| January 1-2 (14-15) | Lenin presides at a meeting of Swiss Left Social-Democrats to discuss a statement against Grimm. |
| January 6 (19) | Lenin circulates to Bolshevik organisations abroad the resolution of the Swiss Left Social-Democrats initiating a referendum on convocation of the emergency party congress indefinitely postponed by the party Executive. |
| January 9 (22) | Lenin delivers a lecture on the 1905 Revolution at a youth gathering in Zurich. |
| January 13-17 (26-30) | Lenin writes his article “Twelve Brief Theses on H. Greulich’s Defence of Fatherland Defence”. It appeared in Volksrecht Nos. 26 and 27. |
| January 18 (31) | Lenin’s article “A Turn in World Politics” is published in Sotsial-Demokrat No. 58 |
| January | Lenin works on his unfinished pamphlet Statistics and Sociology, writes the articles “Imaginary or Real Marsh?” and “Defence of Neutrality”. |
| January 24 (February 6) | Lenin attends a general meeting of the Zurich Social-Democratic organisation at which a new committee is elected. |
| January 27-29 (February 9-11) | Lenin writes “Proposed Amendments to the Resolution on the War Issue” (or submission on behalf of the Left Social-Democrats, to the Zurich Cantonal Congress of the Swiss Social-Democratic Party. |
| February 4 (17) | Lenin writes to Alexandra Kollontai in Stockholm, asking her to sound out the possibility of contact with the Swedish Left Social-Democrats and participation in their press organ. |
| February 20 (March 5) | In a letter to Alexandra Kollontai in Stockholm, Lenin indicates concrete measures to unite the Left and suggests a plan for theses in connection with the Social-Democratic Youth Congress. |
| End of February | Lenin writes “The Story of One Short Period in the Life of One Socialist Party”. |
| February-March | Lenin shares in editing Bulletin No. 1 of the Swiss Zimmerwald Lefts and arranges for its translation and circulation. |
| March 2 (16) | Lenin receives the first news of the February Revolution and takes measures for an immediate return to Russia. |
| March 3 and 4 (16 and 17) | In a letter to Alexandra Kollontai in Oslo Lenin gives his appraisal of the February Revolution and outlines Bolshevik tactics. |
| March 4 (17) | Lenin writes his “Draft Theses, March 4 (17) 1917” and sends them to Stockholm for the guidance of the Bolsheviks returning to Russia. |
| March 5 (18) | Lenin delivers a lecture on the Paris Commune and the prospects of the Russian revolution at La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. |
| March 6 (19) | Lenin wires (via Stockholm) to the Bolsheviks in Oslo about to leave for Russia, giving concrete advice on the Party’s tactics in the revolution. |
| March 7 (20) | Lenin writes his first “Letter from Afar”—”The First Stage of the First Revolution”. It appears in Pravda Nos. 14 and 15. |
| March 8-9 (21-22) | Lenin writes his second “Letter from Afar”—“The New Government and the Proletariat”. |
| March 10 (23) | Lenin sends the first and second “Letters from Afar” to Bolshevik organisations in other countries. |
| March 10-11 (23-24 | Lenin writes the third “Letter from Afar”—“Concerning a Proletarian Militia”. |
| March 12 (25) | Lenin writes the fourth “Letter from Afar”—“How To Achieve Peace” and the article “The Revolution in Russia and the Tasks of the Workers of All Countries”. |
| Mid-March | Lenin writes the appeal “To Our Comrades in War-Prisoner Camps”, published as a leaflet over the signature of the Sotsial-Demokrat Editorial Board. |
| March 14 (27) | Lenin delivers a lecture at a meeting of Swiss workers in Zurich on “The Russian Revolution, Its Significance and Tasks”. |
| March 17 (30) | Lenin writes “Tricks of the Republican Chauvinists”, published in Volksrecht No. 81 and, in abridged form, in Avanti! No. 99. |
| March 18 (31) | Collegium Abroad of the R.S.D.L.P. Central Committee approves Lenin’s draft of rules for the émigrés returning to Russia. |
| March 22 (April 9) |
Lenin attends a meeting in Zurich to discuss organisation of the journey to Russia. Lenin goes to Berne to sign the Protocol on the return journey from Switzerland to Russia. |
| March 26 (April 8) |
Lenin writes the fifth (unfinished) “Letter from Afar”—“The Tasks Involved in the Building of the Revolutionary Proletarian State”. Lenin writes his “Farewell Letter to the Swiss Workers”, which is approved in Berne by a meeting of R.S.D.L.P. members returning to Russia. |
| March 27 (April 9) | Lenin and Krupskaya leave Berne for Zurich, where they join a group of émigrés returning to Russia. |
| March 27-30 (April 9-12) | During the journey Lenin works on his theses on the tasks of the proletariat in the revolution (the “April Theses”). |
| March 31 (April 13) | En route to Russia, Lenin makes a one-day stop in Stockholm, attends a meeting of Swedish SocialDemocrat internationalists, organises the Bureau Abroad of the R.S.D.L.P. Central Committee. |
| April 3 (16) |
Lenin returns to Russia from Switzerland. At Byelo-Ostrov railway station he is met by a delegation of Petrograd workers. Lenin makes a brief speech of greeting. Late in the evening Lenin arrives in Petrograd. He is given a grand welcome at the Finlandsky Railway Station by the Petrograd workers, soldiers and sailors. On the square facing the station Lenin makes a speech from an armoured car in which he greets the Russian revolutionary proletariat and the army and calls upon them to fight for the socialist revolution. |
| April 3 (16) (night) | Lenin attends a celebration meeting in his honour organised by the Party workers of Petrograd at the Kshesinskaya mansion. He makes a speech concerning the new tasks of the Bolshevik Party. |
| April 4 (17) |
Lenin addresses a meeting of Bolshevik delegates to the All-Russia Conference of Soviets of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies, at which he announces and explains his theses concerning the tasks of the revolutionary proletariat (the April Theses). Lenin makes a second report and reads his Theses at a joint meeting of the Bolshevik and Menshevik delegates to the Conference of Soviets. |
| April 5 (18) | Pravda No. 24 publishes Lenin’s report to the Executive Committee of the Petrograd Soviet under the title of “How We Arrived”. |
| April 6 (19) |
Pravda No. 25 publishes a notice to the effect that Lenin, member of the Editorial Board of the Party’s Central Organ, returned from abroad and joined the Editorial Board of Pravda. Lenin’s article “Two Worlds” published in Pravda No. 25. |
| April 7 (20) | Lenin’s article “The Tasks of the Proletariat in the Present Revolution” containing the famous April Theses published in Pravda No. 26. |
| April 8 (21) | Lenin’s article “Blancism” published in Pravda No. 27. |
| April 9 (22) | Lenin’s article “The Dual Power” published in Pravda No. 28. |
| April, between 8 and 13 (21 and 26) | Lenin writes the pamphlet Letters on Tactics, which came off the press at the end of April 1917. |
| April 10 (23) |
Lenin finishes writing his pamphlet The Tasks of the Proletariat in Our Revolution. Draft Platform for the Proletarian Party. The pamphlet was published in September 1917. Lenin speaks on the current situation at a meeting of the Izmailovsky Regiment.Lenin writes the pamphlet Political Parties in Russia and the Tasks of the Proletariat published in June 1917. |
