V. I. Lenin

The Third Congress of the R.S.D.L.P.

APRIL 12–27 (APRIL 25–MAY 10), 1905

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SPEECH IN THE DEBATE ON THE RESOLUTION ON THE QUESTION OF OPEN POLITICAL
ACTION BY THE
R.S.D.L.P. {1}

APRIL 19 (MAY 2)

Comrade Sergeyev is wrong. We have before us the integrated question of
changing the character of Social-Democratic activity, and that is what the
resolution states.

| Trety ocherednoi syezd R.S.D.R.P. Polny tekst protokolov , Central committee publication, Geneva, 1905 | |
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Notes:
{1}
A reference to the speech by A. I. Rykov (Sergeyev) at the thirteenth
sitting of the Congress against the draft resolution motioned by
V. I. Lenin and P. P. Rumyantsev (Filippov). Rykov said that “the
resolution does not apply to the agenda” and that its points “could be
referred to the question of the liberals and agitation”; he proposed that
they should be examined during the discussion of the corresponding items on
the agenda. The Congress rejected Rykov’s proposal, and adopted the draft
resolution.

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