| After January 2 (15) | Lenin writes the note “Judas Trotsky’s Blush of Shame”. |
| January 5 (18) | Lenin delivers a lecture on Lev Tolstoi in Paris. |
| January 13 (26) | Lenin’s article “The Career of a Russian Terrorist” appears in Sotsial-Demokrat, No. 19-20. |
| January 22 (February 4) | Lenin’s article “Lev Tolstoi and His Epoch” is published in Zvezda, No. 6. |
| After January 22 (February 4) | Lenin writes the article “Marxism and Nasha Zarya”, which is published on April 22 (May 5) in No. 3 of Sovremennaya Zhizn (Baku). |
| January | Lenin’s article “Those Who Would Liquidate Us (Re: Mr. Potresov and V. Bazarov)” is published in Mysl, No. 2. |
| February 8 (21) | Rabochaya Gazeta, No. 3, publishes Lenin’s articles “The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Fall of Serfdom” and “Paul Singer”. |
| Between February 17 and 26 (March 2 and 11) | Lenin writes the article “Comments (Menshikov, Gromoboi, Izgoyev)”. This article appears in Zvezda, No. 11, February 26 (March 11). |
| February 22 or 23 (March 7 or 8) | In his letter to N. G. Poletayev, Lenin exposes the blackmailing tactics of the liquidators and demands decisive and consistent struggle against them. |
| February |
Lenin writes a letter “To the Russian Collegium of the C.C.”, on the splitting activities of the Golos and Vperyod groups and Trotsky. Mysl, No. 3, publishes Lenin’s article “Apropos of an Anniversary” and the conclusion of the article “Those Who Would Liquidate Us”. |
| March 19 (April 1) | Lenin’s article “Wreckers of the Party in the Role of ‘Wreckers of Legends’” is published in Sotsial-Demokrat, No. 21-22. |
| Between March 23 and April 2 (April 5 and 15) | Lenin writes the article “The Cadets and the Octobrists”, published in Zvezda, No. 16, on April 2 (15). |
| Between April 8 and 16 (21 and 29) | Lenin writes the article “Conference of the British Social-Democratic Party”, published in Zvezda, No. 18, on April 16 (29), 1911. |
| April 15 (28) | Lenin’s article “In Memory of the Commune” is published in Rabochaya Gazeta, No. 4-5. |
| Between April 28 and May 7 (May 11 and 20) | Lenin writes the article “‘Regret’ and ‘Shame’”, published in Zvezda, No. 21, on May 7 (20). |
| April 29 (May 12) |
Lenin delivers a speech at a May Day meeting in Paris. Lenin’s article “A Conversation Between a Legalist and an Opponent of Liquidationism” is published in No. 3 of Diskussionny Listok, supplement to Sotsial-Demokrat, the Central Organ of the C.C. |
| May 14 (27) |
In his letter to Maxim Gorky, Lenin explains his negative attitude to the unification of the Bolsheviks, pro-Party Mensheviks, and Social-Democratic Duma group around some press organ in view of the Mensheviks’ predominance in the Duma group; criticises the Zvezda editorial board for lack of a firm political line; informs him of rumours about Stolypin’s circular letter on suppressing all Social-Democratic press organs, and writes about the necessity to intensify underground activities. Lenin signs a letter to the members of C.C. of the R.S.D.L.P. living abroad, with an invitation to participate in a meeting of the C.C. members. |
| Between May 19 and 23 (between June 1 and 5) |
Lenin writes a letter to the Meeting of the members of the C.C. of the R.S.D.L.P. abroad in which he exposes the intrigues of the liquidators, who sabotaged the convening of a plenary meeting of the C.C. of the R.S.D.L.P. Lenin writes a summary (Plan) for the report of three Bolshevik members of the C.C. to a private meeting of nine members of the C.C. |
| May 28 (June 10) | Lenin’s article “The Results of the Duma Session. ‘We Did This Together’” is published in Zvezda, No. 24. |
| May 28-June 4 (June 10-17) | Lenin guides the work of the Meeting of members of the C.C. of the R.S.D.L.P., called on his initiative in Paris with the object of working out measures to accelerate the convening of a plenary meeting of the C.C. of the R.S.D.L.P., and an all-Party conference. |
| June 11 (24) | Lenin’s article “Old Truths That Are Ever New” is published in Zvezda, No. 25. |
| June 18 (July 1) | Lenin takes part in a meeting of the Second Paris Group supporting the R.S.D.L.P., and introduces the draft resolution on the state of affairs in the Party. This resolution is adopted by the Group and in July 1911 is published as a separate leaflet. |
| July 20 (August 2) | Lenin writes the introduction to the pamphlet Two Parties. |
| July | Lenin has a talk with M. A. Savelyev on the publication of the legal Bolshevik magazine Prosveshcheniye, and arranges for his participation in editing the magazine. |
| Spring and summer prior to August 17 (30) |
Lenin and N. K. Krupskaya live in Longjumeau (near Paris). Lenin arranges the organisation of a Party school there. He gives a course of lectures at this school on political economy (29 lectures), the agrarian question (12 lectures) and on the theory and practice of socialism in Russia (12 lectures). At the request of the students of the school Lenin reads 3 lectures on the materialist conception of history and a paper on the current situation and the state of Party affairs. |
