Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 26 - From Marx to Mao

190V. I. LENIN2RESOLUTIONThe Central Committee recognises that the internationalposition of the Russian revolution (the revolt in the Germannavy which is an extreme manifestation of the growth throughoutEurope of the world socialist revolution; the threatof peace by the imperialists with the object of strangling therevolution in Russia) as well as the military situation (theindubitable decision of the Russian bourgeoisie and Kerenskyand Co. to surrender Petrograd to the Germans), andthe fact that the proletarian party has gained a majorityin the Soviets—all this, taken in conjunction with the peasantrevolt and the swing of popular confidence towards ourParty (the elections in Moscow), and, finally, the obviouspreparations being made for a second Kornilov revolt (thewithdrawal of troops from Petrograd, the dispatch of Cossacksto Petrograd, the encircling of Minsk by Cossacks,etc.)—all this places the armed uprising on the order of theday.Considering therefore that an armed uprising is inevitable,and that the time for it is fully ripe, the Central Committeeinstructs all Party organisations to be guided accordingly,and to discuss and decide all practical questions(the Congress of Soviets of the Northern Region, the withdrawalof troops from Petrograd, the action of our people inMoscow and Minsk, etc.) from this point of view.First published in the magazineProletarskaya RevolutsiaNo. 10, 1922Published accordingto the manuscript