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

582THE LIFE AND WORK OF V. I. LENINBetween September29 andOctober 4 (October12 and 17)Between September30 andOctober 12 (October13 and 25)October 1 (14)October 1-2(14-15)October 3 (16)October 5 (18)October 6-8(19-21)October 7 (20)October 8 (21)October 10 (23)Lenin writes his “Theses for a Report at the October8 Conference of the Petrograd Organisation,also for a Resolution and Instructions to ThoseElected to the Party Congress”.Lenin signs two applications stating his consentto stand for the Constituent Assembly as a nomineeof the Northern Front of the army in thefield and the Baltic Fleet.Lenin writes the “Letter to the Central Committee,the Moscow and Petrograd Committees and theBolshevik Members of the Petrograd and MoscowSoviets”, proposing that power should be takenwithout delay.Lenin writes his message “To Workers, Peasants,and Soldiers!”, calling on them to overthrow theKerensky government and hand power to theSoviets of Workers’, Soldiers’ and Peasants’ Deputies.The Central Committee adopts a decision to inviteLenin to Petrograd.The Central Committee elects a commission headedby Lenin to draft the Party’s programme.Lenin writes the article “Revision of the PartyProgramme”.Lenin returns from Vyborg to Petrograd illegallyand settles in M. V. Fofanova’s flat in VyborgDistrict. That same day he writes his “Letter tothe Petrograd City Conference. To be Read inClosed Session”.Lenin writes the article “Advice of an Onlooker”and “Letter to the Bolshevik Comrades Attendingthe Congress of Soviets of the Northern Region,saying that the Bolsheviks should take power andgiving a concrete plan for the uprising.Lenin reports to the Central Committee on thecurrent situation; he tables a resolution callingfor an armed uprising, which is adopted.The Central Committee also sets up a Political