V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v26;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

Date: 1906
Source: Lenin Miscellany, Volume 26
Pages: 37-38

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Dear A[natoly] V[asilyevich]!
My wife and I have been sitting in Geneva for several days now...
It is sad, devil take it, to return again to accursed Geneva, but
there is nothing to be done! After the rout in Finland, nothing
remained but to transfer *Proletary* abroad. That is what the
board decided. The only question is whether to Geneva or some
other place. We are making inquiries for the time being, but I
personally think that Geneva and London are the only places
where it is free. And London is expensive.
I have read your pamphlet on Stuttgart in full: the IIIrd appendix
arrived extremely late, and I barely managed to read it just before
my departure. In my opinion, it turned out very well with you, and all the comrades were very pleased with the pamphlet. We all considered it superfluous to “correct” it: it would be a great pity to erase your colours and spoil a vividly written piece. Besides, there is no syndicalism in it: there is only, in my opinion, a number of great imprudences “for exploitation” by Plekhanov and Co. Have you seen his cavils and vile quibbles in *Obrazovaniye* or *Sovremenny Mir*?¹ We will always have such opponents and must be three times as cautious. Moreover, you also forgot about the Socialist-Revolutionaries, who have long been attacking the German Social-Democrats, using the criticism of the syndicalists and distorting the criticism into a demolition of Marxism.
I do not know whether our people will now be able to publish your pamphlet.* It is difficult to publish now.
Did you receive my 1st volume?²
How are you getting on? How is the heir? They say you travelled excellently with Gorky?
Write about what you are working on. We certainly count on you both for collaboration in *Proletary* and for lectures. Isn’t that so?
6.
13. I. 1908. [Geneva]

Where is Gorky? I wrote to him at Capri (villa Blaesus). Will it reach him?
I firmly shake your hand.
Yours, Lenin.
Address: Mr. VI. Oulianoff.
17. Rue des deux Ponts. 17.
(chez Küpfer)
Genève.
LETTERS TO A. V. LUNACHARSKY
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¹ G. Plekhanov developed his point of view on the trade union movement in articles: “Mannheim” in No. 9–10 of the journal *Sovremennaya Zhizn* for 1906 and “Criticism of the Theory and Practice of Syndicalism” in Nos. 11 and 12 of the journal *Sovremenny Mir* for 1907.
² This refers to the collection of articles by Lenin (Vl. Ilyin) “For 12 Years. Volume One. Two Trends in Russian Marxism and Russian Social-Democracy. St. Petersburg. 1908” (in fact the volume came out at the end of November 1907).