Date: 1914
Source: ru:LS/v39

DIGITAL CALCULATIONS OF MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED
BY WORKING-CLASS GROUPS THROUGH THE SOCIAL‑DEMOCRATIC
FRACTION AND THE RUSSIAN SOCIAL‑DEMOCRATIC
WORKING-CLASS FRACTION OF THE IV STATE DUMA,
AS WELL AS THE RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF BOTH FRACTIONS®
The Russian Social-Democratic Working-Class Fraction (through the
B o u r g e o i s e — via it, for various purposes)
1) From October 16, 1913, to January 23, 1914.
Workers’ Groups.
. . . 6,173.00 rubles — 7 1 9, including contributions from abroad, from private
'
"
individuals, and from students.
NB
Over the span of two months
October 16, 1913
January 23, 1914
71–31 rubles
6,173.
71.
•00
31
6,101
69
The split occurred in late October
1913
2) The Social-Democratic Fraction, from October 9, 1913, to January 23, 1914.
. . . 2,212.78 rubles — 9 4 working groups, including contributions from students, from abroad,
and from private individuals .......................................... 765 rubles 80 kopecks.
765 800
1,221 278
_ 2  212.78
663 834 “34%”
765. 80
1,019 660
885 112
1,446.98
Contributions channeled through both fractions:
Total contributions, including those not from
= = = workers:
From work-
Number of workers:
workers
= = = groups:
Russian Social-Democratic Working-Class Fraction .......................................... 6,173.00
Social-Democratic Fraction ................................2,212.78
Among the liquidators, we have Bund = 0
Bund = 1,086
Caucasus = 719
71.31
6,101.■69
765.80
1,446.d
719
94

Results of workers’ resolutions for
6 and for 7 (party)
(liquidation)
Only signatures:
1) As of October 20, 1913
.......................................
including St. Petersburg........................................
4,032
579
Jewish workers and the Caucasus . . .
168
1,722
The rest of Russia
............................
650
238
4,850
2,539
From October 20, 1913
to the end of the campaign
1,872
446
ΣΣ == 6,722
2,985
6,722
+ 2,985
£ = 9,707 for the 6th session, for the 7th session (liquidation)
Σ
St. Petersburg.
5,003
621
5,624
Bund + Caucasus
208
1,805
2,013
The remaining Russia
1,511
559
2,070
Total
6,722
2,985
9,707
4,850
2,539
Σ = 7,389
For the 6th session (as of October 20, 1913)
4,850
.
St. Petersburg......................... 4,032
.
The rest of Russia 818
.
For the 7th session
. .2,539
. . 579
. .1,997
Only signatures
St. Petersburg . . .
Jewish
workers + Caucasus
.
4,032 . . . 579
168 . . . 1,722

Jewish workers
..................158 )
C a u c a s u s .....................
Ю J
The rest of the provinces
Σ =
168
650
.1,086}
, 636 J
1,722
275
- 37
The remaining Russia 650
All
Bund
St. Petersburg.
Σ = 4,850
Σ _ 4,850
158
4,692
4,032
\
including Latvians
98
. . .
70
including Ю g ..............
203
. . . 165
»
»
Moscow district . . . .
171
. . .
—
»
»
The Urals . . . .
129
. . .
—
»
»
the remaining provinces . .
49
. . .
3
650
238
\
j
The provinces
660
. 238
2,539
. 2,539
1,086
1,453
542 }
911 j
1 Preparatory materials for the articles “Objective Data on the Strength of Different Currents within the Workers’ Movement” and “The Workers’ Response to the Formation of the Russian Social-Democratic Working-Class Fraction in the State Duma” comprise six documents. These extensive, meticulously collected, and deeply analyzed figures and facts concerning monetary contributions for the workers’ press were also utilized by V. I. Lenin in his article “How Strong Is the Left-Narodnik Current Among the Workers” (see Complete Collected Works, Volume 25, pp. 251–254). They objectively demonstrated the relative strength of the various tendencies within the workers’ movement.
In the article “Objective Data on the Strength of Different Currents within the Workers’ Movement,” Lenin presents a detailed table showing the clear superiority of the supporters of the Bolshevik “Pravda” over the liquidator and left-narodnik currents (see ibid., Volume 25, pp. 245–247). In the first part of the preparatory materials, a handwritten draft is published, penned in black ink, outlining the headings of this table—headings that Lenin revised twice. To the left of the serial numbers of the sections, he assigns paragraph numbers corresponding to the paragraphs in the original draft of the table (see ibid., between pp. 248–249). Below are the initial numerical calculations, which appear to indicate the percentage (“86.9%”) of Pravda supporters among trade unions in Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as the proportion of worker groups—Pravda supporters—who made financial contributions to newspapers in St. Petersburg in 1913.
By analyzing the volume of monetary contributions received from workers and channeled through the Bolshevik faction in the Duma for “Pravda,” the number of signatures on workers’ resolutions in support of the Bolshevik “six” deputies to the Duma, and the data on the participation of Bolshevik workers in trade unions, Lenin demonstrated that the overwhelming majority of the working class stood behind the Bolsheviks—then referred to as “Pravda supporters”—and that only they represented

