Banks and Ministers Pravda No. 32, April 27 (14), 1917. Published according to the text in Pravda.N. N. Pokrovsky, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs and the present Vice-Chairman of the Central War Industries Committee, has become a member of the Board of the Russian Bank for Foreign Commerce. Count V. N. Kokovtsov, the former Chairman of the Council of Ministers, has also become a member of the Board.
In the Footsteps of Russkaya Volya Pravda No. 31, April 26 (13), 1917. Published according to the text in Pravda.
The War and the Provisional Government Pravda No. 31, April 26 (13), 1917. Published according to the text in Pravda.
The Dual Power Pravda No. 28, April 22 (9), 1917. Signed: N. Lenin. Published according to the text in Pravda.
Notes for an Article or Speech in Defence of the April Theses A brief note by Lenin on his April Theses.(1) Economic debacle is imminent. Therefore removal of the bourgeoisie is a mistake.(This is the conclusion of the bourgeoisie. The more imminent the debacle, the more essential is it that the bourgeoisie be removed.)(2) Proletariat is unorganised, weak, lacking class-consciousness.
Two Worlds Capitalist newspapers like Rech and Novoye Vremya have published articles attacking our passage through Germany and insinuating that the new arrivals were aiding the German imperialists. Izvestia of the Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies reprints in full the report published in yesterday’s Pravda which was presented to the Executive Committee of the Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies on the very first day after our arrival. In addition to the report, Izvestia publishes the resolution of the Executive Committee, which it gives in the following words:
Tricks of the Republican Chauvinists First published in Russian in 1924 in Lenin Miscellany II. Published in Volksrecht No. 81, April 18 (5), 1917. Signed: N. Lenin.
How We Arrived This article was a report to the Executive Committee of the Petrograd Soviet made by Lenin the day after his arrival in Petrograd on April 17 (4), 1917, on behalf of the emigrants who returned from Switzerland together with him.
The April Theses (The Tasks of the Proletariat in the Present Revolution) This article contains Lenin’s famous April Theses, read by him at two meetings of the All-Russia Conference of Soviets of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies, on April 4, 1917. Published April 7, 1917 in Pravda No. 26. Signed: N. Lenin.
Decision of the Collegium Abroad, Central Committee, Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party First published in 1923.
Speech Delivered at a Meeting of Soldiers of the Izmailovsky Regiment April 25 (12), 1917 Published: Pravda No. 30, April 25 (12), 1917. Signed: N. Lenin. Published according to the text in Pravda.
War or Peace? The question of chief interest, now, to the governments and the peoples of the world is, What will be the influence of the Russian Revolution on the War? Will it bring peace nearer? Or will the revolutionary enthusiasm of the people swing towards a more vigorous prosecution of the war?
