Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin

Lenin, Wladimir Iljitsch

Politiker und Begründer der Sowjetunion (1870-1924). Autograph letter signed ("Lenin"). Paris. 8vo. 3 pp. Auf gefaltetem Briefpapier. In deutscher Sprache. Dabei: Gedrucktes Flugblatt „Der Anonymus aus dem Vorwärts und die Sachlage in der Sozialdemokratischen Arbeiterpartei Russlands”. 8vo. 12 pp.
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The letter concerns organizing the famous All-Russia Conference of the Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party in Prague. Lenin adopted the pseudonym “N. Lenin” in 1901 when he was involved in revolutionary activities in Germany. Lenin writes to Czech Social-Democratic leader Anton Nemec arranging the clandestine All-Russia Conference of the Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party in Prague – a milestone event in the development of Communism. Lenin writes in full (translated from German): Dear Comrade, I should be much obliged if you would assist me with your advice and help in the following matter: several sections of our Party intend to convene a Conference (abroad of course).The number of Conference members will be from twenty to twenty- ve.Would it be possible to organize the Conference in Prague? (It would last about a week.) It is very important for us to organize the affair in extreme secrecy.

No one, not a single organization, must get to hear of it (the Conference is to be Social-Democratic and consequently legal, according to European laws, but most of the delegates do not possess passports and cannot give their real names). I would ask you, dear comrade, if you think it is possible, to help us and to let us know as soon as you can the address of a comrade in Paris, who (in the event of an answer in the af rmative) could arrange this matter practically. It would be best if the comrade understood Russian, but if that is impossible, we could make ourselves understood in German. I hope, dear comrade, you will forgive my troubling you with this request. I thank you in advance.With Party greetings, N. Lenin The Sixth All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) was held, as Lenin hoped, in Prague from 5-17 January 1912, with assistance from Czech comrades.The Prague Conference was an important turning point because it was used to expel the Mensheviks from the party, accomplished by at least partially excluding them from the Conference.This is the point at which Bolshevik was added to the party name, and, at Prague, it was decided to change the party newspaper from a weekly to a daily paper with the name Pravda (which remained the organ for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union until 1991). Lenin’s demand for secrecy here re ects the need to keep the gathering from being known to government authorities,as well as rival political groups and the minority faction within his own party.Very few letters of Lenin exist.As a revolutionary, he had to operate from exile and/or clandestinely for so many years. Many were intercepted by the authorities, and some were sent by such circuitous routes that they went astray.Those that reached their intended recipients were often destroyed because of their incriminating content..

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Lenin, Wladimir Iljitsch

Korrekturexemplar: Zaiavlenie i dokumenty o rozryve tsentral’nykh uchrezhdenii s partiei. Izdatel’stvo "Vpered" 13.
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Extremely rare pamphlet by Lenin concerning the party's split into Bolshevik and Menshevik factions, titled in German: "Parteibeho[e]rden gegen die Partei" (the Russian title is: "Declaration and documents concerning the schism between central institutions and party"). Author's corrected copy, with Lenin's autograph pencil underlinings and margin lines, deletions, and a few annotations; signed at the end: "Lenin". The pamphlet was printed in January 1905 by the Russian Social Democatic Workers' Party. A suggestion voiced by Vpered that the work be translated into all European languages as soon as possible never materialized. - Traces of old folds; occasional slight brownstaining. From the collection of Marcel Bekus with his small oval stamp on the reverse of the title page.


Lenin, Wladimir Iljitsch

Eigenh. Bescheinigung mit U. (als "Membre du Bureau S. Int. Lénine").
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Lenin's autograph attestation in French for comrade Pokrowski, who was appointed the socialist party's third duma's delegate to the International Socialist Congress of 1910: "Je certifie par la présente que le camarade Pokrovsky est désigné par le groupe parlementaire socialdémocrate de la troisième Douma comme delegué au Bureau Socialiste international". - Bolshevik Russian historian Mikhail Nikolayevich Pokrovsky (1868-1932) was head of the Institute of Red Professors from 1921 to 1931. In 1929, he was elected to the Soviet Academy of Sciences. Pokrovsky played a major role in the destruction of the non-Marxist historical tradition in Russia. - The International Socialist Congress was held in Copenhagen, from 28 August to 3 September 1910. It was the eighth congress of the Second International. Eight hundred and eighty seven delegates attended,[1] representing countries in Europe, North and South America, South Africa and Australia. The resolution on the struggle against war — “Arbitration Courts and Disarmament” — confirmed the resolution of the Stuttgart Congress of 1907 on “Militarism and International Conflicts”, which included the amendments motioned by Lenin and Rosa Luxemburg, calling on the socialists of all countries to make use of the economic and political crisis caused by war to overthrow the bourgeoisie. The resolution of the Copenhagen Congress also bound the socialist parties and their representatives in parliaments to demand that their governments reduce armaments, and settle conflicts between states through arbitration courts, and urged the workers of all countries to stage protests against the threat of war.