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Lenin drafts a revision of the Social-Democratic agrarian programme

📅 20 Maart 1906

Lenin argued that land reform had to confront landed estates and the survival of feudal relations, while maintaining independent organization for rural workers. His programme sought a worker-peasant...

The Prague Conference organizes a Bolshevik-centered party

📅 18 Januari 1912

The conference established a separate organizational center for Bolsheviks within the wider socialist movement. Its claim to speak for Russian workers remained contested, and party-building took place...

Pravda begins publication in St Petersburg

📅 22 April 1912

The workers’ newspaper Pravda began publication, offering a platform for labor news and Bolshevik politics. Factory workers helped sustain it through subscriptions and contributions, while censorship,...

Lenin writes on the revival of the Russian workers’ movement

📅 1 Mei 1912

Following strikes and protests, Lenin argued that a new revolutionary upsurge was developing. His interpretation connected shop-floor actions to political organization, but the movement’s scale and...

World War I begins for Russia; Lenin opposes support for the war

📅 1 Augustus 1914

As the war expanded, Lenin condemned the major socialist parties that supported their governments’ war efforts. His call to turn the imperialist war into a struggle against ruling classes was...