Protest against the Credo – {151} formation of a literary group – {152} attempt to participate in a party congress – {153} travels throughout Russia by members of the literary group – meetings in Petersburg, Pskov, Moscow, Nizhny, Kazan, Samara, Poltava, Kharkov, Ufa, in the Crimea, in Kiev.

Work on *Iskra* + *Zarya* from Russia.

1) February 1900 – December 1900{154}.

2) December 1900 – February 1902.

166 "The Horses" – conspiratorial name for the Baku group of *Iskra* supporters who in 1901 organized the transport of *Iskra* and *Iskra* literature from abroad into Russia and the printing of *Iskra* in an illegal Baku printing press. The transport went through Vienna to Persia (Tabriz), and from there the literature was conveyed to Baku on horseback (hence the conspiratorial name of this group – "the Horses"). The group included L. B. Krasin, V. Z. Ketskhveli, S. Ya. Alliluyev, V. A. Shelgunov, L. Ye. Galperin, and others.

3) February 1902 –

167 This concerns the organization of transport of *Iskra* and illegal *Iskra* literature from abroad into Russia. The conveyance of literature was carried out by special transport groups and individual persons via land and sea routes.

The aforementioned Latvians – a group of Zurich student-Latvians E. Rolau, E. Skubik, and others, who organized the transport of illegal literature into Russia through the Baltic region. As it was later established, the gendarmes had information about the work of this group; shipments of *Iskra* publications organized by the Latvians in December 1900 and in June 1901 were confiscated.

There is no information about the work of the aforementioned group of Poles.

"Suitcases" – one of the methods of transporting illegal literature in traveling suitcases with false bottoms.

* The lower edge of the manuscript page, where the final words of the sentence were written, is torn. Ed.

Written in May – July, no later than 17 (30), 1903.

First published in 1927 in Lenin Collection VI.

Printed from the manuscript.