V. I. Lenin

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Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

1 This refers to the galley proofs of No. 30 of the newspaper *Sotsial-Demokrat*. It contained V. I. Lenin’s article “The Development of Revolutionary Strikes and Street Demonstrations” (see *Collected Works*, Vol. 22, pp. 281–287).
2 Antonov (A. V. Kazakov) was a Social-Democrat, a professional revolutionary. After the Second Congress of the R.S.D.L.P. he joined the Bolsheviks. He was a member of the Paris Section of the R.S.D.L.P. and of the Committee of the R.S.D.L.P. Foreign Organisation.

OUTLINE OF THE PLAN OF ARTICLES
FOR THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF KARL MARX¹
2992
[End of February 1913]

(
1) The theoretical sources and foundations of Marxism
(philosophy + economics + class struggle). x
2) Marx’s economic theory (Mehrwert *). x
3) The philosophy of Marxism.
4) Marx’s theory of class struggle.
5) Marxism and the working-class movement.
-------- 6) Marxism and the peasantry.
7) Marxism and social revolutions **.
8) Marxism and the national question.
| 9) Marxism and Russia in the 20th century. |
10) The historical destinies of Marxism³.
Europe— Europe—France—America
1848. 1859–1871. 1870–1. 1861–5.
1842– 1871
I
(29)
----------------------------------------
\ 1871– 1905
I
(34)
___________________________
11905– Russia–Persia–Turkey1905
1909
1909
-China
1911
1872 *** (32)
1904
1872
1899
1904 (27)
(5)
Marx and the International
* — surplus value.
** This line is crossed out in the manuscript.
*** All dates and figures in this frame are crossed out in the manuscript.

¹ The outline of the plan of articles on Marx dates from the end of February 1913. This is evidenced by V. I. Lenin’s letter to the editorial board of the newspaper *Pravda*. On February 21 he wrote from Cracow: “March 1 (14) will be the 30th anniversary of Marx’s death. It would be a good idea to issue a supplement for two or three kopeks, four pages of *Pravda* format, with a large portrait of Marx and a series of short articles. With advertisements (detailed) for both *Pravda* and *Prosveshcheniye*. It would probably pay for itself with a circulation of 25–30 thousand and bring in a profit. If you agree, telegraph: ‘Compile’ (we will then sit down to write) and, besides, write a more detailed reply” (V. I. Lenin, *Collected Works*, Vol. 48, pp. 164–165). So the outline of the plan of articles was evidently drawn up on February 21 or shortly afterwards.
The outline was made in pencil. Initially, the main text of 10 points was written. Then (probably after the reply from the *Pravda* editorial board) V. I. Lenin marked points 1 and 10 with brackets for himself, crossed out point 7, and additionally outlined point 9 and the topic “Marx and the International” (encircled). The outline of the periodisation of the history of Marxism (in the frame) was also added later in ink.
In accordance with this outline of the plan, two well-known articles by V. I. Lenin were written: “The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism” (see point 1 of the plan; the article was published in the journal *Prosveshcheniye* No. 3 in April 1913) and “The Historical Destiny of the Doctrine of Karl Marx” (see point 10 of the plan; the article was printed in *Pravda* on the anniversary of K. Marx’s death, March 1 (14), 1913). On Sunday, March 3 (16), a special issue of *Pravda* devoted to Marx was published. It realised two other themes outlined in Lenin’s draft.
A year later, when developing the structure of the article “Karl Marx”, V. I. Lenin used the list of main sections and problems of Marxism outlined in this draft.
² This figure corresponds to the number of articles finally intended for writing. Below, to the left of the text, the figures | 6–8 | apparently indicate the number of articles originally intended.
³ What follows are chronological notes for V. I. Lenin’s article “The Historical Destiny of the Doctrine of Karl Marx”. V. I. Lenin distinguishes three periods in the history of Marxism: 1) from the beginning of Marx’s transition to materialism and communism to the Paris Commune (1842–1871, 29 years in all), 2) from the Paris Commune to the first Russian revolution (1871–1905, 34 years in all), and 3) after the revolution of 1905 (see V. I. Lenin, *Collected Works*, Vol. 23, pp. 1–4; Vol. 26, p. 82). In the first period he highlights dates connected with such major historical events as the European revolution (1848), the period of revolutionary upsurge in Europe (1859–1871), the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune (1870–1871), the Civil War in the USA (1861–1865). In the third period he highlights the dates of revolutions in Russia, Persia, Turkey and China. This chronological series corresponds to V. I. Lenin’s statement in his article “The Historical Destiny of the Doctrine of Karl Marx”: “The Russian revolution was followed by the Turkish, the Persian, the Chinese” (see *Collected Works*, Vol. 23, pp. 3–4).
This document, as well as the “Outline of the Plan and Materials for the Work on R. Luxemburg’s Book *The Accumulation of Capital*” (see this collection, pp. 86–94), were prepared for publication and commented on by the senior research associate of the Institute, G. A. Bagaturia.