| Beginning of April | Lenin writes the pamphlet Political Parties in Russia and the Tasks of the Proletariat published in June 1917. |
| April 12 (25) | Lenin’s article “A Shameless Lie of the Capitalists” published in Pravda No. 30. |
| April 13 (26) | Lenin’s articles “The War and the Provisional Government” and “In the Footsteps of Russkaya Volya” published in Pravda No. 31. |
| April 14 (27) | Lenin’s articles “A Partnership of Lies”, “Banks and Ministers” and “An Important Exposure” published in Pravda No. 32. |
| April, between 11 and 12 (24 and 27) | Lenin writes his appeal “To the Soldiers and Sailors” in connection with the smear campaign started in the bourgeois press concerning the passage through Germany of the returning Russian political emigrants. |
| April 15 (28) |
Pravda No. 33 publishes Lenin’s articles “Citizens! See What Methods the Capitalists of All Countries Are Using!”, “A ‘Voluntary Agreement’ Between Landowners and the Peasants” and “An Honest Voice in a Chorus of Slanderers”. Lenin’s article “The Soldiers and the Land” published in Soldatskaya Pravda No. 1. Lenin addresses a meeting of soldiers of an armoured unit in the Mikhailovsky Manege, at which he exposes the imperialist policy of the Provisional Government which was continuing the aggressive war of conquest. |
| April 14-22 (April 27-May 5) | The Petrograd City Conference of the R.S.D.L.P. (Bolsheviks) is held. Lenin takes a leading part in the work of the Conference, of which he is elected honorary chairman. |
| April 14 (27) |
At the Conference’s first meeting Lenin makes a report and winds up the debates on the current situation and on the attitude towards the Provisional Government. Lenin writes the appeal “Against the RiotMongers. To the Workers, Soldiers, and the Whole Population of Petrograd” which is adopted by the Conference and published in Pravda No. 33 for April 15 over the signatures of the Central and Petrograd Committees of the R.S.D.L.P. (Bolsheviks). |
| April 15 (28) | At the second meeting of the Conference Lenin takes the floor twice in support of the draft resolution concerning the attitude towards the Provisional Government. His resolution is adopted by the Conference. |
| April 22 (May 5) | At the fourth meeting of the Conference Lenin takes part in the debate on the question of the municipal elections. His resolution is adopted by the Conference. |
| Not later than April 22 (May 5) | Lenin writes the draft resolution for the Petrograd City Conference on the attitude towards the parties of the Socialist-Revolutionaries, the Menshevik Social-Democrats, the “non-factional” Social-Democrats and other kindred political trends. The resolution is adopted at the Conference’s fourth meeting. |
| April 22 (May 5) | Lenin’s draft resolution on the war is accepted at the Conference’s fourth meeting as a basis for submission to the Seventh (April) All-Russia Conference of the R.S.D.L.P. (Bolsheviks). |
| April 16 (29) | Lenin’s articles “Congress of Peasants’ Deputies” and “On the Return of the Emigrants” published in Pravda No. 34. |
| April 17 (30) | Lenin makes a speech on the current situation at a meeting of the Soldiers’ Section of the Petrograd Soviet. |
| April 18 (May 1) |
Lenin’s article “Our Views. A Reply to the Resolution of the Executive Commission of the Soviet of Soldiers’ Deputies” published in Pravda No. 35. Lenin speaks at a mass demonstration on Marsovo Polye on the significance of May Day and the tasks of the Russian revolution. Lenin addresses a May Day meeting of the workers of the Okhta Works. |
| April 20 (May 3) |
Lenin’s articles “How They Tied Themselves to the Capitalists”, “A Proletarian Militia” and “Bankruptcy?” published in Pravda No. 36. The Central Committee of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.) adopts Lenin’s resolution concerning the crisis caused by the Provisional Government’s Note of April 18 (May 1), 1917, and his “Appeal to the Soldiers of All the Belligerent Countries” published in Pravda No. 37, for May 4 (April 21). |
| April 21 (May 4) |
Pravda No. 37 publishes Lenin’s articles: “The Provisional Government’s Note”, “A Basic Question. A Line of Argument Used by Socialists Who Have Gone Over to the Bourgeoisie”, “Icons Versus Cannons, Phrases Versus Capital”, “The Logic of Citizen V. Chernov” and “Mr. Plekhanov’s Futile Attempts to Extricate Himself”. The Central Committee of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.) endorses Lenin’s resolution concerning the tasks of the Party in connection with the crisis in the Provisional Government. The resolution is published in Pravda No. 38, for May 5 (April 22). |
| April 22 (May 5) |
Pravda No. 38 publishes Lenin’s articles: “Honest Defencism Reveals Itself”, “Mad Capitalists or Weak-Minded Social-Democrats?” and “The Advice or Order of Shingaryov, and the Advice of a Local Soviet”. The Central Committee of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.) endorses Lenin’s resolution concerning the results of the April crisis. The resolution is published in Pravda No. 39, for May 6 (April 23). |
| April 23 (May 6) |
Pravda No. 39 publishes Lenin’s articles: “Lessons of the Crisis”, “How a Simple Question Can Be Confused” and “‘Disgrace’ as the Capitalists and the Proletarians Understand It”. Lenin interviewed by E. Torniainen, editor of Työmies (Worker), a Finnish Social-Democratic newspaper. Lenin attends a preliminary meeting of delegates to the All-Russia Party Conference, at which he delivers a speech on the current situation. |
| April 25 (May 8) | Lenin’s article “Foolish Gloating” published in Pravda No. 40. |
| April 24-29 (May 7-12) | The Seventh (April) All-Russia Conference of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.) is held. Lenin takes a leading part in the proceedings; he is elected to the presiding committee. |
| April 24 (May 7) |
Lenin opens the Conference with a brief speech. At the first session of the Conference Lenin makes a report on the current situation and presents draft resolutions on the attitude towards the Provisional Government and on the war. At the evening session Lenin makes a speech winding up the debate on the question of the current situation. Lenin is elected to the Resolution Editing Committee. |
| April 25 (May 8) |
At the third session of the Conference Lenin delivers a speech on the proposed international socialist conference, and introduces a draft resolution which is endorsed by the Conference. At the fourth session Lenin takes the floor twice in the debate on the question of the attitude towards the Soviets. |
| April 25-26 (May 8-9) | Lenin writes “Draft Theses to the Resolution on the Soviets”. |
| April 26 and 27 (May 9 and 10) | Lenin takes part in the work of the Resolution Editing Committee. |
| April 27 (May 10) |
Lenin takes part in the work of the committees; submits proposed changes to the theoretical and political sections of the Party’s programme at the Programme Revision Committee. At the Conference’s sixth session Lenin, on behalf of the Resolution Committee, makes a speech in support of the resolution on the war. His resolution is adopted by the Conference. |
| April 28 (May 11) | At the seventh session Lenin delivers two reports: on the question of revision of the Party programme and on the agrarian question; he introduces the resolutions on these questions drafted by him and endorsed by the respective committees, which the Conference adopts. |
