| Early part of year to middle of March | Lenin participates in the committee appointed by the Joint Central Committee of the R.S.D.L.P. to draw up an agrarian programme for discussion at the Fourth Party Congress. |
| January 4 (17) | Lenin’s article “The Workers’ Party and Its Tasks in the Present Situation” is carried as the leader in Molodaya Rossiya, No. 1. |
| January |
Lenin writes an article in support of the Bolshevik tactics of an active boycott of the First Duma. The article, entitled “Should We Boycott the State Duma? The Platform of the ‘Majority’”, is published in leaflet form in January, both by the Central Committee and by the Joint C.C. of the R.S.D.L.P. Lenin writes his article “The State Duma and SocialDemocratic Tactics”. The article appears in February as part of the pamphlet The State Duma and Social-Democracy. |
| Before February 4 (17) | At a meeting of the Social-Democratic organisations of the Moskovskaya Zastava district in St. Petersburg, Lenin delivers his report “On the Elections to the State Duma”. |
| February 7 (20) | Lenin’s article “The Present Situation in Russia and the Tactics of the Workers’ Party” appears in Partiiniye Izvestia, No. 1. |
| Before February 11 (24) | Lenin reports on the tactics of an active boycott of the Duma to a meeting of Bolshevik Party functionaries in St. Petersburg. |
| February 11 (24) | Lenin guides the work of the St. Petersburg City Conference. He makes a report on the attitude to the Duma, and submits his draft resolution on the tactics of boycotting the Duma. The Conference votes by a majority for the boycott. |
| After February 11 (24) | Lenin writes the appeal “To All Working Men and Women of the City of St. Petersburg and Vicinity”. The Joint St. Petersburg Committee of the R.S.D.L.P. publishes it in leaflet form. |
| Late February (early March) |
Lenin guides the work of The Second St. Petersburg City Conference of the R.S.D.L.P. He upholds his draft resolution “The Tactics of Boycott”, and the Conference carries it. In Kuokkala, Finland, Lenin works on the tactical platform of the Bolsheviks—draft resolutions for the Unity Congress of the R.S.D.L.P. |
| First half of March |
Lenin arrives in Moscow to organise the discussion of the draft resolutions prepared for the Unity Congress of the R.S.D.L.P. He takes part in a conference of the leading group of the Moscow Bolsheviks. He attends a meeting of the Zamoskvorechye District Committee of the R.S.D.L.P. in Moscow, and speaks in the debate on the draft resolution concerning the attitude to the Soviets of Workers’ Deputies. He also attends a meeting of the Moscow Regional Committee of the R.S.D.L.P. during the discussion of the question whether the Moscow organisation should participate in the Duma election campaign. |
| Middle (end) of March | Lenin leads conferences of the Bolshevik group in St. Petersburg, which discuss the tactical platform. |
| March 20 (April 2) | Partiiniye Izvestia, No. 2, publishes Lenin’s article “The Russian Revolution and the Tasks of the Proletariat” as the leading article, and “A Tactical Platform for the Unity Congress of the R.S.D.L.P. Draft Resolution for the Unity Congress of the R.S.D.L.P.”, prepared by Lenin. |
| Second half of March | Lenin writes his pamphlet Revision of the Agrarian Programme of the Workers’ Party. The pamphlet appears in St. Petersburg early in April. |
| March 24-28 (April 6-10) | Lenin writes his pamphlet The Victory of the Cadets and the Tasks of the Workers’ Party. The pamphlet is published in St. Petersburg in April. |
| March 26 (April 8) | Lenin is elected a delegate to the Fourth (Unity) Congress of the R.S.D.L.P. for the St. Petersburg organisation. |
| March | Lenin writes a preface to the Russian translation of Karl Kautsky’s pamphlet, Social-Democracy Wiped Out! |
| Late March (early April) | In St. Petersburg, Lenin leads a conference of the Bolshevik delegates to the Fourth Congress. |
| Before April 10 | Lenin arrives in Stockholm to attend the Fourth Congress. At a private Bolshevik conference, he speaks against the proposal to wreck the Congress in view of the Mensheviks’ preponderance at it. |
