A Documentary History of Communism in Russia: From Lenin to Gorbachev

Robert Vincent Daniels

UPNE, Jan 1, 1993 - History - 392 pages

An extensive revision of the valued but unobtainable 1960 edition. Nearly 300 key documents are now readily available in translation.

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This book is a fascinating collection of documents from all of the leaders of the Soviet Revolution: Trotsky, Lenin, Stalin, Kollontai, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Kirov.... from 1905 onwards. You wouldn't ...

Contents

• Manifesto of the Russian Social: 4
• One Step Forward Two Steps Back May 1904: 11
• Two Tactics of SocialDemocracy in: 19
• Empiriomonism 19056: 26
• Materialism and Empiriocriticism 1908: 32
• The United States of Europe Slogan: 38
• The Bolshevik Revolution 19171921: 42
• Statement by Zinoviev and Kamenev: 54
• Proclamation of the MilitaryRevolutionary Committee: 62
• Decree on Workers Control November 14 27 1917: 70
• Theses on the Present: 77
• Lenin on the Kulaks August 111918: 81
• Resolution of the Eighth Party Congress: 89
• Terrorism and Communism 1920: 95
• Resolution of the Ninth Party Conference: 101
• What We Are Fighting For March 8 1921: 107
• Protests against the New Economic Policy: 114
• Our Revolution January 1923: 121
• Trotsky The New Course: 129
• The October Revolution and the Tactics of: 136
• Pinkevich Outlines: 142
• The Party and the Opposition Bloc July 1926 I 5 I: 153
• On the Grain Front May 1928: 159
• Notes of an Economist September 30 1928: 166
• Resolution of the Second AllUnion Conference: 173
• Pashukanis The Soviet State: 179
• Some Questions Concerning the History: 185
• Decree of the Council of Peoples Commissars and the Central: 193
• The Revolution Betrayed 1937: 205
• Stalin Telegram of January 20 1939 2 16: 218
• Statements of the Patriarchate of Moscow: 228
• Resolution of the Presidium of the Academy: 238
• Report of: 244
• The Virgin Lands Program February 1954: 250
• Voprosy Filosofii on the Theater October 1956: 258
• Program of the Communist Party of: 265
• Resolution: 273
• The Era of Stagnation: 280
• The Attempt at Economic Reform: 286
• Kosygin Report on the Directives of the Twenty Fourth Party: 302
• Brezhnev Report on the Draft Constitution June 1977 3 13: 316
• We are the Soviet People 1982: 323
• The Novosibirsk Report August 1983: 331
• Perestroika and the End of Communism: 337
• The Andreyeva Letter March 13 1988: 352
• Tsipko The Roots of Stalinism 198889: 366
• Cracks in the Union: 373
• The Communist Party of the Russian Republic June 1990: 377
• The August Putsch 1991: 383
• The End of the Soviet Union December 1991: 389

About the author

Robert V. Daniels is Professor of History, Emeritus, University of Vermont.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Documentary History of Communism in Russia: From Lenin to Gorbachev; Volume 1 of A documentary history of communism / edited, with introduction, notes and original translations by Robert V. Daniels
• Editor: Robert Vincent Daniels
• Translated by: Robert Vincent Daniels
• Contributor: Robert Vincent Daniels
• Edition: 3, revised
• Publisher: UPNE, 1993
• ISBN: 0874516161, 9780874516166
• Length: 392 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Eastern; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism