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 ON RUMYANTSEV’S RESOLUTION ON THE SPLINTER SECTION OF THE
PARTY {1}

APRIL 28 (MAY 6)

Ifind the first part unacceptable: how, given the split, is one to
refrain from agitating? As for dissolving the Menshevik committees, that
should be done with extreme caution.

| First published in 1924 in the book Trety ocherednoi syezd R.S.D.R.P. 1906 goda. Polny tekst protokolov | |
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| Printed from the text of the book | |

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Notes:
{1}
A draft resolution motioned by P. P. Rumyantsev (Filippov) said that
there should be no agitation on the periphery and in the workers’ masses
against whole Menshevik organisations or against individuals refusing to
accept the Congress decisions, and that dissolution of Menshevik committees
and establishment of Bolshevik committees where parallel organisations
exist should be carried out in a most cautious manner, only when it was
quite clear that a majority of the local committee members had refused to
accept the decisions of the Third R.S.D.L.P. Congress. After a debate, the
first part of the resolution was rejected, and the second adopted in the
wording of Lenin and Bogdanov (Maximov) as not subject to publication (see
Trety syezd R.S.D.R.P. , p. 363).

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