Lenin CW-Vol. 23.pdf - From Marx to Mao

426THE LIFE AND WORK OF V. I. LENINFebruary 4 (17)February 20(March 5)End of FebruaryFebruary-MarchMarch 2 (16)March 3 and 4(16 and 17)March 4 (17)March 5 (18)March 6 (19)March 7 (20)March 8-9 (21-22)March 10 (23)March 10-11(23-24)Lenin writes to Alexandra Kollontai in Stockholm,asking her to sound out the possibility ofcontact with the Swedish Left Social-Democratsand participation in their press organ.In a letter to Alexandra Kollontai in Stockholm,Lenin indicates concrete measures to unite theLeft and suggests a plan for theses in connectionwith the Social-Democratic Youth Congress.Lenin writes “The Story of One Short Period inthe Life of One Socialist Party”.Lenin shares in editing Bulletin No. 1 of the SwissZimmerwald Lefts and arranges for its translationand circulation.Lenin receives the first news of the FebruaryRevolution and takes measures for an immediatereturn to Russia.In a letter to Alexandra Kollontai in Oslo Leningives his appraisal of the February Revolutionand outlines Bolshevik tactics.Lenin writes his “Draft Theses, March 4 (17) 1917”and sends them to Stockholm for the guidance ofthe Bolsheviks returning to Russia.Lenin delivers a lecture on the Paris Communeand the prospects of the Russian revolution atLa Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.Lenin wires (via Stockholm) to the Bolsheviksin Oslo about to leave for Russia, giving concreteadvice on the Party’s tactics in the revolution.Lenin writes his first “Letter from Afar”—”TheFirst Stage of the First Revolution”. It appearsin Pravda Nos. 14 and 15.Lenin writes his second “Letter from Afar”—“The New Government and the Proletariat”.Lenin sends the first and second “Letters fromAfar” to Bolshevik organisations in other countries.Lenin writes the third “Letter from Afar”—“Concerninga Proletarian Militia”.