| April 10-25 (April 23-May) | The Fourth (Unity) Congress of the R.S.D.L.P. meets in Stockholm. Lenin is elected to the presiding committee of the Congress. He takes part in the work of the Congress and of the committee drafting the Rule of the R.S.D.L.P. |
| First session | Lenin proposes a resolution during the discussion of the terms of reference of the Credentials Committee. The resolution is carried by the Congress. |
| Third session | Lenin presides. He announces the Congress agenda, speaks in the debate on it, and proposes including in the agenda the item “Appraisal of the Present Situation” and the question of the national organisations of the R.S.D.L.P. His proposal is carried. |
| Fourth session | Lenin presides. He proposed instructing the Agrarian Committee to prepare reports and appoint reporters. |
| Fifth session | Lenin makes the report on the agrarian question. |
| Seventh session | Lenin presides. He is elected to the committee on the Duma. |
| Eighth session | Lenin presides while the debate on the agrarian question continues. |
| Ninth session | Lenin presides. He delivers his speech in reply to the debate on the agrarian question. |
| Tenth session | Lenin presides. He proposes that the Congress approve all the minutes. |
| Eleventh session | Lenin presides. He speaks in connection with the voting on the tactical resolution concerning the agrarian question. |
| Thirteenth session | Lenin makes the report “The Present Situation and the Class Tasks of the Proletariat”. |
| Sixteenth session | Lenin delivers his speech in reply to the debate on “The Present Situation and the Class Tasks of the Proletariat”. |
| Seventeenth session | Lenin is elected to the committee appointed to draft the resolution “The Attitude to the Armed Uprising.” He makes a co-report on the attitude to be adopted towards the Duma and reads the draft resolution on that question. |
| Eighteenth session | Lenin presides. He declares for giving representatives of the national Social-Democratic organisations the floor in the debate on the attitude to the Duma. |
| Nineteenth session | Lenin makes his speech in reply to the debate on the attitude to the Duma. |
| Twenty-first session | Lenin presides. He speaks in support of the proposal to postpone discussion of the formation of parliamentary Social-Democratic group until the composition of the group of Social-Democrats elected to the Duma is ascertained. |
| Twenty-second session | Lenin makes a speech on the armed uprising. |
| Twenty-fourth session | Lenin presides. On behalf of the Congress he greets the Polish Social-Democratic Party which has joined the R.S.D.L.P. |
| Twenty-sixth session | Lenin presides. He submits a written statement (expressing his dissenting opinion) on the question of forming a parliamentary Social-Democratic group and proposes a note to the rules for a merger with the Bund. |
| Twenty-seventh session | Clause 1 of the Rules, concerning Party membership, is carried by the Congress as worded by Lenin. |
| April 25-26 (May 8-9) | Lenin writes “An Appeal to the Party by Delegates to the Unity Congress Who Belonged to the Former ‘Bolshevik’ Group”. The Appeal is signed by the Bolshevik delegates from 26 Party organisations. |
| Late April (early May) | Lenin returns to St. Petersburg by way of Abo, Finland, upon the conclusion of the Fourth (Unity) Congress of the R.S.D.L.P. |
| May 5 (18) | Lenin’s article “The Fight for Freedom and the Fight for Power” is published as the leading article in Volna, No. 9. |
| May 6 (19) |
Lenin’s article “A New Upswing” is published as the leading article in Volna, No. 10. Lenin delivers a report on the results of the Fourth (Unity) Congress of the R.S.D.L.P. to a Party meeting in St. Petersburg. |
| May 9 (22) |
Volna, No. 12 carries Lenin’s articles “The Duma and the People” (leader), “Among Newspapers and Periodicals” and “The Bolshevik Resolution on the State Duma”. At a public meeting in Countess Panina’s Palace Lenin, introduced as “Karpov”, delivers a speech on the tactics of the R.S.D.L.P. with regard to the Duma. The meeting passes the resolution proposed by Lenin. |
