J. V. Stalin

PROBLEMS OF LENINISM

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J. V. Stalin

THE FOUNDATIONS OF LENINISM. Lectures Delivered at the   Sverdlov University			1
I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII.  VIII. IX.	The Historical Roots of Leninism Method Theory The Dictatorship of the Proletariat The Peasant Question The National Question Strategy and Tactics The Party Style in Work		4 11 19 38 52 67 78 97 113
THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION AND THE TACTICS OF THE RUSSIAN   COMMUNISTS.  Preface to the Book "On the Road to October"			117
I.   II.   III.   IV.	The External and Internal Setting for the October Revolution Two Specific Features of the October Revolution -- or October and Trotsky's Theory of "Permanent" Revolution Certain Specific Features of the Tactics of the Bolsheviks During the Period of Preparation for October The October Revolution as the Beginning of and the Pre-condition for the World Revolution		117   121   138   154
CONCERNING QUESTIONS OF LENINISM			160
I. II. III. IV.   V.   VI. VII.	The Definition of Leninism The Main Thing of Leninism The Question of "Permanent" Revolution The Proletarian Revolution and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat The Party and the Working Class in the System of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat The Question of the Victory of Socialism in One Country The Fight for the Victory of Socialist Construction		160 163 165   168   178 207 222
THE PARTY'S THREE FUNDAMENTAL SLOGANS ON THE PEASANT   QUESTION, Reply to Yan-sky			237
THE SLOGAN OF THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT AND   POOR PEASANTRY IN THE PERIOD OF PREPARATION FOR   OCTOBER, Reply to S. Pokrovsky			253
THE INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION.  On the Occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the October   Revolution			266
ON THE GRAIN FRONT From a Talk to Students of the Institute   of Red Professors, the Communist Academy and the Sverdlov   University, May 28, 1928			278
LENIN AND THE QUESTION OF THE ALLIANCE WITH THE MIDDLE   PEASANT. Reply to Comrade S.			294
THE RIGHT DANGER IN THE C.P.S.U.(B.). Speech Delivered at the   Plenum of the Moscow Committee and the Moscow Control   Commission of the C.P.S.U.(B.), October 19, 1928			309
THE RIGHT DEVIATION IN THE C.P.S.U.(B.). Speech Delivered at   the Plenum of the Central Committee and the Central Control   Commission of the C.P.S.U.(B.) in April 1929			326
I. II. III. IV.	One Line or Two Lines? Class Changes and Our Disagreements Disagreements in Regard to the Comintern Disagreements in Regard to Internal Policy		328 335 344 351
	a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k)	The Class Struggle The Intensifiaction of the Class Struggle The Peasantry NEP and MArket Relations The So-called "Tribute" The Rate of Development of Industry and the New Forms of the Bond Bukharin as a Theoretician A Five-Year Plan and a Two-Year Plan The Question of the Crop Area Grain Procurements Foreign Currency Reserves and Grain Imports	352 359 363 367 373 379 391 401 404 407 413
V.	Question of Party Leadership		416
	a) b) c)	The Factionalism of Bukharin's Group Loyalty and Collective Leadership The Fight Against the Right Deviation	417 419 424
VI.	Conclusions		427
A YEAR OF GREAT CHANGE. On the Occasion of the Twelfth   Anniversary of the October Revolution			429
I. II. III.	In the Sphere of Productivity of Labour In the Sphere of Industrial Construction In the Sphere of Agricultural Development		430 432 436
Conclusions			445
CONCERNING QUESTIONS OF AGRARIAN POLICY IN THE U.S.S.R. Speech Delivered at a Conference of Marxist Students of   Agrarian Questions, December 27, 1929			447
I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII.	The Theory of "Equilibrium The Theory of "Spontaneity" in Socialist Construction The Theory of the "Stability" of Small-Peasant Farming Town and Country The Nature of Collective Farms The Class Changes and the Turn in the Party's Policy Conclusions		449 452 455 461 466 470 475
CONCERNING THE POLICY OF ELIMINATING THE KULAKS AS A CLASS			477
DIZZY WITH SUCCESS. Concerning Questions of the Collective-   Farm Movement			483
REPLY TO COLLECTIVE-FARM COMRADES			492
THE TASKS OF ECONOMIC EXECUTIVES. Speech at the First All-   Union Conference of Leading Personnel of Socialist Industry,   February 4, 1931			519
NEW CONDITIONS -- NEW TASKS IN ECONOMIC CONSTRUCTION.  Speech Delivered at a Conference of Economic Executives,  June 23, 1931			532
I. II. III. IV. V.   VI. VII.	Manpower Wages The Organization of Work The Working-Class Industrial and Technical Intelligentsia Signs of a Change of Attitude Among the Old Industrial and Technical Intelligentsia Business Accounting New Methods of Work, New Methods of Management		533 536 540 545   549 552 555
