J. V. Stalin
Source: Works, Vol. 6, January 1924-December 1924, pp. 439-450
Publisher: Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, 1954
Transcription/Markup: Brian Reid
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January 4
The Krasnaya Presnya District Conference of the. R.C.P.(B.) elects J. V. Stalin a delegate to the Moscow Gubernia Party Conference.
January 9
J. V. Stalin gives an interview to a Rosta correspondent on the discussion concerning the situation in the Party.
January 14-15
J. V. Stalin directs the proceedings of the plenum of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.).
January 14
At the plenum of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.) J. V. Stalin reports on the draft resolution “Immediate Tasks in Party Affairs” for the Thirteenth Party Conference.
January 15
The plenum of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.) appoints J . V. Stalin reporter at the Thirteenth Conference of the R.C.P.(B.) on the question of “Immediate Tasks in Party
Affairs.”
January 16-18
J . V. Stalin directs the proceedings of the Thirteenth Conference of the R.C.P.(B.).
January 16
The Thirteenth Conference of the R.C.P.(B.) elects J. V. Stalin to the presidium of the conference.
January 17
J. V. Stalin reports to the Thirteenth Conference of the R.C.P.(B.) on “Immediate Tasks in
Party Affairs.”
January 18
J . V. Stalin replies to the discussion at the Thirteenth Conference of the R.C.P.(B.) on his report on “Immediate Tasks in Party Affairs.”
January 19
The Eleventh All-Russian Congress of Soviets elects J. V. Stalin to the presidium of the congress.
January 21
6.50 p. m.
Death of V. I. Lenin (in Gorki).
9.30 p. m.
J. V. Stalin with the other members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the
R.C.P.(B.) leave for Gorki.
January 22
J . V. Stalin makes amendments to the text of the appeal of the Eleventh All-Russian Congress
of Soviets “To All the Working People of the U.S.S.R.” concerning the death of V. I. Lenin.
In a telegram to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Bukhara, J . V. Stalin announces the death of V. I. Lenin and appeals for support of Lenin’s policy of strengthening the alliance between the workers and peasants, and for closer solidarity with the Soviet government.
January 23
9 a. m.
J. V. Stalin and other members of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.) carry out the coffin with Lenin’s body from the house in Gorki.
1.30 p. m. - 2.45 p. m.
J. V. Stalin and delegates at the Second All-Union Congress and the Eleventh All-Russian Congress of Soviets, members of the Central Committee of the Party, members of the Government, workers, and representatives of various organisations, carry the coffin with Lenin’s body from the Paveletsky Railway Station to the House of Trade Unions.
6.10 p. m.
J. V. Stalin stands in the guard of honour at Lenin’s bier in the Hall of Columns of the House of Trade Unions.
January 25
Pravda, No. 20, publishes the appeal of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.), signed
by J. V. Stalin, to all Party organisations, institutions and to the press to collect all documents, etc., concerning V. I. Lenin and to send them to the Lenin Institute of the Central
Committee of the R.C.P.(B.).
January 26
8.24 p. m. - 8.40 p. m.
At the memorial session of the Second Congress of Soviets of the U.S.S.R., J. V. Stalin delivers a speech “On the Death of Lenin” and in the name of the Bolshevik Party takes a vow to guard and fulfil the behests of Lenin.
January 27
8 a. m.
J. V. Stalin stands in the guard of honour at Lenin’s bier in the Hall of Columns of the House of Trade Unions.
8.30 a. m.
J. V. Stalin stands at the head of Lenin’s bier in the Hall of Columns of the House of Trade Unions.
9 a. m.
J. V. Stalin and workers’ representatives carry out the coffin with Lenin’s body from the House of Trade Unions.
4 p. m.
On the conclusion of the memorial meeting in the Red Square, J. V. Stalin, V. M. Molotov and others, lift the coffin with Lenin’s body and proceed towards the tomb.
January 28
J. V. Stalin delivers a speech at a gathering of students of the A.R.C.E.C. Kremlin Military
School, held in memory of V. I. Lenin.
January 29
At a sitting of the Eleventh All-Russian Congress of Soviets, J. V. Stalin is elected to the
All-Russian Central Executive Committee.
January 29, 31
J. V. Stalin directs the proceedings of the plenum of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.).
January 30
J. V. Stalin is elected to the presidium of the Second Congress of Soviets of the U.S.S.R.
February 2
At a sitting of the Second All-Union Congress of Soviets, J. V. Stalin is elected to the Soviet
of the Union of the Central Executive Committee of the U.S.S.R.
At a sitting of the first session of the Central Executive Committee of the U.S.S.R. (second convocation), J. V. Stalin is elected to the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the U.S.S.R.
At a sitting of the first session of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (eleventh convocation), J. V. Stalin is elected to the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee.