| May 10 (23) |
Lenin reports on the results of the Fourth (Unity) Congress of the R.S.D.L.P. to a meeting of the Social-Democratic organisations at the FrancoRussian subdistrict in St. Petersburg. Lenin’s articles “The Workers’ Group in the State Duma” (leader) and “The Question of Organisation’ appear in Volna, No. 13. |
| May 11 (24) |
At a meeting of the Social-Democratic organisations of the Moskovsky district in St. Petersburg, Lenin makes a report on the Fourth (Unity) Congress. He moves an amendment to the resolution proposed at the meeting. His amendment is carried. Lenin’s article “The Peasant, or ‘Trudovik’, Group and the R.S.D.L.P.” is published as the leader in Volna, No. 14. |
| May 12 (25) | Lenin’s article “The Land Question in the Duma” appears as the leader in Volna, No. 15. |
| May 13 (26) | Lenin’s article “Resolution and Revolution” is published in Volna, No. 16. |
| May 14 (27) | Volna, No. 17, publishes Lenin’s articles “Neither Land nor Freedom” (leader) and “The Social-Democratic Election Victory in Tiflis”. |
| May 18 (31) |
Lenin’s article “Government, Duma and People” appears as the leader in Volna, No. 20. Lenin writes his article “The Cadets Are Preventing the Duma from Appealing to the People”. The article appears in Volna, No. 21, on May 19 (June 1). |
| May 19 (June 1) |
Lenin’s articles “They Won’t Even Bargain!” and “The Manifesto of the Workers’ Deputies in the State Duma” appear in Volna, No. 21. Lenin writes his articles “The Land Question and the Fight for Freedom” and “The Sorry Goremykins, the Octobrists and the Cadets”. The articles appear in Volna, No. 22, on May 20 (June 2).. |
| May 20 (June 2) | Lenin’s article “Freedom to Criticise and Unity of Action” is published in Volna, No. 22. |
| May 21 (June 3) |
Volna, No. 23, carries Lenin’s articles “Bad Advice” (leader), criticising Plekhanov’s articles in Kuryer, and “Talk and Rumours About the Dissolution of the State Duma”. At a meeting of the Social-Democratic organisations of the Narva district in St. Petersburg, Lenin reports on the Fourth (Unity) Congress of the R.S.D.L.P |
| May 23 (June 5) |
Lenin’s article “Kautsky on the State Duma” is published in the weekly Vestnik Zhizni, No. 6. Lenin delivers a lecture on the agrarian question at a workers’ meeting in the Sangalsky subdistrict of St. Petersburg. At the request of his audience he also makes a speech on the attitude of the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks towards the Duma. |
| May 24 (June 6) | Lenin’s article “Cadets, Trudoviks and the Workers’ Party” appears as the leader in Volna, No. 25. |
| May 26 (June 8) | Lenin’s article “How Comrade Plekhanov Argues About Social-Democratic Tactics” appears in Vperyod, No. 1. In the same year it is also brought out as a pamphlet by Vperyod Publishers. |
| May 27 (June 9) |
Vperyod, No. 2, publishes “Resolution (II) of the St. Petersburg Committee of the R.S.D.L.P. on the Attitude Towards the State Duma”, written by Lenin (it was also published in leaflet form by the St. Petersburg Committee of the R.S.D.L.P. in May 1906), and Lenin’s article “The Slogan of a Duma Ministry”. Lenin writes his article “The Present Political Situation”. The article is published as the leader in Vperyod, No. 3, on May 28 (June 10). |
| May 30 (June 12) | Lenin’s article “The Tactics of the Proletariat and the Tasks of the Moment” appears in Vperyod, No. 4. |
| May 31 (June 13) | Lenin’s articles “The German Social-Democrats on the Cadets” and “Among Newspapers and Periodicals” appear in Vperyod, No. 5. |
| May | Lenin writes his pamphlet Report on the Unity Congress of the R.S.D.L.P. A Letter to the St. Petersburg Workers. The pamphlet appears in June 1906. |
| June 1 (14) |
Lenin’s article “Let the Workers Decide” appears in Vperyod, No. 6. Lenin writes his article “Don’t Gaze Up, Gaze Down”. The article is published as the leader in Vperyod, No. 7, on June 2 (15). |
| June 3 (16) | Lenin writes his article “The Reaction Is Taking to Arms”. The article is carried as the leader in Vperyod, No. 9, on June 4 (17). |
