Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 3 - From Marx to Mao

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Russkaya Pravda (Russian Law)—the first written codification
of laws and princes’ decrees (11th-12th centuries). The
statutes of the Russkaya Pravda protected the lives and property of
the feudal lord and are indicative of the bitter class struggle
between peasants in feudal bondage and their exploiters. p. 204
The Verbatim Report of the Debates of March 1 and 2 appeared
in the Transactions of the Free Economic Society, 1897, No. 4.
p. 212
Oblomov—a type of landlord who lacked will-power, did nothing
and was extremely lazy. A character in Goncharov’s novel of
that name. p. 218
Pindar—ancient Greek lyrical poet. Of his numerous works,
four volumes of poems have survived in which he extols the
victors at the games. Pindar’s name has become an epithet used to
designate those who “eulogise” beyond measure.
In speaking of the Pindar of the capitalist factory Lenin has
in mind the term applied by Marx in Capital, Volume I, to that
apologist of capitalism, Dr. Ure. p. 233
Zvegintsev Commission—was established in 1894 under the
auspices of the Zemstvo Department of the Ministry of Home
Affairs to draw up measures for “introducing order into employments
outside the village and regulating the movement of
agricultural labourers.” p. 242
Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, Selected Works, Vol. I, Moscow,
1958, p. 546. p. 245
In the first edition (1899) of The Development of Capitalism in
Russia the table was given as follows: p. 253
Periods
Population Sown
all crops sown, i.e.,
cereals plus potatoes
50 Gubernias of
Thousands
Net yield
000’sin % % in % % in % %
1864-66 61,400 100 72,225 100 152,851 100
1870-79 69,853 114 100 75,620 104 100 211,325 138 100
1883-87 81,725 132 117 100 80,293 111 106 100 255,178 166 120 100
1885-94 86,282 140 123 105 92,616 128 122 115 265,254 173 126 104