Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 16 - From Marx to Mao

304V. I. LENINunder its banner the rural labourers and impoverishedpeasantry.And that the proletariat of Russia will rise in such astruggle, that it will take the lead in the revolution again,is warranted by the whole economic situation of Russia,all the experience of the revolutionary years.Five years ago the proletariat dealt the first blow tothe tsarist autocracy. The first rays of freedom gleamedfor the Russian people. Now the tsarist autocracy has beenrestored, the feudal lords are reigning and ruling again,the workers and peasants are everywhere being crusheddown again, everywhere the Asiatic despotism of the authoritiesand infamous maltreatment of the people prevails.But these hard lessons will not have been in vain. TheRussian people are not what they were prior to 1905. Theproletariat has taught them to fight. The proletariat willbring them to victory.Rabochaya Gazeta No. 1,October 30 (November 12), 1910Published according tothe text in Rabochaya Gazeta