHANOV-
 ITESNovember 17, 1935


775

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
 

The Significance of the Stakhanov Movement
The Roots of the Stakhanov Movement
New People -- New Technical Standards
Immediate Tasks
A Few More Words
 

775
781
787
790
793
 

ON THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION OF THE U.S.S.RReport Delivered
  at the Extraordinary Eigth Congress of Soviets of the U.S.S.R.
,
  November 25, 1936


 
795

I.
II.
 
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
 

Formation of the Constitution Commission and Its Tasks
Changes in the Life of the U.S.S.R. in the Period from 1924 to 1936
The Principle Specific Features of the Draft Constitution
Bourgeois Criticism of the Draft Constitution
Amendments and Adedenda to the Draft Constitution
The Significance of the New Constitution of the U.S.S.R.
 

795
 
797
805
811
820
833
 

DIALECTICAL AND HISTORICAL MATERIALISMSeptember 1938
 

835
 

REPORT TO THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE C.P.S.U.(B.) ON
  THE WORK OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEEMarch 10, 1939


874

I.

The International Position of the Soviet Union

874

1.
 
 
2.
 
 
3.

New Economic Crisis in the Capitalist Countries. Intensification of the Struggle for Markets and Sources of Raw Material, and for a New Redivision of the World
Increasing Acuteness of the International Political Situation. Collapse of the Post-War System of Peace Treaties. Beginning of a New Imperialist War
The Soviet Union and the Capitalist Countries


 
875
 
 
880
887

II.

Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union

890

1.
2.
3.

Further Progress of Industry and Agriculture
Further Rise in the Material and Cultural Standard of the People
Further Consolidation of the Soviet Power

891
906
908

III.

Further Strengthening of the C.P.S.U.(B.)

915

1.
 
 
2.
3.
 
4.
 

Measures to Improve the Composition of the Party. Division of Organizations. Closer Contact Between the Leading Bodies and the Work of the Lower Bodies
Selection, Promotion and Allocation of Cadres
Party Propagand. Marxist-Leninist Training of Party Members and Party Cadre
Some Questions of Theory
 


 
 916
919
 
923
927
 

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