| June 6 (19) | Vperyod, No. 10, publishes “Resolution (III) of the St. Petersburg Committee of the R.S.D.L.P. on the Question of a Duma Ministry”, drafted by Lenin. |
| June 6 (19) | Lenin, under the name of Karpov, delivers the report and reply to the debate on the agrarian question at the All-Russian Teachers’ Congress in St. Petersburg. |
| June 8 (21) |
Lenin’s article “On the Eve”, telegraphed from St. Petersburg to Kiev, is published in No. 1 of the Kiev Bolshevik newspaper Rabotnik. Lenin writes the article “Wavering Above, Determination Below”, which is published in No. 13 of the newspaper Vperyod, June 9 (22), as a leading article. |
| June 9 (22) | Lenin writes the article “Unity!”, which is published as a leading article in No. 14 of the newspaper Vperyod, June 10 (23). |
| June 10 (23) | Lenin writes the article “The Duma and the People”, which is published as a leading article in No. 15 of the newspaper Vperyod, June 11 (24). |
| First half of June | Lenin speaks at a meeting of the Social-Democratic organisation of the Baltic factory, criticising the Mensheviks, who had given their support to the Cadet slogan of a “responsible Duma Cabinet”. |
| June 11-12 (24-25) |
Lenin travels to Terioki (Finland) to take part in the work of the inter-district conference of the St. Petersburg organisation of the R.S.D.L.P. Lenin presides at the conference. He moves that the conference should begin its work by discussing the question of tactics, and his motion is adopted. Lenin makes reports on “Tactics of the Party in Regard to the Duma” and on “Unity of the Party”. |
| June, before 14 (27) | Lenin draws up the draft declaration of the SocialDemocratic Group in the Duma. The draft is published on June 22 (July 5) in No. 1 of the newspaper Ekho. |
| June 14 (27) | Lenin’s article “The Fight for Power and the ‘Fight’ for Sops” is published as a leading article in No. 17 of the newspaper Vperyod. |
| June 22 (July 5) |
Lenin’s articles “The Declaration of Our Group in the Duma”, “What Thou Doest, Do Quickly” and “Useful Polemics” are published in No. 1 of the newspaper Ekho. Lenin writes the articles “Famine Relief and the Tactics of the Duma” and “Negotiations about the Cabinet”, which are published in No. 2 of the newspaper Ekho, June 23 (July 6). |
| June 23 (July 6) | Lenin writes the article “Who Is for Alliances with the Cadets?”, which is published as a leading article in No. 3 of the newspaper Ekho, June 24 (July 7). |
| June 24 (July 7) | Lenin writes the article “The Cadet Duma Grants Money to the Pogrom-Mongers’ Government”, which is published as a leading article in No. 4 of the newspaper Ekho, June 25 (July 8). |
| June 25 (July 8) | Lenin delivers the report and reply to the debate on the agrarian question at the meeting of workers organised by the St. Petersburg District Committee of the R.S.D.L.P. |
| June 26 (July 9) | Lenin writes the article “Yes-Men of the Cadets”, which is published as a leading article in No. 5 of the newspaper Ekho, June 27 (July 10). |
| June 28 (July 11) |
Lenin’s article “Once Again about the Duma Cabinet” is published in No. 6 of the newspaper Ekho (as a leading article). Lenin presides at a meeting of Social-Democratic Workers of the Narva District in St. Petersburg, and makes a report on the agrarian question. The meeting adopts a resolution moved by Lenin approving the decisions of the St. Petersburg inter-district conference of the R.S.D.L.P. |
| End of June (beginning of July) | Lenin takes part in a meeting of leading Bolshevik Party workers in St. Petersburg, at which the question of the tactics of the Party is discussed. |
| July 1 (14) | Lenin’s articles “The Unsound Arguments of the ‘Non-Party’ Boycotters” and “The Bourgeoisie’s Censures and the Proletariat’s Call for Action” are published in No. 9 of the newspaper Ekho. |
| July 2 (15) | Lenin’s article “The Army and the People” is published as a leading article in No. 10 of the newspaper Ekho. |