| April 29 (May 12) |
At the eighth session the Conference adopts two resolutions of Lenin’s on the unity of the internationalists against the petty-bourgeois defencist bloc, and on the Soviets. At the ninth session Lenin is elected to the Party’s Central Committee. Lenin makes a speech on the national question; his resolution is adopted by the Conference. Lenin makes a speech opposing the resolution on the situation within the International proposed by Zinoviev. Lenin makes a speech in support of the resolution on the current situation. His resolution is adopted by the Conference. Lenin makes a closing speech. |
| April 28 (May 11) | Lenin’s articles “The Significance of Fraternisation” and “What the Counter-Revolutionary Steps of the Provisional Government Lead To” published in Pravda No. 43. |
| April 29 (May 12) | Lenin’s articles “Social-Chauvinists and Internationalists”, “I. G. Tsereteli and the Class Struggle” and “Anxiety” published in Pravda No. 44. |
| May 2 (15) | Lenin’s articles “The ‘Crisis of Power’” and “Finland and Russia” published in Pravda No. 46. |
| May 3 (16) |
Lenin’s articles “Defence of Imperialism Cloaked with Specious Phrases” and “An Unfortunate Document” published in Pravda No. 47. Resolutions of the Seventh (April) All-Russia Conference of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.) with an introduction by Lenin are published as a supplement to Soldatskaya Pravda No. 13. |
| May 4 (17) | Lenin’s article “Frightening the People with Bourgeois Terrors” published in Pravda No. 48. |
| Not earlier than May 4 (17) | Lenin writes his theses concerning the Provisional Government’s declaration on foreign and domestic policies. |
| May 5 (18) | Lenin’s articles “On the Eve” and “They Have Forgotten the Main Thing. The Municipal Platform of the Proletarian Party” published in Pravda No. 49. |
| Before May 7 (20) | Lenin writes the mandate to the deputies of the Soviet elected at factories and regiments. |
| May 6 (19) | Pravda No. 50 publishes Lenin’s articles: “Class Collaboration with Capital, or Class Struggle Against Capital?”, “A Strong Revolutionary Government”, “Titbits for the ‘Newborn’ Government” and “Already the ‘New’ Government Is Lagging Behind Even the Peasant Mass, Leave Alone the Revolutionary Workers”. |
| May 7 (20) |
Lenin’s article “Stealing a March on the Workers” published in Pravda No. 51. Lenin writes “An Open Letter to the Delegates to the All-Russia Congress of Peasants’ Deputies”, which is published in Soldatskaya Pravda No. 19, for May 24 (11), 1917. |
| May 8 (21) | Lenin makes a report on the results of the April Conference at a meeting of Petrograd members of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.). |
| May 9 (22) | Lenin’s article “The ‘Virtual Armistice’” published in Pravda No. 52. |
| May 10 (23) |
Pravda No. 53 publishes Lenin’s articles: “Secrets of Foreign Policy”, “One of the Secret Treaties”, “Ministerial Tone” and “In Search of a Napoleon”. Lenin addresses a conference of the Inter-District Organisation on the conditions of unity between the Social-Democratic groups and currents standing for internationalism and the Bolshevik Party. |
| May 11 (24) | Lenin’s article “Nothing Has Changed” published in Pravda No. 54. |
| May 12 (25) |
Lenin’s articles “A Regrettable Deviation from the Principles of Democracy” and “On the Question of Convening an International, So-called Socialist Conference Jointly with the Social-Chauvinists” published in Pravda No. 55. Lenin makes a speech on the current situation at a meeting of Putilov workers. Lenin makes a speech on the current situation at a meeting of workers of the Admiralty Shipyards, the Franco-Russian and other works. |
| May 13 (26) | Lenin’s articles “The Proletarian Party at the District Council Elections” and “Statements About the War Made by Our Party Before the Revolution” published by Pravda No. 56. |
| May 14 (27) |
Lenin’s article “Impending Debacle” published in Pravda No. 57 Lenin reads a lecture on the subject “War and Revolution”. |
| May 16 (29) | Lenin’s article “Despicable Methods” published in Pravda No. 58. |
| May 16 and 17 (29 and 30) | Lenin’s article “Inevitable Catastrophe and Extravagant Promises” published in Pravda Nos. 58 and 59. |
| May 17 (30) | Lenin makes a speech on the current situation at a meeting of workers of the Pipe Works and other factories. |
| May 18 (31) | Pravda No. 60 publishes Lenin’s articles: “The Question of Uniting the Internationalists”, ”Muddleheadedness. More on the Subject of Annexations”, “Combating Economic Chaos by a Spate of Commissions” and “One More Departure from Democratic Principles”. |
| May 19 (June 1) | Pravda No. 61 publishes Lenin’s articles: “How the Capitalists Are Trying to Scare the People”, “One More Crime of the Capitalists” and “Still More Lies”. |
| Before May 20 (June 2) | Lenin prepares his pamphlet Materials Relating to the Revision of the Party Programme for the press. The pamphlet is published in the first half of June 1917. |
| May 20 (June 2) |
Lenin writes the preface to the pamphlet Materials Relating to the Revision of the Party Programme. Pravda No. 62 publishes Lenin’s articles: “Has Dual Power Disappeared?” and “On the ‘Unauthorised Seizure’ of Land. Flimsy Arguments of the Socialist-Revolutionaries.” |
| May 21 (June 5) | Lenin makes a report on the current situation and the tasks of the proletariat at a meeting of workers of the Skorokhod and other factories in Moskovskaya Zastava District of Petrograd. |
| May 22 (June 4) | Lenin addresses the First All-Russia Congress of Peasants’ Deputies on the agrarian question; on behalf of the Bolshevik delegates he submits a draft resolution on the subject. |
| May 24 (June 6) | Lenin’s article “Parties in the Petrograd District Council Elections” published in Pravda No. 64. |
| Before May 25 (June 7) | Lenin drafts the resolution on measures to cope with economic disorganisation for presentation to the First Petrograd Conference of Shop Committees. The resolution is published in the Moscow Bolshevik newspaper Sotsial-Demokrat No. 64, for May 25 (June 7), over the signature of the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party. |
| May 25 (June 7) | Lenin’s article “A Deal with the Capitalists or Overthrow of the Capitalists? How to End the War” published in Pravda No. 65. |
| May 27 (June 9) | Pravda No. 67 publishes Lenin’s articles: “The Chain Is No Stronger Than Its Weakest Link”, “The Capitalists Must Be Exposed”, “Reports on the Economic Debacle”, and “‘Sleight of Hand’ and Unprincipled Politicians”. |
| May 28 (June 10) |
Pravda No. 68 publishes Lenin’s articles: “The Dark Forces Are for the Cadets, the Mensheviks and Narodniks Are in One Government with the Cadets”, “The Shameful Menshevik-Narodnik Bloc with Yedinstvo”, “Counter-Revolution Takes the Offensive. ‘Jacobins Without the People’”, “A Question of Principle. ‘Forgotten Words’ of Democracy” and “For Lack of a Clean Principled Weapon They Snatch at a Dirty One”. Lenin writes the afterword to his pamphlet The Tasks of the Proletariat in Our Revolution. |
| May 30 (June 12) | Lenin speaks at a meeting of the Petrograd Committee of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.) and submits draft resolutions on the question of a separate organ of the press for the Petrograd Committee. |
