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

NOTES5031617See Marx’s letter to Kugelmann of March 3. 1869. (K. Marx andF. Engels, Selected Correspondence, Moscow, p. 263). p. 37Balalaikin—a character in Saltykov-Shchedrin’s Modern Idyll;a liberal windbag, adventurer, and humbug, who places his selfishinterests above all else.Molchalin—a character in Griboyedov’s play Wit Works Woetypifying an unprincipled climber and toady. p. 3918K. Marx and F. Engels, Selected Works, Vol. I, 1958, p. 497. p. 40192021Black Hundreds—monarchist gangs formed by the tsarist policeto combat the revolutionary movement. They assassinated revolutionaries,assaulted progressive intellectuals, and organised anti-Jewish pogroms. p. 41Octobrists—members of the Octobrist party (or Union of OctoberSeventeenth), founded in Russia after the promulgation of thetsar’s Manifesto of October 17 (30), 1905. It was a counterrevolutionaryparty representing and defending the interests of thebig bourgeoisie and landlords who engaged in capitalist farming. Itsleaders were the well-known industrialist and Moscow houseownerA. I. Guchkov and the big landowner M. V. Rodzyanko. TheOctobrists unreservedly supported the home and foreign policies ofthe tsarist government. p. 41Proletary (The Proletarian) (Geneva issue)—an illegal Bolshevikweekly, central organ of the R.S.D.L.P., founded in accordancewith a resolution of the Third Congress of the Party. By a decisionof a plenary meeting of the Party’s Central Committee on April 27(May 10), 1905, Lenin was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the paper.It was published in Geneva from May 14 (27) to November 12 (25),1905. Altogether twenty-six issues were brought out. Proletaryfollowed the line of the old, Lenin Iskra, and maintained fullcontinuity of policy with the Bolshevik newspaper Vperyod.Lenin wrote about 90 articles and items for Proletary, whose politicalcharacter, ideological content, and Bolshevik angle theydetermined. Lenin performed a tremendous job as the paper’smanager and editor. V. V. Vorovsky, A. V. Lunacharsky and M. S.Olminsky regularly took part in the work of the editorial board.Important work was also done by N. K. Krupskaya, V. M. Velichkina,and V. A. Karpinsky. The paper had close ties with the labourmovement in Russia, publishing articles and items written by workerswho participated directly in the revolutionary movement.The collection of correspondence locally and its delivery to Genevawere organised by V. D. Bonch-Bruyevich, S. I. Gusev, andA. I. Ulyanova-Yelizarova. The editors’ correspondence with thelocal Party organisations and readers was handled by N. K. Krupskayaand L. A. Fotieva.Proletary reacted immediately to all important events in theRussian and international labour movement and waged an irreconcilablestruggle against the Mensheviks and other opportunist