national movements of the Russian Empire

Lenin writes on national self-determination

📅 1 January 1916

In essays on the national question, Lenin defended the right of nations to secede while arguing for working-class internationalism. This framework challenged Great Russian chauvinism in principle;...

Lenin publishes Critical Remarks on the National Question

📅 16 December 1913

Lenin opposed cultural autonomy as a substitute for political equality and argued for a right to secede. His intervention addressed national movements inside the empire, while its class-first...