| May 31 (June 13) |
Lenin’s articles “The Harm of Phrase-mongering” and “Capitalist Mockery of the People” published in Pravda No. 69. Lenin writes his “Letter to the District Committee of the Petrograd Organisation of the R.S.D.L.P. (Bolsheviks) in connection with the decision of the Petrograd Committee to publish a press organ of its own. Lenin addresses the First Petrograd Conference of Shop Committees on workers’ control over industry. Lenin’s resolution on measures to cope with economic disorganisation is adopted by the Conference. Lenin makes a speech on the current situation at a meeting of the Bolshevik delegates to the First All-Russia Congress of the Soviets. |
| June 1 (14) | Lenin’s articles: “Infamy Justified”, “The PettyBourgeois Stand on the Question of Economic Disorganisation” and “A Mote in the Eye” are published in Pravda No. 70. |
| June 2 (15) | Lenin’s article “It Is Undemocratic, Citizen Kerensky!” published in Pravda No. 71. |
| Before June (4) | Lenin draws up the plan of a speech to be delivered at the First All-Russia Congress of the Soviets. |
| June 3 (16) | Lenin’s articles “Bolshevism and ‘Demoralisation’ of the Army” and “The Laugh Is on You!” published in Pravda No. 72. |
| June 3-24 (June 16-July 7) | Lenin attends the First All-Russia congress of Soviets of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies. |
| June 4 (17) |
Lenin speaks at the First All-Russia Congress of Soviets of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies on the attitude to the Provisional Government. Lenin’s articles “Economic Dislocation and the Proletariat’s Struggle Against It” and “The Thousand and First Lie of the Capitalists” are published in Pravda No. 73. |
| June 6 (19) |
Lenin’s articles “The Diehards of June 3 Favour an Immediate Offensive”, “An Alliance to Stop the Revolution” and “Gratitude” appear in Pravda No. 74. Lenin attends an enlarged meeting of the Party’s Central Committee and moves a resolution for a peaceful workers’ and soldiers’ demonstration. |
| June 7 (20) | Lenin’s articles “Is There a Way to a Just Peace?”, “The Enemies of the People” and “Note” appear in Pravda No. 75. |
| June 8 (21) | Lenin’s articles “‘The Great Withdrawal’”, “The Use of Sticking to the Point in Polemics”, “An Epidemic of Credulity” and “A Bird in the Hand or Two in the Bush” are published in Pravda No. 76. |
| June 9 (22) |
Lenin’s article “Introduction of Socialism or Exposure of Plunder of the State?” is published in Pravda No. 77. Lenin speaks on the war at the First All-Russia Congress of Soviets of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies. |
| Night of June 9-10 (22-23) |
Lenin attends a meeting of the Bolshevik group at the First All-Russia Congress of Soviets and then a meeting of the C.C. R.S.D.L.P.(B.). On a motion tabled by Lenin, the Central Committee resolves to call off the demonstration fixed for June 10 (23). Late at night Lenin prepares material for Pravda and C.C. directives in view of the Central Committee’s decision to call off the demonstration. |
| June 11 (24) |
Lenin’s articles “Confused and Frightened”, “Insinuations”, “‘Rumours Agitating the Population’” and “A Riddle” are published in Pravda No. 79. Lenin writes “Draft Statement by the C.C. R.S.D.L.P.(B.) and the Bureau of the Bolshevik Group to the All-Russia Congress of Soviets Regarding the Ban on the Demonstration”. At a meeting of the Petrograd Committee of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.), Lenin speaks about the calling off of the demonstration. |
| June 13 (26) | Lenin’s article “The Turning-Point” and “Letter to the Editor” appear in Pravda No. 80. |
| June 14 (27) | Lenin’s articles “The Foreign Policy of the Russian Revolution” and “A Contradictory Stand” appear in Pravda No. 81. |
| June 15 (28) | Lenin’s article “The Ukraine” is published in Pravda No. 82. |
| June 16 (29) | Lenin’s article “The Class Origins of Present-Day and ‘Future’ Cavaignacs” is published in Pravda No. 83. |
| June 16-23 (June 29-July 6) | Lenin takes a leading part in the All-Russia Conference of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.) Military Organisations on the War and Home Fronts. He is elected to the steering committee. |
| June 17 (30) |
Lenin writes a letter to the Stockholm Bureau of the C.C. R.S.D.L.P.(B.) Abroad. Lenin’s articles “How to Fight Counter-Revolution”, “The Ukraine and the Defeat of the Ruling Parties of Russia”, “Prosecute Rodzyanko and Junkovsky for Concealing an Agent Provocateur!” and “Strange Misquotations” are published in Pravda No. 84. |
| June 18 (July 1) |
Lenin holds a private meeting of the C.C. R.S.D.L.P.(B.) to discuss the results of the June 18 (July 1) demonstration. Lenin’s articles “Ruling and Responsible Parties” and “Another Commission” appear in Pravda No. 85. |
| June 20 (July 3) |
Lenin’s article “The Eighteenth of June” appears in Pravda No. 86. Lenin reports on the current situation to the AllRussia Conference of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.) Organisations on the War and Home Fronts. The First All-Russia Congress of Soviets elects Lenin to the Central Executive Committee. |
| Between June 20 and 23 (July 3 and 6) | Lenin speaks on the agrarian question at the All-Russia Conference of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.) Military Organisations on the War and Home Fronts. |
| June 21 (July 4) | Lenin’s articles “The Revolution, the Offensive, and Our Party”, “In What Way Do You SocialistRevolutionary and Menshevik Gentlemen Differ From Plekhanov?” and “How Rodzyanko Is Trying to Justify Himself” are published in Pravda No. 87. |
| June 22 (July 5) | Lenin’s article “To What State Have the Socialist-Revolutionaries and the Mensheviks Brought the Revolution?” is published in Pravda No. 88. |
| June 24 (July 7) | Lenin’s articles “Can ‘Jacobinism’ Frighten the Working Class?” and “The Need for an Agricultural Labourers’ Union in Russia” (Article One) are published in Pravda No. 90. |
| June 25 (July 8) | Lenin’s articles “The Need for an Agricultural Labourers’ Union in Russia” (Article Two) and “A Disorderly Revolution” are published in Pravda No. 91. |
| June 27 (July 10) | Lenin’s articles “A Class Shift” and “Miracles of Revolutionary Energy” are published in Pravda No. 92. |
| June 29 (July 12) | Lenin’s articles “Phrases and Facts” and “How the Capitalists Conceal Their Profits. Concerning the Issue of Control” are published in Pravda No. 94. |
| June 29-July 4 (July 12-17) | Lenin, who is ill, spends a few days in the village of Neivola, near Mustamäki Station, Finland. |
| June 30 (July 13) | Lenin’s articles “Crisis Is Approaching, Dislocation Is Increasing” and “Just How Is It to Be Done?” are published in Pravda No. 95. |
| July 1 (14) | Lenin’s articles “How and Why the Peasants Were Deceived” and “Who Is Responsible?” are published in Pravda No. 96. |
| July 3 (16) | Lenin writes the article “What Could the Cadets Have Counted on When They Withdrew From the Cabinet?” |
| Not later than July 4 (17) | Lenin writes the article “All Power to the Soviets!” It was published in Pravda No. 99 (July 18 [5]). |
| July 4 (17) | Lenin addresses demonstrators from the balcony of the Kshesinskaya Palace. |
