“History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course”

Stalin, Joseph. “History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course.” 1939. Marxists Internet Archive. http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1939/x01/index.htm.

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THE STRUGGLE FOR THE CREATION OF A SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC LABOUR PARTY IN RUSSIA

(1883-1901)1. Abolition of Serfdom and the Development of Industrial Capitalism in Russia. Rise of the Modern Industrial Proletariat. First Steps of the Working-Class Movement

2. Narodism (Populism) and Marxism in Russia. Plekhanov and His “Emancipation of Labour” Group. Plekhanov’s Fight Against Narodism. Spread of Marxism in Russia

3. Beginning of Lenin’s Revolutionary Activities. St. Petersburg League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class

4. Lenin’s Struggle Against Narodism and “Legal Marxism.” Lenin’s Idea of an Alliance of the Working Class and the Peasantry. First Congress of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party

5. Lenin’s Fight Against “Economism.” Appearance of Lenin’s Newspaper Iskra”

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