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

586THE LIFE AND WORK OF V. I. LENINtionary Military Committee, M. P. Tomsky, onthe course of the putsch in Moscow.Lenin explains to agitators, who met at his requestthat there is need to call on the regiments of thePetrograd garrison to fight against the Krasnov-Kerensky counter-revolutionary troops.Lenin reports to a conference of regimental delegatesof the Petrograd garrison on the currentsituation and speaks on the arming of units andlaw and order in the city.October 29(November 12)October 30(November 12)End of OctoberNovember 1 (13)November 2 (15)Lenin attends a meeting of the Bolshevik groupof the All-Russia Central Executive Committeeto discuss the proposal of the All-Russia ExecutiveCommittee of the Railwaymen’s Trade Union(Vikzhel) on the formation of a “uniform socialistgovernment” with the participation of Mensheviksand Socialist-Revolutionaries, and exposes Kamenevand other capitulants who supported theproposal.Lenin writes and broadcasts the government’sannouncement that power has passed to the Soviets,and that the Soviet Government is taking measuresto suppress counter-revolutionary risings.Lenin writes the “Draft Rules for Office Employees”.Lenin addresses an enlarged meeting of theParty’s Central Committee on the treasonablebehaviour of Kamenev and Ryazanov at theVikzhel conferences.Lenin signs the Declaration of the Rights of thePeoples of Russia, proclaiming complete equalityfor the country’s nationalities.Lenin attends a sitting of the Party’s CentralCommittee to discuss the defeatist behaviour ofKamenev, Zinoviev and others. The Central Committeeadopts Lenin’s resolution on the oppositionwithin the Central Committee.November 3 (16)Lenin writes the “Ultimatum from the Majorityon the Central Committee of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.)to the Minority”.