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

NOTES571155156157158use of the following documents: directive of the People’s Commissariatfor Food to the local Soviets of December 22, 1917 (January4, 1918), on organising the food supply machinery; the Commissariat’sproject for a Commissariat for Supply, and also theSupreme Economic Council’s project for district economic councils.p. 416The send- off took place in Mikhailovsky Manège on January1 (14), 1918. As Lenin was returning to the Smolny an attemptwas made on his life: a bullet went through the windscreen andpassed over his head. The Swiss Communist, Fritz Platten, whowas with Lenin, was wounded. p. 420The draft of the declaration was placed before the All- RussiaCentral Executive Committee on January 3 (16), 1918, and adoptedas a basis by a majority with two against and one abstention.It was referred to a Co- ordinating Commission for final drafting.The declaration was adopted by the All- Russia Central ExecutiveCommittee and published in Izvestia on January 4 (17). On behalfof the Committee it was read out by Sverdlov at the first sittingof the Constituent Assembly on January 5 (18) and motioned forapproval. The counter- revolutionary majority of the Assemblyrejected the motion to discuss it. On January 12 (25), it was approvedby the Third All-Russia Congress of Soviets and subsequentlyformed the basis of the Soviet Constitution.Paragraph 2 of Lenin’s manuscript was altered by Stalin.The paragraph beginning with the words “In essence the ConstituentAssembly considers...” was written by Bukharin and editedby Lenin. p. 423On December 6 (19), 1917, the Finnish Diet adopted a declarationof Finland’s independence. In accordance with the nationalitiespolicy of the Soviet state, the Council of People’s Commissars,on December 18 (31), 1917, issued a decree on Finland’s independence.At the meeting of the Government, Lenin personally handedthe text of the decree to Prime Minister Svinhufvud, who leda Finnish Government delegation. On December 22, 1917 (January4, 1918), the decree on Finland’s independence was approvedby the All-Russia Central Executive Committee.On December 19, 1917 (January 1, 1918), in conformity witha treaty concluded between Russia and Germany, Austro- Hungary,Turkey and Bulgaria at Brest- Litovsk on December 2 (15), theSoviet Government proposed to the Persian Government to elaboratea common plan for the withdrawal of Russian troops fromPersia.On December 29, 1917 (January 11, 1918), the Governmentissued the Decree on Turkish Armenia, which was published inPravda No. 227 on December 31, 1917 (January 13, 1918).p. 424When the counter- revolutionary majority of the ConstituentAssembly refused to discuss the “Declaration of Rights of the