| Prior to January 24 (prior to February 5) |
Lenin writes two letters to N. Y. Fedoseyev in Verkholensk (Siberia), the organiser and leader of the first Marxist circles in Kazan. |
| Between February 7 and February 14 (19-26) |
Lenin writes his review of A. Bogdanov’s A Short Course of Economic Science. |
| End of February (beginning of March) to August |
Lenin translates Volume I of Sidney and Beatrice Webb’s Industrial Democracy. |
| End of May (beginning of June) |
Lenin and N. K. Krupskaya leave the village of Shushenskoye for Minusinsk. They take part in a meeting of exiles. |
| July 10 (22) |
V. I. Lenin and N. K. Krupskaya are married. |
| August 9 (21) |
Lenin completes the draft of his work, The Development of Capitalism in Russia. |
| Prior to August 26 (prior to September 7) |
Lenin writes his article, “On the Question of Our Factory Statistics (Professor Karyshev’s New Statistical Exploits).” |
| September 11-25 (September 23-October 7) |
Lenin goes to Krasnoyarsk, works in a library, and meets local political exiles. |
| October 9-15 |
The first collection of Lenin’s writings, Economic (21-27) Studies and Essays, published in Russia, under the signature of Vladimir Ilyin. |
| Autumn |
Lenin’s pamphlet, The Tasks of the Russian Social-Demokrats, published in Geneva. |
| December 24, 1898-January 2, 1899 (January 5-14) |
Lenin and Krupskaya go to Minusinsk. Lenin attends a meeting of exiled Marxists from different parts of the Minusinsk area. |