| Night of July 4-5 (17-18) | Lenin attends a meeting of the C.C. R.S.D.L.P.(B.), which adopts an appeal for the discontinuance of the July demonstration. |
| July 5 (18) |
Lenin moves to a secret address. Lenin writes the articles “Where Is State Power and Where Is Counter-Revolution?”, “Foul Slander by Ultra-Reactionary Newspapers and Alexinsky”, “Slander and Facts”, “Close to the Truth” and “A New Dreyfus Case?” The articles were published in Listok “Pravdy” on July 19 (6). |
| July 6 (19) |
Lenin holds a meeting of the C.C. R.S.D.L.P.(B.) to discuss the July events. Lenin attends a meeting of the Executive Commission of the Petrograd Committee of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.) in the lodge of the Renault (now the Krasny Oktyabr) Works. Lenin writes “Appeal of the Executive Commission of the Petrograd Committee of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.)”. |
| July 6-7 (19-20) | Lenin writes the article “Dreyfusiad”. |
| July 7 (20) |
The Provisional Government orders Lenin’s arrest. Lenin hides in the home of S. Y. Alliluyev, a worker. Lenin writes the articles “In Refutation of Sinister Rumours” and “Three Crises”. Lenin writes a letter to the Bureau of the Central Executive Committee of the All-Russia Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies protesting against the search carried out at his home. |
| July 8 (21) | Lenin writes the article “The Question of the Bolshevik Leaders Appearing in Court”. |
| Night of July 9-10 (22-23) | Lenin leaves the home of S. Y. Alliluyev, a worker, in Petrograd, where he hid from July 7 (20) and illegally moves to the house of N. A. Yemelyanov, a worker, near Razliv Station. |
| July 10 (23)-August 8 (21) | Lenin hides in the left of Yemelyanov’s barn, near Razliv Station, but soon moves to a hut beyond Lake Razliv and lives there disguised as a mower. He keeps contacts with Petrograd through the Party comrades assigned for the purpose by the Central Committee, writes articles and speeches for the Bolshevik newspapers, and works on his book The State and Revolution. |
| July 10 (23) | Lenin writes the article “The Political Situation”. The article was published in Proletarskoye Dyelo No. 6 (August 2 [July 20]). |
| July 11 (24) | Lenin’s letter to the editors of Novaya Zhizn is published in No. 71 of that newspaper. |
| July 15 (28) | Lenin’s article “What Could the Cadets Have Counted on When They Withdrew From the Cabinet?” and “Letter to the Editors of Proletarskoye Dyelo” are published in Proletarskoye Dyelo No. 2. |
| Mid-July | Lenin writes the article “On Slogans”. The article was published in pamphlet form in 1917 by the Kronstadt Committee of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.). |
| July 19 (August 1) |
Lenin’s article “Our Thanks to Prince G. Y. Lvov” is published in Proletarskoye Dyelo No. 5. Lenin’s article “Three Crises” is published in Rabotnitsa No. 7. |
| July 26 (August 8) | Lenin writes the article “Constitutional Illusions”. |
| July 26 and 27 (August 8 and 9) | Lenin’s article “An Answer” is published in Rabochy i Soldat Nos. 3 and 4. |
| July 26-August 3 (August 8-16) | Lenin, who is underground, guides the Sixth Congress of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.), which had elected him honorary chairman and sends him a message of greeting. |
| July 29 (August 11) |
The Sixth Congress of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.) elects Lenin to the Central Committee. Lenin’s article “The Beginning of Bonapartism” is published in Rabochy i Soldat No. 6. |
| Late July | Lenin writes the article “Lessons of the Revolution”. It is published in Rabochy Nos. 8 and 9 (September 12 and 13 [August 30 and 31]) |
| August 3 (16) | The Sixth Party Congress nominates Lenin for election to the Constituent Assembly. |
| August 4 and 5 (17 and 18) | Lenin’s article “Constitutional Illusions” is published in Rabochy i Soldat Nos. 11 and 12. |
| Night of August 8-9 (21-22) | Lenin moves from Razliv to Udelnaya Station and from there, disguised as a fireman, illegally crosses the frontier into Finland on a locomotive. |
| August 10 (23)-September 17 (30) | Lenin hides in the Finnish village of Jalkala, near Terijoki Station, then in Lahti, 130 km from Helsingfors, and lastly in Helsingfors. |
| August 16 (29) | Lenin’s letter “Kamenev’s Speech in the C.E.C. on the Stockholm Conference” is published in Proletary No. 3. |
| August 17-25 (August 30-September 7) | Lenin writes a letter to the C.C. R.S.D.L.P.(B.) Bureau Abroad. |
| August 18-19 (August 31-September 1) | Lenin writes the article “Rumours of a Conspiracy”. |
| August 19 (September 1) | Lenin’s article “They Do Not See the Wood for the Trees” is published in Proletary No. 6. |
| August 24 (September 6) | Lenin’s article “Political Blackmail” is published in Proletary No. 10. |
| August 26 (September 8) | Lenin’s articles “Paper Resolutions” and “The Stockholm Conference” are published in Rabochy No. 2. |
| August 29 (September 11) | Lenin’s article “From a Publicist’s Diary. Peasants and Workers” is published in Rabochy No. 6. |
| August 30 (September 12) |
Lenin’s article “Slanderers” is published in Rabochy No. 8. Lenin writes the letter “To the Central Committee of the R.S.D.L.P.”. |
| August-September | Lenin writes The State and Revolution. The Marxist Theory of the State and the Tasks of the Proletariat in the Revolution. |
| September 1 (14) | Lenin’s article “From a Publicist’s Diary” is published in Rabochy No. 10. |
| First half of September | Lenin writes the letters “Concerning the Party Programme”, “On Zimmerwald” and “Violations of Democracy in Mass Organisations”. |
| September 1-3 (14-16) | Lenin writes the article “On Compromises”. The article is published in Rabochy Put No. 3 (September 19 [6]). |
| Not later than September 3 (16) | Lenin writes the “Draft Resolution on the Present Political Situation”. |
| September 6 (19) | The C.C. R.S.D.L.P.(B.) nominates Lenin for election as a delegate to the Democratic Conference. |
| September 10-14 (23-27) | Lenin writes the pamphlet The Impending Catastrophe and How to Combat It. |
| September 11 (24) | The Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies elects Lenin a delegate to the Democratic Conference. |
| September 14 (27) | Lenin’s article “One of the Fundamental Questions of the Revolution” is published in Rabochy Put No. 10. |
| September 15 (28) | Lenin’s article “How to Guarantee the Success of the Constituent Assembly. On Freedom of the Press” is published in Rabochy Put No. 11. |
| Prior to September 17 (30) | Lenin lives in Helsingfors (Finland). Following the July events he goes underground to escape the Provisional Government’s agents and directs the Party through his followers and associates in Petrograd. |
| September 15 (28) | The Central Committee discusses Lenin’s letters “The Bolsheviks Must Assume Power” and “Marxism and Insurrection”, which it circulated among the major Bolshevik organisations. |
| September 17 (30) | Lenin moves from Helsingfors to Vyborg to establish closer ties with the Party’s Central Committee. |
| Not later than September 22 (October 5) | Lenin writes the article “Heroes of Fraud and the Mistakes of the Bolsheviks”. Under the title “Heroes of Fraud” an abridged version of the article appeared in Rabochy Put No. 19 on September 24 (October 7). |