| September 1 (14) | Sotsial-Demokrat, No. 23, publishes Lenin’s article “Comment by Sotsial-Democrat Editors on Statement by Commission Convening Plenary Meeting of C.C.”, |
| September 2 (15) | In a letter to Maxim Gorky, Lenin invites him to continue contributing to Zvezda. |
| September 9 or 10 (22 or 23) | Lenin goes to Switzerland to take part in a meeting of the International Socialist Bureau in Zurich. |
| September 10-11 (23-24) | Lenin participates in a meeting of the International Socialist Bureau held in Zurich, and defends Rosa Luxemburg’s opposition to the opportunism of the German Social-Democrats. |
| September 12 (25) | Lenin delivers a report on the state of affairs in the Party to a meeting of the local group of the R.S.D.L.P. in Zurich. |
| September 13 (26) | Lenin reads a paper on “Stolypin and the Revolution” in Zurich. |
| September 15 (28) | Lenin reads a paper on “Stolypin and the Revolution” in Berne. |
| September 19 (October 2) | Lenin reads a paper on “Stolypin and the Revolution” in Geneva. |
| October 18 (31) | Sotsial-Demokrat, No. 24, publishes Lenin’s articles “Stolypin and the Revolution”, “The New Faction of Conciliators, or the Virtuous”, “The Election Campaign and the Election Platform”, and “From the Camp of the Stolypin ‘Labour’ Party”. Lenin reads a paper on “Stolypin and the Revolution” in Paris. |
| October 19 (November 1) | Lenin sends an enquiry to the representative of the Czech Social-Democratic Party on the International Socialist Bureau on the possibility of convening a conference of the R.S.D.L.P. in Prague, and asks for assistance in its organisation. |
| October 23 (November 5) | Lenin’s article “The Grand Total” is published in Zvezda, No. 26. |
| November 5 (18) | Lenin’s articles “Two Centres” and “Old and New (Notes of a Newspaper Reader)” are published in Zvezda, No. 28. |
| November 14 (27) | Lenin reads a paper on “A Liberal Labour Party Manifesto” in Paris. |
| November 20 (December 3) | Lenin delivers a speech in the name of the R.S.D.L.P. at the funeral of Paul and Laura Lafargue. It is published in Sotsial-Demokrat, No. 25, on December 8 (21). |
| November 26 (December 9) | Lenin’s article “Hyndman on Marx” is published in Zvezda, No. 31. |
| End of November-beginning of December | Lenin writes the article (report) “The Social-Democratic Group in the Second Duma.” The article is published in the periodical bulletin of the International Socialist Bureau, No. 8, in December 1911. |
| December 3 (16) | Lenin’s article “A Liberal Labour Party Manifesto” is published in Zvezda, No. 32. |
| December 8 (21) | Lenin’s articles “The Slogans and Organisation of Social-Democratic War Inside an Outside the Duma”, “Agency of the Liberal Bourgeoisie”, “The Climax of the Party Crisis”, “From the Camp of the Stolypin ‘Labour’ Party”, “Trotsky’s Diplomacy and a Certain Party Platform” and “The Results of the Arbitration of the ‘Trustees’” are published in Sotsial-Demokrat, No. 25. |
| December 10 (23) | Lenin’s article “Old and New” is published in Zvezda, No. 33. |
| December 10 (23)-January 6 (19), 1912 | Lenin’s articles under the general title “The Campaign for the Elections to the Fourth Duma” are published in Zvezda, Nos. 33, 34, 36, for 1911 and No. 1, 1912. |
| Not later than December 14 (27) | Lenin prepares for a meeting of the Bolshevik groups abroad, works on the theses for a report on the state of affairs in the Party, drafts the resolution “Organisation of the Social-Democratic Party Forces Abroad and the Tasks of the Bolsheviks”. |
| December 14-17 (27-30) | Lenin leads the Meeting of the Bolshevik groups abroad, in Paris. |
| December 1 (27) | Lenin opens the Meeting with a speech of welcome, and delivers the report on the state of affairs in the Party. |
| December 15 (28) | Lenin guides the discussion at the Meeting and delivers the concluding speech on his report. |
| December 16-17 (29-30) |
Lenin participates in the discussion on the final text of the resolution. At Lenin’s suggestion the Meeting elects the Committee of the Organisation Abroad, and empowers the Committee to draw up the Rules. Lenin speaks in the discussion on support for the Russian Organising Commission and the holding of a Party conference. The Meeting adopts the resolution submitted by Lenin. |
| Prior to December 17 (30) | Prosveshcheniye, No. 1, appears with articles by Lenin: “Fundamental Problems of the Election Campaign” (beginning of the article), “First Exposure of Cadet Negotiations with the Cabinet”, and “Three Questions”. |
| December 22 (January 4, 1912) | Lenin’s article “The Famine and the Black-Hundred Duma” is published in Rabochaya Gazeta, No. 70. |
| End of the year | Lenin writes an outline for a report on the political situation. |
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