by V. I. Lenin (Author)

Translation of the fourth, enlarged Russian edition prepared by the Institute of Marxism-Leninism, Central Committee of C.P.S.U., with some corrections in accordance with the fifth Russian edition, and some added editorial comments.

Author Biography

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by the alias Lenin (1870-1924), was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He played a leading role in the Bolshevik revolution of October 1917.