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

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DRAFT OF A MANIFESTO TO THE PEASANTRY373Soviets <strong>of</strong> Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies and <strong>of</strong> the SecondAll-Russia Congress <strong>of</strong> Peasants’ Deputies could havegot the peasants <strong>to</strong> elect them <strong>to</strong> the Constituent Assemblyonly by fraud, and that there must be new elections for suchdeputies.There is no third path. Either the bloody extermination<strong>to</strong> the rich, the followers <strong>of</strong> Avksentyev, Chernov and Maslov,or their consent <strong>to</strong> new elections <strong>of</strong> peasants’ deputies<strong>of</strong> the Constituent Assembly as soon as the opponents <strong>of</strong>the decisions <strong>of</strong> the two Soviet congresses, the Second All-Russia Congress <strong>of</strong> Soviets <strong>of</strong> Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputiesand the Second All-Russia Congress <strong>of</strong> Soviets <strong>of</strong> Peasants’Deputies, come out in the name <strong>of</strong> the peasants inthe Constituent Assembly.It is for you <strong>to</strong> say, peasant comrades!It is for you <strong>to</strong> decide!The resolute word <strong>of</strong> all peasants, the peasant mandatesfrom all the localities, can bring peace <strong>to</strong> the whole country,<strong>to</strong> all the nationalities <strong>of</strong> Russia, can s<strong>to</strong>p the civil war,can guarantee a true and genuine and not a sham ConstituentAssembly, can expedite and facilitate the termination<strong>of</strong> the war by a just peace and accelerate the transfer <strong>of</strong> theland <strong>to</strong> the working people, can strengthen the alliancebetween the peasants and the workers and hasten the triumph<strong>of</strong> socialism.It is for you <strong>to</strong> decide, peasant comrades! Long live thetransfer <strong>of</strong> the land <strong>to</strong> the working people! Long live peace!Long live socialism!The Second All-Russia Congress<strong>of</strong> Peasants’ DeputiesWritten December 6-7 (19- 20),1917First published in 1925in <strong>Lenin</strong> Miscellany IVPublished according<strong>to</strong> the manuscript

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