February 3
At the plenum of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.), J. V. Stalin speaks on the report of the commission that investigated the state of the Red Army.
March 5-12
On the instructions of J. V. Stalin, the commission of the Central Executive Committee of the U.S.S.R. appointed to perpetuate the memory of V. I . Lenin confers with prominent Soviet scientists on the question of preserving the body of V. I. Lenin.
March 25
J. V. Stalin completes his “Outline of Studies in Leninism.” The “Outline” was published in May 1924 in the magazine Krasnaya Molodyozh (Red Youth), No. 1.
March 27
At a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.), J. V. Stalin
speaks on the report on internal trade and the consumers’ co-operatives.
March 31 - April 2
J. V. Stalin directs the proceedings of the plenum of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.).
April 1
At the plenum of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.), J. V. Stalin speaks on the report
on internal trade and the consumers’ co-operatives.
April 2
At the plenum of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.( B. ), J . V. Stalin speaks on M. I. Kalinin’s report on work in the countryside.
April 3
Pravda, No. 76, publishes the announcement of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.), signed by J . V. Stalin, of the convocation of the Thirteenth Congress of the R.C.P.(B.) on May
20, 1924.
J . V. Stalin speaks at the C.C., R.C.P.(B.) conference on work among the youth.
Beginning of April
J. V. Stalin delivers lectures at the Sverdlov University on The Foundations of Leninism.
April 28
J. V. Stalin, with other comrades formerly in Baku, sends greetings to the Baku organisation of the Communist Party on its twenty-fifth anniversary.
May 9
In a telegram to the Revolutionary Military Council of the Baltic Fleet, J. V. Stalin states
that, owing to the preparations for the forthcoming Thirteenth Party Congress, he cannot
accept the invitation to attend the Fleet’s celebrations. This telegram was published in the newspaper Krasny Baltiisky Flot (Red Baltic Fleet), No. 106, May 15, 1924.
May 11
The Twentieth Leningrad Gubernia Party Conference elected J. V. Stalin to the Leningrad Gubernia Committee of the Party and also as a delegate to the Thirteenth Congress of the R.C.P.(B.).
May 15
The Third Congress of the Transcaucasian Communist organisations elects J. V. Stalin as a delegate to the Thirteenth Congress of the R.C.P.(B.).
May 18
The Twelfth Moscow Gubernia Party Conference elects J. V. Stalin as a delegate to the Thirteenth
Congress of the R.C.P.(B.).
May 23-31
J. V. Stalin directs the proceedings of the Thirteenth Congress of the R.C.P.(B.), the first
Party congress held since the death of V. I. Lenin.
May 23
J. V. Stalin and the members of the presidium of the Thirteenth Congress of the R.C.P.(B.)
take the salute at the Young Pioneers’ parade held in the Red Square, Moscow, in honour of
the Thirteenth Congress.
J. V. Stalin presents S. M. Kirov with a copy of the book On Lenin and Leninism with the inscription: “To my friend and beloved brother, from the author. J. Stalin.”
May 24
J . V. Stalin makes the Central Committee’s organisational report at the Thirteenth Congress of the R.C.P.(B.).
May 27
At the Thirteenth Congress of the R.C.P.(B.), J . V. Stalin replies to the discussion on the
Central Committee’s organisational report.
May 29
At the Thirteenth Congress of the R.C.P.(B.), J. V. Stalin is elected to the commission on
work among the youth.
May 31
The Thirteenth Congress of the R.C.P. (B.) elects J. V. Stalin to the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.).
June 2
The plenum of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.) elects J. V. Stalin to the Political
Bureau, Organising Bureau and the Secretariat, and re-elects him General Secretary of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.).
June 4
Greetings to the Baku workers on the occasion of the opening of a new gusher in the Surakhani
oil field, signed by J. V. Stalin and the other members of the presidium of the Thirteenth Congress of the R.C.P.(B.), are published in the newspaper Bakinsky Rabochy (Baku Worker), No. 125.
June 12
The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.) appoints J. V. Stalin to the
commission of the plenum of the Central Committee on work in the countryside.
June 17
J. V. Stalin delivers a report on the “Results of the Thirteenth Congress of the R.C.P. (B.)” at the C.C., R.C.P.(B.) Courses for Secretaries of Uyezd Party Committees.
June 17 - July 8
J. V. Stalin takes part in the proceedings of the Fifth Congress of the Communist International.
June 17
J . V. Stalin is elected to the presidium of the Fifth Congress of the Comintern.
June 19
The Fifth Congress of the Comintern elects J. V. Stalin to the commission for drafting the
resolution on Leninism, and to the political and programme commissions.
June 20
A sitting of the Fifth Congress of the Comintern endorses J. V. Stalin’s appointment as chairman of the Polish commission.
