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

NOTES46163V. Ilyin—a pseudonym of V. I. Lenin. p. 1186465666768This refers to A. S. Martynov’s attacks in the organ of the liquidators,Golos Sotsial-Demokrata, on the book by V. I. Lenin (V. Ilyin)The Development of Capitalism in Russia. p. 118Lenin is referring to an incident at the sitting of the Third Dumaon November 20 (December 3), 1909, during the discussion of theBill on inviolability of the person. The Bill was, in the words ofthe Duma Left deputies, “a legitimisation of all forms of tyrannythat have existed or are in existence in Russia”. The out-and-outBlack-Hundred speech of Markov (the Second) on November 20(December 3) in defence of the Bill evoked indignation even fromthe Cadets, who walked out of the Duma chamber as a sign of protest.The debate on the Bill in the Duma meeting of November 20(December 3) particularly exposed the Black-Hundred characterof the Third Duma. p. 120Prior to the appearance of this article, Lenin delivered a publiclecture in Liége on October 16 (29), 1909, “The Ideology of theCounter-revolutionary Bourgeoisie”. On November 13 (26), 1909,Lenin delivered a lecture on the same subject in Paris: “The Ideologyof the Counter-revolutionary Liberalism (The Success of Vekhiand Its Social Significance)”. The plan of the Paris lecture is setout in a poster preserved in the archives of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism, Central Committee of the C.P.S.U. It is divided intothe following parts: “I. The philosophy against which Vekhi fightsand the Duma speeches of the Cadet Karaulov. II. Belinsky andChernyshevsky annihilated by Vekhi. III. Why do the liberalshate the ‘intellectualist’ Russian revolution and its French ‘sufficientlyprolonged’ model? IV. Vekhi and the Lefts in Russia.Cadets and Octobrists. The ‘sacred cause’ of the Russian bourgeoisie.V. What did the democratic revolution in Russia gain by losingits liberal-bourgeois ‘allies’? VI. Vekhi and Milyukov’s speechesat the election meetings in St. Petersburg. How Milyukov criticisedthe illegal revolutionary newspaper at these meetings.”p. 123Moskovskiye Vedomosti (Moscow Recorder)—a daily newspaperfounded in 1756; beginning with the 1860s, it expressed the viewsof the most reactionary monarchist elements among the landlordsand clergy; from 1905 onwards, it was one of the chief organs ofthe Black Hundreds. It was closed down soon after the OctoberRevolution of 1917. p. 125Pobedonostsev, K. P.—a reactionary statesman of tsarist Russia,Procurator-General of the Synod. He was virtually head of thegovernment and chief inspirer of unbridled feudalistic reactionduring the rule of Alexander III and he continued to play a prominentpart under Nicholas II as well. p. 127