For the Russian masses, the proletarians, knew for certain, and already saw during the war, and in part before their very eyes, that the peasants would soon be on their side.

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The revolution in Russia was victorious with the help of the poor peasants. This should...

The revolution in Russia was victorious with the help of the poor peasants. This should...

But the question is to find and rear leaders that are really one with the...

But the question is to find and rear leaders that are really one with the...

As farmers or owners, the poor peasants possess a piece of land. The excellent means...

As farmers or owners, the poor peasants possess a piece of land. The excellent means...

To judge from all Communist papers, magazines and brochures, and from all public assemblies, one...

To judge from all Communist papers, magazines and brochures, and from all public assemblies, one...

You should not do this, Comrade. We are only in the introductory stage yet, here...

You should not do this, Comrade. We are only in the introductory stage yet, here...

The revolution came so suddenly, and in a way so utterly different from what we...

The revolution came so suddenly, and in a way so utterly different from what we...

The revolution in Russia was terrible for the proletariat in the long years of its...

The revolution in Russia was terrible for the proletariat in the long years of its...

The poor peasant here hives under conditions quite different from those of Russia. Though often...

The poor peasant here hives under conditions quite different from those of Russia. Though often...

This is the absolute truth: and on this truth our tactics must be based. All...

This is the absolute truth: and on this truth our tactics must be based. All...

Because in Russia you were able to triumph with the help of a large class...

Because in Russia you were able to triumph with the help of a large class...

Moreover, in Russia there was an enormous amount of landed property to be divided, large...

Moreover, in Russia there was an enormous amount of landed property to be divided, large...

Of course you know this difference as well as I do, only you failed to...

Of course you know this difference as well as I do, only you failed to...

And it is practically the same in the case of the four or five million...

And it is practically the same in the case of the four or five million...

Many a trace, and many a germ of this infantile disease, to which without a...

Many a trace, and many a germ of this infantile disease, to which without a...

There is an enormous difference between Russia and Western Europe.

There is an enormous difference between Russia and Western Europe.

What does it mean with regard to tactics, this fact that the proletariat of Western...

What does it mean with regard to tactics, this fact that the proletariat of Western...