V. I.

Lenin

On the So-Called Armenian Social-Democratic Workers’ Organisation

We are in receipt of a letter from the Central Commit tee, informing us
that the Armenian Social-Democratic Workers’ Organisation has expressed a desire
to sign the resolution adopted at the conference of all
Social-Democratic parties. [1]

The Central Committee, however, does not agree to accept this
signature, because it was opposed to the participation in the conference of
this organisation, which is purely foreign and has no serious links within
Russia. We hope soon to publish in Proletary more detailed in formation
concerning the true nature of this organisation. For the time being we shall
merely observe that all those who wish to help a really Social-Democratic
movement among the Armenian workers in the Caucasus should have dealings only
with the Caucasian organisations of the R.S.D.L.P., which publish Armenian
literature in the Caucasus, and not in Geneva.

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Notes:
[1]
The Conference of Social-Democratic Organisations in Russia was held in Riga on September 7-9 (20-22), 1905. For the resolutions
passed by the Conference see The C.P.S.U. in Resolutions and Decisions of Its Congresses, Conferences and Plenary Meetings of the Central Committee ,
Russ. ed., Moscow 1953, Part 1, pp. 91-94.

In a letter to members of the Central Committee of the R.S.D.L.P. dated
September 7, 1905 Lenin spoke of the close ties between the “Armenian
Social-Democratic Workers’ Organisation” and the Bund (see Lenin Miscellany V , p. 493).