Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 13 - From Marx to Mao

220V. I. LENINspokesmen of the different classes. This is the course, and theonly course, that a Marxist should take, unlike the pettybourgeoissocialist who proceeds from “abstract” justice,from the theory of the “labour principle”, etc., and unlikethe liberal bureaucrat who, in connection with every reform,covers up his defence of the interests of the exploitersby arguments about whether the reform is practicable andabout the “state” point of view.C H A P T E R ITHE ECONOMIC BASIS AND NATUREOF THE AGRARIAN REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA1. LANDOWNERSHIP IN EUROPEAN RUSSIAThe Landed Property Statistics for 1905, published bythe Central Statistical Committee in 1907, enables us toascertain precisely the comparative size of the peasantand landlord holdings in the fifty gubernias in EuropeanRussia. First of all we will give the general data. The wholeterritory of European Russia (50 gubernias) is given (seecensus of January 28, 1897) as 4,230,500 square versts,i.e., 440,800,000 dessiatins. The landed property statisticsfor 1905 register a total of 395,200,000 dessiatins underthe following three main headings:MilliondessiatinsA. Privately owned land 101.7B. Allotment land 97 138.8C. Land owned by state, church, andvarious institutions 154.7Total land in European Russia 395.2From these general figures it is necessary to deduct,first of all, state lands situated in the far north and consistingpartly of tundra and partly of such forest land as cannotbe expected to be used for agriculture in the near future.There are 107,900,000 dessiatins of such land in the “north-