| September 22-24 (October 5-7) | Lenin writes the article “From a Publicist’s Diary. The Mistakes of Our Party”. |
| September 27 (October 10) | Lenin writes a letter to the Chairman of the Regional Committee of the Army, Navy and Workers of Finland, I. T. Smilga. |
| September 29 (October 12) | Lenin writes the article “The Crisis Has Matured”. |
| End of September-October 1 (14) | Lenin writes the article “Can the Bolsheviks Retain State Power?” |
| Between September 29 and October 4 (October 12 and 17) | Lenin writes his “Theses for a Report at the October 8 Conference of the Petrograd Organisation, also for a Resolution and Instructions to Those Elected to the Party Congress”. |
| Between September 30 and October 12 (October 13 and 25) | Lenin signs two applications stating his consent to stand for the Constituent Assembly as a nominee of the Northern Front of the army in the field and the Baltic Fleet. |
| October 1 (14) | Lenin writes the “Letter to the Central Committee, the Moscow and Petrograd Committees and the Bolshevik Members of the Petrograd and Moscow Soviets”, proposing that power should be taken without delay. |
| October 1-2 (14-15) | Lenin writes his message “To Workers, Peasants, and Soldiers!”, calling on them to overthrow the Kerensky government and hand power to the Soviets of Workers’, Soldiers’ and Peasants’ Deputies. |
| October 3 (16) | The Central Committee adopts a decision to invite Lenin to Petrograd. |
| October 5 (18) | The Central Committee elects a commission headed by Lenin to draft the Party’s programme. |
| October 6-8 (19-21) | Lenin writes the article “Revision of the Party Programme”. |
| October 7 (20) | Lenin returns from Vyborg to Petrograd illegally and settles in M. V. Fofanova’s flat in Vyborg District. That same day he writes his “Letter to the Petrograd City Conference. To be Read in Closed Session”. |
| October 8 (21) | Lenin writes the article “Advice of an Onlooker” and “Letter to the Bolshevik Comrades Attending the Congress of Soviets of the Northern Region, saying that the Bolsheviks should take power and giving a concrete plan for the uprising. |
| October 10 (23) |
Lenin reports to the Central Committee on the current situation; he tables a resolution calling for an armed uprising, which is adopted. The Central Committee also sets up a Political Bureau headed by Lenin to provide political guidance during the insurrection. |
| Between October 10 and 16 (23 and 29) | In M. I. Kalinin’s flat, Lenin meets members of the Central Committee and discusses preparations for the armed uprising. |
| Between October 12 and 15 (25 and 28) | Lenin has several secret meetings with O. A. Pyatnitsky, a representative of the Moscow Committee of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.), and discusses with him preparations in Moscow for the armed uprisingsigns statement agreeing to stand in the election to the Constituent Assembly as the candidate for Moscow. |
| October 14 (27) | At the flat of G. E. Jalava, an engine driver of the Finland Railway, Lenin meets leading Bolsheviks to discuss preparations for the armed uprising. |
| October 16 (29) | Lenin reports to an enlarged meeting of the Central Committee on the C.C. meeting of October 10 (23) and reads out its resolution on the armed uprising. |
| October 17 (30) | Lenin writes his “Letter to Comrades” exposing Kamenev and Zinoviev’s treacherous behaviour in opposing the armed uprising. |
| October 18 (31) | Lenin writes his “Letter to Bolshevik Party Members” demanding the expulsion of Zinoviev and Kamenev from the Party as “strike-breakers” who had divulged the secret Central Committee decision on the armed uprising. |
| October 19 (November 1) | Lenin writes his “Letter to the Central Committee of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.)” demanding the expulsion of Zinoviev and Kamenev from the Party as “strike-breakers” who had divulged the secret Central Committee decision on the armed uprising. |
| October 20 (November 2) |
Lenin writes the article “Socialist-Revolutionary Party Cheats the Peasants Once Again”. The Central Committee discusses Lenin’s “Letter to Bolshevik Party Members” and the “Letter to the Central Committee of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.)”. |
| October 24 (November 6) | Lenin writes the “Letter to Central Committee Members” demanding an immediate armed uprising. |
| Night of October 24 (November 6) |
Lenin secretly arrives in the Smolny and takes over the general practical direction of the armed uprising of the Petrograd workers, soldiers and sailors. Lenin takes part in the Central Committee meeting which discusses the formation of the Soviet Government. |
| October 25 (November 7) |
At 10 a.m., Lenin, on behalf of the Revolutionary Military Committee, writes the appeal “To the Citizens of Russia!”, announcing the overthrow of the Provisional Government and the transfer of power into the hands of the Revolutionary Military Committee. Lenin attends the meeting of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies, drafts its resolution and reports on the tasks of Soviet power. Lenin writes the appeal of the Second All-Russia Congress of Soviets of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies to Workers, Soldiers and Peasants. Lenin writes the draft decrees on peace, on land, and the formation of the Soviet Government. |
| October 26 (November 8) | Lenin takes part in the proceedings of the Second All-Russia Congress of Soviets of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies, and gives reports on peace and on land. The Congress adopts Lenin’s Decree on Peace, Decree on Land, and the resolution forming the Workers’ and Peasants’ Government; it approves the composition of the Council of People’s Commissars headed by Lenin. Lenin is elected member of the All-Russia Central Executive Committee of the Soviets of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies (Second Convocation). |
| October 26 or 27 (November 8 or 9) |
Lenin writes the “Draft Regulations on Workers’ Control”. Lenin attends the meeting of the Central Council of the Petrograd Factory Committees to discuss the introduction of workers’ control of production and the establishment of a governing economic organ. |
| October 27 (November 9) | Lenin attends the first sitting of the All-Russia Central Executive Committee (Second Convocation). |
| Night of October 27 (November 9) |
The Central Committee of the Party and the Council of People’s Commissars set up a commission headed by Lenin to organise and direct the fight against the Kerensky-Krasnov counter-revolutionary revolt. Lenin arrives at the headquarters of the Petrograd Military District, and hears the reports of N. I. Podvoisky, V. A. Antonov-Ovseyenko and K. A. Mekhanoshin on the situation obtaining after the seizure of Gatchina by General Krasnov’s Cossack units, and the plans for fighting them. On Lenin’s proposal, a decision is taken to use the ships of the Baltic Fleet in the operations against Krasnov’s troops. Lenin telegraphs an order to Helsingfors on the immediate dispatch to Petrograd of detachments of sailors and warships of the Baltic Fleet and army units to fight the Krasnov-Kerensky troops. Lenin informs the members of the Executive Commission of the Petersburg Party Committee of the Krasnov offensive against Petrograd and proposes that the digging of trenches and throwing up of barbed-wire entanglements should be started right away at the approaches to the city. |
