Written: Written on November 2, 1912
Published:
First published in 1923 in the book Iz epohhi “Zvezdy” i “Pravdy” (1911–14), Part III.
Sent from Cracow to St. Petersburg.
Printed from the typewritten copy found in police records.
Source:
Lenin
Collected Works,
Progress Publishers,
[1976],
Moscow,
Volume 35,
pages 61-62.
Translated: Andrew Rothstein
Transcription\Markup:
R. Cymbala
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Dear Colleague^
I read today in Pravda and in Luch about the result of the elections for the worker curia in Petersburg. I cannot but express to you my congratulations on the leading article in No. 146. At a moment of defeat, inflicted not by the Social-Democrats (analysis of the figures clearly shows that it was not Social-Democrats who got the liquidators in), the editorial hoard at once look the appropriate, firm and dignified tone in pointing out the significance of a protest in principle against “belittling”. Don’t misunderstand, these lines. Don’t think that they are produced by anything except the desire to share my thoughts, so natural for a constant contributor. It was a difficult time. The struggle was hard. Almost everything possible was done, but demoralisation had its effect, and the non-Party workers gave their votes to the opportunists. All the more essential, then, is the strictly principled, insistent and stubborn work of the united whole (the united editorial board, for example, or the general body of contributors, and so forth) to counteract the demoralisation.
It is extremely important not to break off the study of the election results which Pravda began, but to continue it. To collect and print the votes of all the candidates (you have only 9 out of 13). To collect and print an enquiry into how the non-Party workers voted, how the Putilov workers voted (7 and 2 liquidators), the Semyannikov workers voted (2 and 1 liquidator), and so on, factory by factory.
Only Pravda can do this important job with success.
Greetings and best wishes.
Yours,
Lenin
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