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H I S T O R Y

O F  T H E

C O M M U N I S T   P A R T Y

O F  T H E

S O V I E T  U N I O N

(B O L S H E V I K S)


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E D I T E D  B Y  A  C O M M I S S I O N  O F  T H E
C E N T R A L  C O M M I T T E E  O F  T H E  C. P. S. U. (B.)


A U T H O R I Z E D  B Y  T H E  C E N T R A L  C O M M I T T E E
O F  T H E  C. P. S. U. (B.)


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C O N T E N T S
 
[Part 2 -- Chapters 5-9]

 

Chapter Five

THE BOLSHEVIK PARTY DURING THE NEW RISE OF THE WORKING-
CLASS MOVEMENT BEFORE THE FIRST IMPERIALIST WAR
(1912-1914)

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2.
 

3.
 
 

Rise of the Revolutionary Movement in the Period 1912-14

The Bolshevik Newspaper Pravda. The Bolshevik Group in the
Fourth State Duma

Victory of the Bolsheviks in the Legally Existing Organiza-
tions. Continued Rise of the Revolutionary Movement. Eve of
the Imperialist War

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Brief Summary

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Chapter Six

THE BOLSHEVIK PARTY IN THE PERIOD OF THE IMPERIALIST
WAR. THE SECOND REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA
(1914-March 1917)

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2.
 
 

3.
 

4.
 

5.
 
 

Outbreak and Causes of the Imperialist War

Parties of the Second International Side With Their Imper-
ialist Governments. Disintegration of the Second Interna-
tional into Separate Chauvinist Parties

Theory and Tactics of the Bolshevik Party on the Question of
War, Peace and Revolution

Defeat of the Tsarist Army. Economic Disruption. Crisis of
Tsardom

The February Revolution. Fall of Tsardom. Formation of
Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies. Formation of
the Provisional Government. Dual Power

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Brief Summary

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Chapter Seven

THE BOLSHEVIK PARTY IN THE PERIOD OF PREPARATION AND
REALIZATION OF THE OCTOBER SOCIALIST REVOLUTION
(April 1917-1918)

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2.
 

3.
 
 

4.
 

5.
 
 

6.
 
 
 
 

7.
 

8.
 
 
 
 

Situation in the Country After the February Revolution. Party
Emerges from Underground and Passes to Open Political Work.
Lenin Arrives in Petrograd. Lenin's April Theses. Party's Policy
of Transition to Socialist Revolution

Beginning of the Crisis of the Provisional Government. April
Conference of the Bolshevik Party

Successes of the Bolshevik Party in the Capital. Abortive Of-
fensive of the Armies of the Provisional Government. Suppres-
sion of the July Demonstration of Workers and Soldiers

The Bolshevik Party Adopts the Course of Preparing for Armed
Uprising. Sixth Party Congress

General Kornilov's Plot Against the Revolution. Suppression
of the Plot. Petrograd and Moscow Soviets Go Over to the Bol-
sheviks

October Uprising in Petrograd and Arrest of the Provisional
Government. Second Congress of Soviets and Formation of the
Soviet Government. Decrees of the Second Congress of Soviets
on Peace and Land. Victory of the Socialist Revolution. Rea-
sons for the Victory of the Socialist Revolution

Struggle of the Bolshevik Party to Consolidate the Soviet
Power. Peace of Brest-Litovsk. Seventh Party Congress

Lenin's Plan for the Initial Steps in Socialist Construction.
Committees of the Poor Peasants and the Curbing of the Ku-
laks. Revolt of the "Left" Socialist-Revolutionaries and Its
Suppression. Fifth Congress of Soviets and Adoption of the
Constitution of the R.S.F.S.R.


 
 
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Brief Summary

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Chapter Eight

THE BOLSHEVIK PARTY IN THE PERIOD OF FOREIGN MILITARY
INTERVENTION AND CIVIL WAR
(1918-1920)

1.
 

2.
 

3.
 
 

4.
 
 

5.
 
 
 

Beginning of Foreign Military Intervention. First Period of
the Civil War

Defeat of Germany in the War. Revolution in Germany. Found-
ing of the Third International. Eighth Party Congress

Extension of Intervention. Blockade of the Soviet Country.
Kolchak's Campaign and Defeat. Denikin's Campaign and De-
feat. A Three-Months' Respite. Ninth Party Congress

Polish Gentry Attack Soviet Russia. General Wrangel's Cam-
paign. Failure of the Polish Plan. Rout of Wrangel. End of the
Intervention

How and Why the Soviet Republic Defeated the Combined
Forces of British-French-Japanese-Polish Intervention and
of the Bourgeois-Landlord-Whiteguard Counter-Revolution
in Russia


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Brief Summary

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Chapter Nine

THE BOLSHEVIK PARTY IN THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION TO THE
PEACEFUL WORK OF ECONOMIC RESTORATION
(1921-1925)

1.
 

2.
 
 

3.
 
 

4.
 
 
 
 

5.
 
 
 
 

Soviet Republic After the Defeat of the Intervention and End
of the Civil War. Difficulties of the Restoration Period

Party Discussion on the Trade Unions. Tenth Party Congress.
Defeat of the Opposition. Adoption of the New Economic
Policy (NEP)

First Results of NEP. Eleventh Party Congress. Formation of
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Lenin's Illness.
Lenin's Co-operative Plan. Twelfth Party Congress

Struggle Against the Difficulties of Economic Restoration.
Trotskyites Take Advantage of Lenin's Illness to Increase
Their Activity. New Party Discussion. Defeat of the Trotsky-
ites. Death of Lenin. The Lenin Enrolment. Thirteenth Party
Congress

The Soviet Union Towards the End of the Restoration Period.
The Question of Socialist Construction and the Victory of
Socialism in Our Country. Zinoviev-Kamenev "New Opposi-
tion." Fourteenth Party Congress. Policy of Socialist Indust-
rialization of the Country


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Brief Summary

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