| October 28 (November 10) |
Lenin directs the operations to defeat the KrasnovKerensky counter-revolutionary revolt, and takes part in working out plans for operations against them. Lenin holds a conference of delegates from Party organisations, factory committees, trade unions, district Soviets, and units of the Petrograd garrison on the defence of Petrograd. Lenin asks the Putilov workers to supply the front with several batteries and an armoured train. |
| Night of October 28 (November 10) | Lenin arrives at the Putilov Works, talks with workers and asks them to speed up the construction of the armoured train and assembly of guns. |
| October 29 (November 11) |
In connection with the counter-revolutionary putsch launched by officer cadets in Petrograd on the night of October 29, Lenin confers with members of the Revolutionary Military Committee. Lenin talks with member of the Moscow Revolutionary Military Committee, M. P. Tomsky, on the course of the putsch in Moscow. Lenin explains to agitators, who met at his request that there is need to call on the regiments of the Petrograd garrison to fight against the Krasnov-Kerensky counter-revolutionary troops. Lenin reports to a conference of regimental delegates of the Petrograd garrison on the current situation and speaks on the arming of units and law and order in the city. |
| October 29 (November 12) | Lenin attends a meeting of the Bolshevik group of the All-Russia Central Executive Committee to discuss the proposal of the All-Russia Executive Committee of the Railwaymen’s Trade Union (Vikzhel) on the formation of a “uniform socialist government” with the participation of Mensheviks and Socialist-Revolutionaries, and exposes Kamenev and other capitulants who supported the proposal. |
| October 30 (November 12) | Lenin writes and broadcasts the government’s announcement that power has passed to the Soviets, and that the Soviet Government is taking measures to suppress counter-revolutionary risings. |
| End of October | Lenin writes the “Draft Rules for Office Employees”. |
| November 1 (13) | Lenin addresses an enlarged meeting of the Party’s Central Committee on the treasonable behaviour of Kamenev and Ryazanov at the Vikzhel conferences. |
| November 2 (15) |
Lenin signs the Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia, proclaiming complete equality for the country’s nationalities. Lenin attends a sitting of the Party’s Central Committee to discuss the defeatist behaviour of Kamenev, Zinoviev and others. The Central Committee adopts Lenin’s resolution on the opposition within the Central Committee. |
| November 3 (16) |
Lenin writes the “Ultimatum from the Majority on the Central Committee of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.) to the Minority”. Lenin presides at a meeting of the Council of People’s Commissars to discuss Nogin’s report on the situation in Moscow and objects to any agreement with the Vikzhel. |
| November 4 (17) |
Lenin attends a meeting of the All-Russia Central Executive Committee, speaks on the question of the press and on the resignation of Nogin, Rykov, Milyutin and Teodorovich and replies to the questions of the Left Socialist-Revolutionaries. Lenin speaks at a meeting of the Petrograd Soviet and front-line delegates on the programme and tasks of the Soviet Government. |
| November 5 (18) | Lenin writes a message “To the Population” and “Reply to Questions from Peasants”; instructs the government’s secretary to hand typewritten copies of his “Reply” bearing his signature to peasant messengers arriving at the Smolny. |
| November 5-6 (18-19) | Lenin writes an appeal “From the Central Committee of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks). To All Party Members and to All the Working Classes of Russia”, branding Kamenev, Zinoviev, Nogin, Rykov and Milyutin as deserters and traitors for having left the Central Committee and the Council of People’s Commissars. |
| November 7 (20) | On behalf of the government Lenin orders the Commander-in-Chief, Dukhonin, to make an offer of an immediate ceasefire to all the belligerent countries. |
| Night of November 8 (21) |
Lenin has a direct-line conversation with General Dukhonin from the headquarters of the Petrograd Military District. Lenin arrives at the “Novaya Gollandia” radio station and writes his “Wireless Message. To All Regimental, Divisional, Corps, Army and Other Committees, to All Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army and Sailors of the Revolutionary Navy”. |
| November 9 (22) | Lenin speaks at an enlarged meeting of the Petrograd Trade Union Council on the nature of the October Revolution and the tasks of Soviet power. |
| November 10 (23) |
Lenin reports to the All-Russia Central Executive Committee on the talks with Dukhonin. Lenin approves and signs the decree abolishing social estates and civil ranks. |
| November 12 (25) | The government instruction to the Revolutionary Military Committee on strict measures to eradicate speculation and sabotage, written by Lenin, appears in Izvestia No. 223. |
| November 1 (27) | Lenin speaks before the Extraordinary All-Russia Congress of Soviets of Peasants’ Deputies on the agrarian question and reads out his draft resolution on the attitude of the Congress to the Decree on Land. |
| November 15 (28) | Lenin presides at a government meeting to discuss the establishment of an Economic Council. |
| November 16 (29) | Lenin presides at a government meeting to discuss a draft decree on revolutionary courts and the abolition of all the old judicial institutions; transfer of Ukrainian national relics to the Ukrainian people, talks with the Left Socialist-Revolutionaries on their participation in the government, etc. |
| November 18 (December 1) |
Lenin delivers a summing-up speech on the agrarian question at the Extraordinary All-Russia Congress of Soviets of Peasants’ Deputies. Lenin presides at a government meeting to discuss the questions of a Supreme Economic Conference; nationalisation of factories in the Donets area; and salaries for People’s Commissars. Lenin’s draft resolution is adopted. |
| November 19 (December 2) |
Lenin writes the draft decree of the All-Russia Central Executive Committee on the right of electors to recall deputies, and the right of Soviets of Workers’, Soldiers’ and Peasants Deputies to appoint re-elections to all representative institutions, including the Constituent Assembly. Lenin presides at a meeting of the government, writes a draft resolution on a report on a war ministry. Other items discussed at the meeting include the situation in the Ukraine and the question of the Central Rada; the query of the Moscow Soviet about the right of Soviets to sequester factories and plants; questions of trade and financial relations with Finland, a purge of the ministries, etc. |
| November 21 (December 4) | Lenin reports to the All-Russia Central Executive Committee on the right of recalling deputies to the Constituent Assembly, and tables a draft decree which is adopted. |
| November 22 (December 5) |
Lenin speaks on the current situation at the First All-Russia Congress of the Navy. Lenin presides at a government meeting to discuss the question of revolutionary courts. |
