Letter to An Unidentified Addressee, January 22, 1910

Author(s)	Lenin
Written	22 January 1910

First published in 1964 in Collected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 47. Printed from the original. Translated from the German.
Source: Lenin Collected Works, Progress Publishers, 1977, Moscow, Volume 43, pages 231-232a.

Keywords : Letter

22/I. 1910

Dear Sir,

I am very well aware of the scientific character of the dictionary and would gladly give you all the information you wish concerning the history of Social-Democracy in Russia. But at the moment, unfortunately, I could not possibly write a brief essay on the history of Social-Democracy.^[1]

There is some good information up to 1904 in the report to the Amsterdam International Congress of 1904—Lidin, [M.] Explanatory Material Bearing on the Crisis in Russian Social-Democracy (Geneva) [1904] and several articles by different authors in Neue Zeit.

In August 1910 an international congress will be held in Copenhagen. Presumably the official report of our Party (Social-Democratic Labour Party of Russia) will appear within a few months.

There have been two major trends in the S.D. movement in 1903–09—“Mensheviks” and “Bolsheviks”. In Neue Zeit you will find articles by representatives of both trends.

Bibliography: Cherevanin (Menshevik), reviews in Vorwärts and Leipziger Volkszeitung.^[2] Trotsky, middle position (Vermittlerstellung) (Russland in Revolution, 1910).

I myself belong to the “Bolshevik” trend.

[There are] articles by Trotsky in German also in Kampf (Austrian S.D. review).^[3]

Please excuse me for not being able to give you a systematic essay.

Respectfully yours,

Vl. Ulyanov

Lenin^[4]

4. Rue Marie Rose. 4. Paris. XIV.

↑ Who asked Lenin to write an essay on the history of Social-Democracy in Russia has not been established. It may have been the editor of “Schulthers’ Europäischer Geschichts-Kalender”.
↑ Leipziger Volkszeitung—a Social-Democratic daily published from 1894 to 1933. For a number of years it was edited by Franz Mehring and Rosa Luxemburg and was the organ of the Left Social-Democrats. From 1917 to 1922 it was the organ of the German Independents, and after 1922, of the Right-wing Social-Democrats.
↑ Der Kampf—a monthly, organ of the Austrian Social-Democrats, published in Vienna from 1907 to 1934. Its orientation was opportunist, Centrist, camouflaged with Left phraseology.
↑ The word “Lenin” was added later in pencil.—Ed.

[1] Who asked Lenin to write an essay on the history of Social-Democracy in Russia has not been established. It may have been the editor of “Schulthers’ Europäischer Geschichts-Kalender”.

[2] Leipziger Volkszeitung—a Social-Democratic daily published from 1894 to 1933. For a number of years it was edited by Franz Mehring and Rosa Luxemburg and was the organ of the Left Social-Democrats. From 1917 to 1922 it was the organ of the German Independents, and after 1922, of the Right-wing Social-Democrats.

[3] Der Kampf—a monthly, organ of the Austrian Social-Democrats, published in Vienna from 1907 to 1934. Its orientation was opportunist, Centrist, camouflaged with Left phraseology.

[4] The word “Lenin” was added later in pencil.—Ed.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

Category	Template	Form
Text	Text	Text
Author	Author	Author
Collection	Collection	Collection
Keywords	Keywords	Keywords
Subpage	Subpage	Subpage

Template	Form
BrowseTexts	BrowseTexts
BrowseAuthors	BrowseAuthors
BrowseLetters	BrowseLetters

Letter to An Unidentified Addressee, January 22, 1910

Navigation menu

Search