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

THE LIFE AND WORK OF V. I. LENIN591First Caucasian Regiment of the Fifth CaucasianCossack Division on its way to fight the whiteguardGeneral Kaledin.December 7 (20)Lenin writes a note to Felix Dzerzhinsky on thefight against saboteurs and counter-revolutionaries.Lenin presides at a government meeting to discussDzerzhinsky’s report on the establishment andcomposition of the All-Russia Extraordinary Commissionto Combat Counter-Revolution and Sabotage(Cheka).December 11(24)December 11 or12 (24 or 25)December 12(25)December 13(26)December 14(27)Lenin takes part in the proceedings of the plenarymeeting of the Party’s Central Committee.Lenin writes the “Draft Resolution on the ProvisionalBureau of the Bolshevik Group in theConstituent Assembly”, and draws up his “Theseson the Constituent Assembly”.Lenin’s “Theses on the Constituent Assembly” areunanimously adopted by the Bolshevik group ofthe Constituent Assembly.Lenin delivers a speech of greetings on behalfof the Council of People’s Commissars at theExtraordinary Congress of Railwaymen.Lenin hears reports from the chiefs of operationsto seize private banks.Lenin writes the article “For Bread and Peace”.Lenin attends a meeting of the All-Russia CentralExecutive Committee and speaks in the debateon the report on the nationalisation of the banks.Not earlier thanDecember 14(27)Lenin writes his notes on the Soviet Government’seconomic policy.Lenin works out the “Draft Decree on the Nationalisationof the Banks and on Measures Necessaryfor Its Implementation”.Lenin attends a meeting of the Bureau of theSupreme Economic Council; tables his “DraftDecree on the Nationalisation of the Banks and