| November 25 (December 8) |
Lenin sends a letter to the Factory Committee of the Tula Arms Factory requesting rifles, pistols and other arms for the Red Guard of the Bokovsky Mountain District, Don Region. Lenin reports to the government on his talk with a delegation of the Union of Cossack Troops. |
| November 26 (December 9) | Lenin writes a letter to the headquarters of the Petrograd Military District urging the extension of urgent military aid to Orenburg against the whiteguard Cossack Chief, Dutov. |
| November 27 (December 10) |
Lenin writes the foreword to Material on the Agrarian Question. Lenin presides at a government meeting; motions a proposal to set up a special commission to implement a socialist policy in financial and economic affairs. The meeting also discusses the composition of a peace delegation for talks with Germany, instructions to the delegation, etc. Lenin writes the general political part of the “Outline Programme for Peace Negotiations”. |
| November 28 (December 11) |
Lenin writes to the All-Russia Commission for elections to the Constituent Assembly requesting it to consider him elected to the Assembly from the Baltic Fleet. Lenin presides at a government meeting to discuss the Cadet Party’s counter-revolutionary plot; he tables his draft decree on the arrest of the leaders of the civil war against the revolution. |
| November 29 (December 12) |
Lenin speaks at a Central Committee meeting on the composition of Pravda’s editorial boardis elected to the Central Committee Bureau set up to handle urgent matters. Lenin writes and tables for the government’s approval a decision transferring all war plants to productive economic operation. |
| December 1 (14) |
Lenin speaks at the All-Russia Central Executive Committee on the establishment of a Supreme Economic Council and on the Constituent Assembly. Lenin reports to the Bolshevik group of the Constituent Assembly on the Party’s tactics in respect of the Assembly. |
| December 2 (15) |
Lenin presides at a government meeting to discuss instructions to the Commander-in-Chief Krylenko on the Ukrainian question, on the Byelorussian Rada and financial support for the Byelorussian Regional Committee, etc. On behalf of the Bolshevik group, Lenin addresses the Second All-Russia Congress of Soviets of Peasants’ Deputies. |
| December 3 (16) | Lenin writes the “Main Points of a Manifesto to the Ukrainian People” and the “Manifesto to the Ukrainian People with an Ultimatum to the Ukrainian Rada”. The Manifesto is unanimously adopted by the Council of People’s Commissars. |
| December 4 (17) | Lenin reports to a meeting of the workers’ section of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies on the economic condition of the Petrograd workers and the tasks facing the working class. |
| December 5 (18) | Lenin presides at a government meeting, takes part in a commission to organise military operations against the Central Rada and addresses an appeal, on behalf of the Council of People’s Commissars, to the Ukrainian people and soldiers Lenin is also elected to a commission to examine draft regulations and instructions for volost committees. |
| December 6 (19) | Lenin issues instructions to railway commissars to give the green light to the troops train of the First Caucasian Regiment of the Fifth Caucasian Cossack Division on its way to fight the whiteguard General Kaledin. |
| December 7 (20) |
Lenin writes a note to Felix Dzerzhinsky on the fight against saboteurs and counter-revolutionaries. Lenin presides at a government meeting to discuss Dzerzhinsky’s report on the establishment and composition of the All-Russia Extraordinary Commission to Combat Counter-Revolution and Sabotage (Cheka). |
| December 11 (24) | Lenin takes part in the proceedings of the plenary meeting of the Party’s Central Committee. |
| December 11 or 12 (24 or 25) | Lenin writes the “Draft Resolution on the Provisional Bureau of the Bolshevik Group in the Constituent Assembly”, and draws up his “Theses on the Constituent Assembly”. |
| December 12 (25) | Lenin’s “Theses on the Constituent Assembly” are unanimously adopted by the Bolshevik group of the Constituent Assembly. |
| December 13 (26) | Lenin delivers a speech of greetings on behalf of the Council of People’s Commissars at the Extraordinary Congress of Railwaymen. |
| December 14 (27) |
Lenin hears reports from the chiefs of operations to seize private banks. Lenin writes the article “For Bread and Peace”. Lenin attends a meeting of the All-Russia Central Executive Committee and speaks in the debate on the report on the nationalisation of the banks. |
| Not earlier than December 14 (27) |
Lenin writes his notes on the Soviet Government’s economic policy. Lenin works out the “Draft Decree on the Nationalisation of the Banks and on Measures Necessary for Its Implementation”. Lenin attends a meeting of the Bureau of the Supreme Economic Council; tables his “Draft Decree on the Nationalisation of the Banks and on Measures Necessary for Its Implementation”, delivers a report to substantiate his project and answers questions. |
| December 15 (28) | Lenin presides at a government meeting to discuss the establishment of a commission of practical workers under the Supreme Economic Council the government adopts Lenin’s draft decision on the question. |
| December 16 (29) | Lenin presides at a government meeting to discuss transitional forms for the army in the period of demobilisation, and the formation of non-Russian units in the army, etc. |
| December 17 (30) |
Lenin presides at a government meeting to discuss a report of the Soviet peace delegation to BrestLitovsk, etc. Lenin attends a conference of delegates to the Army Congress on the Demobilisation of the Army called on his proposal, writes “Questions to Delegates to the Army Congress on the Demobilisation of the Army”, reads them out, and asks the conference and Congress delegates to answer the questions in writing. |
| December 18 (31) |
Lenin presides at a government meeting to discuss the situation at the front and the morale of the army; Lenin’s resolution is adopted. Lenin sees a Finnish Government delegation and hands it the government’s decree recognising Finland as an independent state. |
| December 19 (January 1) | Lenin presides at a government meeting; tables his draft decisions on starting talks with the Central Rada and on the action of I. Z. Steinberg, People’s Commissar for Justice, in releasing without sanction members of the Alliance in Defence of the Constituent Assembly arrested by the Cheka. |
| Night of December 20 (January 2, 1918) | Lenin presides at a government meeting to discuss preparations for the Constituent Assembly, etc. |
| December 23 (January 5, 1918) |
Lenin presides at a government meeting to discuss the draft decree on Turkish Armenia, etc. The government decides to send Lenin on a short holiday. |
| December 2 (January 6, 1918) | Lenin takes a holiday in Finland. |
| December 24-27 (January 6-9, 1918) | While on holiday, Lenin writes the articles “From a Publicist’s Diary (Topics for Elaboration)” “Fear of the Collapse of the Old and the Fight for the New”; “How to Organise Competition?”; “Draft Decree on Consumers’ Communes”. |
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