June 27
The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.) appoints J. V. Stalin to the
Central Committee’s commission on work among working women and peasant women.
June
The magazine Rabochy Korrespondent, No. 6, publishes J. V. Stalin’s interview with a representative of this magazine on the functions of worker and peasant correspondents.
July 1-3
J. V. Stalin directs the meetings of the Polish commission of the Fifth Congress of the Comintern.
July 3
J. V. Stalin delivers a speech on “The Communist Party of Poland” a t a meeting of the Polish commission of the Fifth Congress of the Comintern.
July 5
J . V. Stalin, with the other members of the presidium of the Fifth Congress of the Comintern,
signs the “Manifesto of the Communist International to the World Proletariat” that
was adopted by the congress.
July 8
J. V. Stalin is elected to the Executive Committee and to the Presidium of the E.C. of the Comintern.
July 15
J. V. Stalin writes a letter to Demyan Bedny.
July 25
The appeal of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.) to all Party organisations, signed
by J. V. Stalin, concerning measures to be taken to combat the drought and its consequences, is
published in Pravda, No. 167.
July 28
J. V. Stalin speaks at a meeting of the Organising Bureau of the Central Committee of the
R.C.P.(B.) on the report of the Bureau’s commission on work in the Red Army.
July 31
In a letter to Manuilsky, J. V. Stalin gives his views on the resolutions adopted by the Fifth
Congress of the Comintern on the national question in Central Europe and in the Balkans, and on Eastern and colonial questions.
July
J. V. Stalin makes amendments to the text of the appeal of the Executive Committee of the Comintern “To All the Organisations of the Communist Party of Poland.”
August 2
J. V. Stalin writes the article “Y. M. Sverdlov.”
August
4 J. V. Stalin speaks at a meeting of the Organising Bureau of the Central Committee of the
R.C.P.(B.) on the report of the Bureau’s commission on the Young Pioneer movement.
August 11
J. V. Stalin speaks at a meeting of the Organising Bureau of the Central Committee of the
R.C.P.(B.) on the report of the commission on the education of the Party members of the
Lenin Enrolment.
August 16-20
J. V. Stalin directs the proceedings of the plenum of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.).
September 12
J. V. Stalin finishes the article “Concerning the International Situation,” published in Pravda, No. 214, September 20, and in the magazine Bolshevik, No. 11.
October 20
J. V. Stalin has a talk with young correspondents of the magazine Yuniye Stroitely (Young Builders).
October 21-24
J. V. Stalin takes part in the proceedings of a conference of secretaries of rural Party units
called by the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.).
October 22
At the conference of secretaries of rural Party units called by the Central Committee of
the R.C.P.(B.), J . V. Stalin speaks on “The Party’s Immediate Tasks in the Countryside.”
October 25-27
J. V. Stalin directs the proceedings of the plenum of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.).
October 26
At the plenum of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.), J . V. Stalin speaks on “The
Party’s Tasks in the Countryside.”
Before November 7
J. V. Stalin receives a delegation representing the workers of the Dynamo Factory, who invite
him to attend a meeting at the factory on November 7 to celebrate the seventh anniversary of
the Great October Socialist Revolution.
November 7
J. V. Stalin speaks at a meeting of the workers at the Dynamo Factory held on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution and the unveiling of a memorial plaque to commemorate Lenin’s visit to the factory in 1921. J. V. Stalin makes an entry in the Red Book of the factory.
November 15
J. V. Stalin writes his greetings to the First Cavalry Army on the occasion of its fifth anniversary.
November 16
On the instructions of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.), J. V. Stalin writes a letter
to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Germany in connection with the forthcoming
Reichstag elections. In the letter he exposes the treacherous role played by counter-revolutionary German Social-Democracy.
November 17
J . V. Stalin’s greetings to Kreslyanskaya Gazeta on its first anniversary are published in that newspaper, No. 51.
November 19
J. V. Stalin delivers a speech on “Trotskyism or Leninism?” at a plenary meeting of the Communist group in the A.U.C.C.T.U.
November 20
The Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.) appoints J. V. Stalin to the Council of the Lenin
Institute of the C.C., R.C.P.(B.).
November 29
In the name of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.) J . V. Stalin sends a letter to the
Central Committee of the C.P.(B.) of the Ukraine on the fight against Trotskyism.
December 8
J. V. Stalin speaks at a meeting of the Organising Bureau of the Central Committee of the
R.C.P.(B.) on the report of the commission on the education of the Party members of the Lenin Enrolment.
December 17
J. V. Stalin finishes the preface to his book On the Road to October.
December 19
J. V. Stalin signs a circular letter of the Central Committee of the R.C.P.(B.) to all Party
organisations calling for strict implementation of the decisions on internal trade adopted by the Thirteenth Congress of the R.C.P.(B.).