Vladimir Lenin Collected Works, Volume 1

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Publish Date: 1995-06-01
Features: This volume selects 27 works of Lenin from 1894 to 1907, covering the early days of his revolutionary activities, the period of founding the party, and the time of the Russian Second Democratic Revolution. Lenin began his revolutionary activities in the late 1880s. At that time, Russia had already become a capitalist country. The reforms of 1861 abolished serfdom and promoted the development of Russian capitalism. However, because the autocratic system of the Tsar was untouched, the remnants of serfdom economic relations still existed in large quantities, severely hindering Russia's economic development and social progress, and its economic development level was far behind that of many other countries in Europe. With the development of large-scale industry, the working class stepped onto the historical stage. The class struggle between workers and capitalists became increasingly intense, and the scale of workers' strikes grew larger. But at this time, the workers' movement lacked organization and scientific socialist guidance, and was basically spontaneous. Due to the severe class differentiation in rural areas after the disintegration of the village commune, the vast majority of peasants suffered dual exploitation by capitalism and the remnants of serfdom. The third section selects and critiques the strategies, economic programs, and political programs of the liberal populists, explains the basic programs and strategies of the Social Democrats, and proposes the idea of a workers' and peasants' alliance and the transformation of the democratic revolution into a socialist revolution. The preface briefly narrates the struggles between the Russian Marxist movement and the two factions within the Social Democratic Party from 1895 to 1907, focusing on theoretical issues, party programs, organizational issues, and strategic issues.