V. I. Lenin

EIGHTH CONGRESS OF THE R.C.P.(B.)

MARCH 18-23, 1919



  

Published in Pravda,
March-April 1919
 
 
 
 
 

Published according to the
book Eighth Congress of the
Russian Communist Party
(Bolsheviks), Verbatim Report,

Kommunist Publishers, Moscow, 1919
Verified with the shorthand
notes and the Pravda text



From V. I. Lenin, Collected Works, 4th English Edition,
Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1965

Vol. 29, pp. 141-225.

Translated from the Russian
Edited by George Hanna


Prepared © for the Internet by David J. Romagnolo, [email protected] (December 1999)

EIGHTH CONGRESS OF THE R.C.P.(B.). March 18-23, 1919 [23] .   .


141

1.

SPEECH OPENING THE CONGRESS. MARCH 18   .   .   .   .   .

143

2.

REPORT OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. MARCH 18 .   .   .   .

146

3.

REPORT ON THE PARTY PROGRAMME. MARCH 19   .   .   .   .

165

4.
 

SPEECH CLOSING THE DEBATE ON THE PARTY PROGRAMME.
MARCH 19 .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


186

5.
 
 

WIRELESS MESSAGE OF GREETING ON BEHALF OF THE CON-
GRESS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HUNGARIAN SOVIET
REPUBLIC. MARCH 22 .  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


 
197

6.

REPORT ON WORK IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. MARCH 23  .   .   .

198

7.
 
 

SPEECH IN OPPOSITION TO A MOTION TO CLOSE THE DE-
BATE ON THE REPORT ON WORK IN THE COUNTRYSIDE.
MARCH 23 .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


 
216

8.

RESOLUTION ON THE ATTITUDE TO THE MIDDLE PEASANTS .

217

  9.

SPEECH CLOSING THE CONGRESS. MARCH 23  .   .   .   .   .

221


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