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

NOTES50522a2324252627282930Boyevism—from the Russian word boyevik, a member of therevolutionary fighting squads, who, during the revolutionarystruggle, used the tactics of armed action, helped political prisonersto escape, expropriated state-owned funds for the needs of therevolution, removed spies and agent provocateurs, etc. During therevolution of 1905-07 the Bolsheviks had special fighting squads.p. 43The article “In Memory of Count Heyden” was published in theBolshevik symposium Voice of Life (St. Petersburg, 1907) withthe following editorial note: “Written in June, immediately afterthe appearance of Tovarishch’s panegyric, this article, owing tocircumstances ‘beyond the control’ of the author, was not publishedat the time. In now including it in this volume, the editorsbelieve, that it has lost none of its significance today, althoughthe occasion that prompted it is now a matter of the past.”Circumstances “beyond the control” of the author was a termusually applied to obstacles on the part of the police and the censorship.In this case it was to be understood, in addition, that theBolshevik symposium was the only publication in which Lenin’sarticle could be published at that time. The article was unsigned,but in the table of contents the author’s initials “N. L.” weregiven. p. 50Russkiye Vedomosti (Russian Recorder)—a daily newspaper publishedin Moscow since 1863 by liberal professors of MoscowUniversity and Zemstvo personalities; it expressed the views of theliberal landlords and bourgeoisie. In 1905, it became the organ ofthe Right Cadets. After the October Revolution (1917) it was closeddown. p. 50This refers to the All-Russian political strike in October 1905,when the revolutionary crisis was coming to a head. p. 52Peaceful renovationism—the “Party of Peaceful Renovation” wasa counter-revolutionary organisation of the landlords and bourgeoisie.It was formed in 1906, uniting the Left Octobrists and RightCadets. Lenin called the “Party of Peaceful Renovation” the “Partyof Peaceful Plunder”. p. 55This refers to the landlord Penochkin in Turgenev’s story TheVillage Elder. p. 56Saltychikha (Darya Ivanovna Saltykova, 1730-1801)—a landowner,famous for her brutal treatment of her serfs. p. 56Rennenkampf and Meller-Zakomelsky—tsarist generals, known fortheir harsh suppression of the revolutionary movement. p. 56Lenin quotes Goethe’s definition of a philistine (Goethe, Werke.Neue Ausgabe. Zweiter Band, Berlin, 1893, S. 593). p. 57