| Beginning of July | Lenin speaks at a meeting of workers of the Shapshal Tobacco Factory in St. Petersburg; he supports the initiative of the workers for a strike in answer to the refusal of the administration to meet their economic demands. |
| July 4 (17) | Lenin’s articles “Organisation of the Masses and Choice of the Moment for Struggle” and “Among Newspapers and Periodicals” are published in No. 11 of the newspaper Ekho. |
| July 5 (18) |
Lenin’s article “A Bold Assault and a Timid Defence” is published as a leading article in No. 12 of the newspaper Ekho. Lenin writes the article “The Parties in the Duma and the People”, published as a leading article in No. 13 of the newspaper Ekho, July 6 (19). |
| July 6 (19) | Lenin writes the article “Conspiracies of Reaction and Threats of the Pogrom-Mongers”, published as a leading article in Ekho, No. 14, July 7 (20). |
| July 7 (20) | Lenin, under the name of Karpov, speaks at a meeting of Party workers of the St. Petersburg organisation of the R.S.D.L.P., delivering a report and putting forward a draft resolution on the tactics of the Social-Democratic Group in the Duma. |
| July 9 or 10 (22 or 23) | In Kuokkala (Finland), Lenin confers with Party workers on the tasks of the Party in connection with the dissolution of the Duma. |
| Between July 13 and 17 (26 and 30) | Lenin writes the pamphlet The Dissolution of the Duma and the Tasks of the Proletariat. |
| July 16 (29) | Lenin writes the draft of the resolution of the Executive Commission of the St. Petersburg Committee of the R.S.D.L.P. on the dispatch of a delegation to Sveaborg to lead the uprising. |
| July 20 (August 2) | Lenin gives directives to the Bolshevik members of the St. Petersburg Committee on carrying out a strike in support of the Kronstadt uprising. |
| First half of August | During a stay of two weeks in Vyborg Lenin guides the work of preparing and issuing No. 1 of the newspaper Proletary. |
| August 12 (26) | Lenin writes the article “The Boycott”. |
| August 21 (September 3) | Lenin’s articles “Before the Storm” (leading article), “The Boycott”, “The Political Crisis and the Bankruptcy of Opportunist Tactics” and “The Events of the Day” are published in No. 1 of the newspaper Proletary. |
| August 27 (September 9) | Lenin presides at a Party meeting in Terioki and delivers a speech against the Menshevik slogan of a “labour congress” and insists on the need to convene the Fifth Congress of the R.S.D.L.P. The meeting unanimously adopts the resolution moved by Lenin. |
| August 29 (September 11) | Lenin’s articles “Lessons of the Moscow Uprising” and “Vacillating Tactics” are published in Proletary, No. 2. |
| Summer | Lenin writes “Notes of an Ordinary Marxist on Philosophy” in regard to A. Bogdanov’s book Empirio-monism (Part III). |
| End of summer | Lenin moves to the summer residence “Vasa” in Kuokkala (Finland). |
| September 8 (21) | Lenin’s articles “The Government’s Policy and the Coming Struggle” (leading article) and “Hands Off!” are published in Proletary, No. 3. |
| First half of September | Lenin writes his note on “Union of the Bund with the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party”. |
| September 19 (October 2) | Lenin’s article “Socialist-Revolutionary Mensheviks” is published in Proletary, No. 4. |
| September 30 (October 13) | Lenin’s articles “A New Coup d’État in Preparation” (leading article), “Guerrilla Warfare” and “An Attempt at a Classification of the Political Parties of Russia” are published in Proletary, No. 5. |
| Beginning of October | Lenin writes “Notes on Sotsial-Demokrat, No. 1”. |
| October, later than 13 (26) | Lenin writes the pamphlet Martov’s and Cherevanin’s Pronouncements in the Bourgeois Press. The pamphlet was issued by Proletarskoye Dyelo Publishers in October 1906. |
| October 18 (31) | Lenin’s article “The Russian Radical is Wise after the Event” is published in the magazine Vestnik Zhizni, No. 12 |
| October 29 (November 11) | Lenin’s articles “The Results of the Cadet Congress” (leading article) and “Philistinism in Revolutionary Circles” are published in Proletary, No. 6. |
| October 31 (November 13) | Lenin finishes his pamphlet The Social-Democrats and Electoral Agreements. |