SOME QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE HISTORY OF BOLSHEVISM.  Letter to the Editorial Board of the Magazine "Proletarskaya   Revolutsia"			560
THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST FIVE-YEAR PLAN.  Report Delivered   at the Joint Plenum of the Central Committee and the Central   Control Commission of the C.P.S.U.(B.), January 7, 1933			578
I. II.   III.   IV.   V.     VI.   VII.     VIII.	The International Significance of the Five-Year Plan The Fundamental Task of the Five-Year Plan and the Way to Its Fulfilment The Results of the Five-Year Plan in Four Years in the Sphere of Industry The Results of the Five-Year Plan in Four Years in the Sphere of Agriculture The Results of the Five-Year Plan in Four Years as Regards Improving the Material Conditions of the Workers and Peasants The Results of the Five-Year Plan in Four Years as Regards Trade Turnover Between Town and Country The Results of the Five-Year Plan in Four Years in the Sphere of the Struggle Against the Remnants of the Hostile Classes General Conclusions		578   588   594   604     612   618     622 628
WORK IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. Speech Delivered at the Joint Plenum   of the Central Committee and the Central Control Commission   of the C.P.S.U.(B.), January 11, 1933			631
SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE FIRST ALL-UNION CONGRESS OF   COLLECTIVE-FARM SHOCK BRIGRADES, February 19, 1933			650
I. II.   III.	The Collective-Farm Path Is the Only Right Path Our Immediate Task -- To Make All the Collective-Farmers Prosperous Miscellaneous Remarks		650   659 664
REPORT TO THE SEVENTEENTH PARTY CONGRESS ON THE WORK OF   THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE C.P.S.U.(B.), January 26, 1934			671
I.	The Continuing Crisis of World Capitalism and the External Situation of the Soviet Union		671
	1. 2. 3.	The Course of the Economic Crisis in the Capitalist Countries The Growing Tension in the Political Situation in the Capitalist Countries The Relations Between the U.S.S.R. and the Capitalist States	673 679 688
II.	The Continuing Progress of the National Economy		694
	1. 2. 3. 4.	The Progress of Industry The Progress of Agriculture The Rise in the Material and Cultural Standard of the Working People The Progress of Trade Turnover and Transport	698 705 721 727
III.	The Party		734
	1. 2.	Questions of Ideological and Political Leadership Questions of Organizational Leadership	735 750
INSTEAD OF A REPLY TO THE DISCUSSION, January 31, 1934			766
ADDRESS DELIVERED IN THE KREMLIN PALACE TO THE GRADUATES  FROM THE RED ARMY ACADEMIES, May 4, 1935			767
SPEECH AT THE FIRST ALL-UNION CONFERENCE OF STAKHANOV-  ITES, November 17, 1935			775
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.	The Significance of the Stakhanov Movement The Roots of the Stakhanov Movement New People -- New Technical Standards Immediate Tasks A Few More Words		775 781 787 790 793
ON THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION OF THE U.S.S.R. Report Delivered   at the Extraordinary Eigth Congress of Soviets of the U.S.S.R.,   November 25, 1936			795
I. II.   III. IV. V. VI.	Formation of the Constitution Commission and Its Tasks Changes in the Life of the U.S.S.R. in the Period from 1924 to 1936 The Principle Specific Features of the Draft Constitution Bourgeois Criticism of the Draft Constitution Amendments and Adedenda to the Draft Constitution The Significance of the New Constitution of the U.S.S.R.		795   797 805 811 820 833
DIALECTICAL AND HISTORICAL MATERIALISM, September 1938			835
REPORT TO THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE C.P.S.U.(B.) ON   THE WORK OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE, March 10, 1939			874
I.	The International Position of the Soviet Union		874
	1.     2.     3.	New Economic Crisis in the Capitalist Countries. Intensification of the Struggle for Markets and Sources of Raw Material, and for a New Redivision of the World Increasing Acuteness of the International Political Situation. Collapse of the Post-War System of Peace Treaties. Beginning of a New Imperialist War The Soviet Union and the Capitalist Countries	875     880 887
II.	Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union		890
	1. 2. 3.	Further Progress of Industry and Agriculture Further Rise in the Material and Cultural Standard of the People Further Consolidation of the Soviet Power	891 906 908
III.	Further Strengthening of the C.P.S.U.(B.)		915
	1.     2. 3.   4.	Measures to Improve the Composition of the Party. Division of Organizations. Closer Contact Between the Leading Bodies and the Work of the Lower Bodies Selection, Promotion and Allocation of Cadres Party Propagand. Marxist-Leninist Training of Party Members and Party Cadre Some Questions of Theory	916 919   923 927
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