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

NOTES559115116117118119120121122expressing full confidence in the Government. Before the voteon the resolution, the Left Socialist- Revolutionaries declaredthat the People’s Commissars, being parties in interest, shouldnot take part in the voting. A majority of the All- Russia CentralExecutive Committee passed a resolution approving the Government’sactivity. p. 288A reference to order No. 1 of November 1 (14), 1917, issued by theofficer in command of the troops defending Petrograd, Muravyov,calling on the soldiers, sailors and Red Guardsmen to deal ruthlesslywith any criminal elements. Because his wording couldlead to undesirable consequences the All- Russia Central ExecutiveCommittee on November 2 (15) asked the People’s Commissariatof the Interior to rescind it. p. 290Lenin is referring to a speech by the Left Socialist- RevolutionaryG. D. Zaks in defence of the Right- wing opportunist attitude ofNogin, Rykov, Milyutin and others on the issue of setting upa “uniform socialist government”. He said he feared the socialistrevolution in Russia would be left in isolation because WesternEurope was disgracefully silent. p. 292See Note 71. p. 292See Note 109. p. 295Committee of Salvation (Committee of Public Safety) was set upon October 25 (November 7), 1917, by the Moscow City Councilto fight the Soviets in Moscow, and led the counter- revolutionaryrevolt of officer cadets which broke out on October 28 (November10). The revolt was crushed on November 2 (15), and theCommittee capitulated to the Moscow Revolutionary MilitaryCommittee. p. 297Written in connection with numerous questions submitted bypeasant messengers to the Council of People’s Commissars. Eachmessenger got a typewritten answer bearing Lenin’s personalsignature. It was published in the newspapers Derevenskaya Bednota,Izvestia and others, and was issued as a leaflet under thetitle, “Instruction to Peasants”. The answer was an importantdocument regulating the revolutionary abolition of landed estates.p. 300The circumstances which led to the conversation between membersof the Soviet Government and Field H.Q. in Mogilev areset forth on pp. 312-13 and 316-17.Field H.Q., which in that period was a centre where planswere being hatched for the overthrow of Soviet power, was occupiedby revolutionary troops on November 20 (December 3). p. 309The conversation was conducted by the People’s Commissar forWar N. V. Krylenko. p. 310