| November 3 (16) |
Lenin is elected to the presidium at the Second Conference of the R.S.D.L.P. (“First All-Russian”) in Tammerfors. Lenin speaks on the question of the conference agenda. Lenin moves that the question how the union with the Bund is proceeding in the local Party organisations should be discussed. |
| November 4 (17) | Lenin delivers the report and reply to the debate at the conference on the question of electoral agreements during elections to the Duma; he puts forward a “Dissenting Opinion” on the tactics of the R.S.D.L.P. in the Duma campaign (the “Dissenting Opinion” was signed by 14 conference delegates). |
| November 6 (19) |
Lenin speaks at the conference, criticising the Menshevik draft electoral platform proposed by the C.C. of the R.S.D.L.P. Lenin speaks during the debate in favour of convening an extraordinary Party Congress. |
| November 7 (20) | Lenin insists that the conference should discuss the question of the campaign for a “labour congress” as a question of violation of Party discipline. Lenin’s amendment to the resolution on “Unity of the Election Campaign in the Localities” is adopted by the conference. |
| November 10 (23) | Lenin’s articles “On Convening an Extraordinary Party Congress”, “How History is Written...”, and “Postscript to the Article ‘The Social-Democrats and the Election Campaign’” are published in Proletary, No. 7. |
| November before 16 (29) | Lenin gives directives (orally and in a special letter) to the organisers of the convocation of the first Bolshevik conference of military and combat organisations of the R.S.D.L.P. in Tammerfors. |
| November 22 (December 5) | Lenin converses with participants in the first conference of military and combat organisations of the R.S.D.L.P. concerning the results of the conference. |
| November 23 (December 6) |
Lenin’s articles “Draft Election Address” (leading article), “Blocs with the Cadets”, “Party Discipline and the Fight against the Pro-Cadet SocialDemocrats” and “How the Armavir Social-Democrats Are Conducting Their Election Campaign” are published in Proletary, No. 8. The leaflet written by Lenin “Whom to Elect to the State Duma” is published as a supplement to Proletary, No. 8. |
| Between November 15, 1906, and January 15, 1907 | Lenin delivers a lecture to the workers of the Semyannikovsky sub-district of Neva District on the subject of the “Electoral Agreements in the West and in Russia”. |
| December 7 (20) | Lenin’s articles “The New Senate Interpretation” (leading article) and “The Crisis of Menshevism” are published in Proletary, No. 9. |
| December 10 (23) | Lenin writes the article “The Proletariat and Its Ally in the Russian Revolution”, published in Proletary, No. 10, December 20, 1906 (January 2, 1907). |
| December 14 (27) | Lenin writes the article “The Government’s Falsification of the Duma and the Tasks of the Social-Democrats”, published in Proletary, No. 10, December 20, 1906 (January 2, 1907). |
| December 20 (January 2, 1907) | Lenin’s article “Concerning an Article Published in the Organ of the Bund” is published in Proletary, No. 10. |
| December 24 (January 6, 1907) | Lenin’s article “The Political Situation and the Tasks of the Working Class” is published as a leading article in No. 1 of the Bolshevik weekly Ternii Truda. |
| December after 27 (January 9, 1907) | Lenin writes the preface to the Russian translation of W. Liebknecht’s pamphlet No Compromiser, No Electoral Agreements. |
| December 28 (January 10, 1907) | Lenin writes the article “The Working-Class Party’s Tasks and the Peasantry” and sends it from St. Petersburg to the editorial board of the newspaper Samarskaya Luka in Samara. |
| December 31 (January 13, 1907) | Lenin’s article “The Attitude of the Bourgeois Parties and of the Workers’ Party to the Duma Elections” is published as a leading article in No. 2 of the weekly Ternii Truda. |
| December | Lenin edits the Russian translation of K. Kautsky’s pamphlet The Driving Forces and Prospects of the Russian Revolution and writes a preface to the pamphlet. |
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