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

NOTES529137138139139a140In all, sixteen issues were brought out. Publication was resumed inPetrograd in 1916, but only one issue appeared. In the first eightissues (1905-06) Plekhanov expounded extremely Right-wingMenshevik and opportunist views, advocated a bloc betweenSocial-Democracy and the liberal bourgeoisie, rejected the idea ofan alliance of the proletariat and the peasantry and condemned theDecember uprising. In 1909-12 (Nos. 9-16) he opposed theMenshevik liquidators, who sought to disband the undergroundParty organisations. On the basic questions of tactics, however, hetook a Menshevik stand. Plekhanov’s social-chauvinist views wereforcibly expressed in the issue No. 1 published in 1916. p. 372Charters—deeds defining the landowning relations of the temporarily-boundpeasants and landlords upon the abolition of serfdomin 1861. These charters indicated the amount of land the peasantused before the Reform, and defined the size of the allotmentremaining in his hands after the Reform. It also listed the duties thepeasant had to perform for the landlord. The charter served as abasis for determining the amount of the peasant’s redemptionpayment. p. 379Rurikovichi—offshoots of Rurik, a semi-legendary prince ofancient Russia, from whom many aristocratic families in tsaristRussia claimed descent. The present allusion is to PrinceSvyatopolk-Mirsky. p. 395Alapayevsk Republic—the name which tsarist officials gave to theAlapayevsk Volost in the Verkhnyaya Tura Uyezd, Perm Gubernia.G. I. Kabakov, the Socialist-Revolutionary peasant deputy in theSecond Duma whom Lenin mentions, succeeded in organising aPeasant Union in the Alapayevsk Volost in 1905 with as many as30,000 members. p. 402Possessional production—industrial enterprises based on theexploitation of possessional peasants. This category of peasantswas introduced by Peter the Great (1721), who allowed serfpeasants to be bought for work at the manufactories. These serfswere attached to the enterprise and could not be sold apart from themanufactory.Possessional ownership was abolished in 1863 following theabolition of serfdom in 1861. p. 403National-Democrat—member of the National-Democratic Party,the chief, reactionary, nationalist party of the Polish landlordsand bourgeoisie, closely associated with the Catholic Church.The party was founded in 1897, its leaders being R. Dmowski,Z. Balicki, W. Grabski, and others. The N.D.’s put forward theslogans of “class harmony” and “national interests”. They tried towin influence over the masses and draw them into the current oftheir reactionary policy. They preached aggressive nationalismand chauvinism as a means of struggle against the socialist and