a truly independent, Marxist, proletarian current, one that organized and united the vast majority of workers.
2 Notes by V. I. Lenin (typed in typeface) were made on extracts from N. K. Krupskaya’s records of financial reports submitted by the treasurers of the Social-Democratic Fraction and the Russian Social-Democratic Working-Class Fraction of the IV State Duma, published in the liquidator’s “New Workers’ Newspaper” and in the Bolshevik papers “For Pravda” and “Proletarian Pravda” (the dates of the newspaper issues are indicated on the left). These sums were composed of monetary contributions from worker groups and individual contributors toward the publication of newspapers, toward funds for striking workers, for those who had been arrested, and for various other needs of the workers’ movement.
These materials were used in the article “The Workers’ Response to the Formation of the Russian Social-Democratic Working-Class Fraction in the State Duma” (see Complete Collected Works, Volume 25, pp. 411–413).
3 On October 18, 1913, the newspaper “For Pravda” published a “Declaration” issued by Bolshevik deputies, calling on the Menshevik wing of the Social-Democratic Fraction of the IV State Duma to recognize the equal status of the “six” and the “seven” in all matters decided within the Social-Democratic Duma fraction. In their address to the workers, the Bolshevik deputies proposed that the demands of the “six” be discussed and that workers’ deputies be supported in their efforts to restore unity within the Social-Democratic Duma fraction. At the direction of V. I. Lenin, “For Pravda” launched a broad campaign against the disruptive activities of the “seven.” On its pages, the newspaper printed reports of meetings held among workers, students, white-collar employees, and exiles—meetings at which resolutions were adopted and signed in support of the Bolshevik deputies of the “six” and in condemnation of the activities of the Menshevik deputies of the “seven,” who were sowing division within the Social-Democratic Fraction. The newspaper explained the nature of the struggle unfolding within the fraction and presented numerical data confirming that the great mass of workers stood firmly on the side of the Bolshevik deputies.
This calculation was carried out
by Lenin based on extracts
from N. K. Krupskaya’s records of the newspapers “For Pravda” and “Proletarian Pravda,” spanning from November 21, 1913, to January 21, 1914. The extracts fill nine notebook-sized sheets and contain information about the city and location of each meeting, as well as the number of signatories to resolutions supporting the Bolshevik deputies of the “six.” The list bears underlines and strikethroughs made by V. I. Lenin, reflecting his thorough analysis of these materials—and his final calculations.
These data were used in the articles “Objective Data on the Strength of Different Currents within the Workers’ Movement” and “The Workers’ Response to the Formation of the Russian Social-Democratic Working-Class Fraction in the State Duma” (see Complete Collected Works, Volume 25, pp. 246, 408).
4 Lenin calculated the number of signatures in support of the Social-Democratic Fraction of the IV State Duma (“the seven”) based on extracts from N. K. Krupskaya’s records of the liquidator’s “New Workers’ Newspaper,” spanning from November 20, 1913, to January 16, 1914. The extracts occupy six notebook-sized sheets and include data on the city, the location of each meeting, and the number of participants who signed resolutions endorsing the seven Menshevik deputies. The list bears notes from Lenin, underlined in blue and red pencil, while a separate sheet contains the final calculations—calculations that were employed in the articles “Objective Data on the Strength of Different Currents within the Workers’ Movement” and “The Workers’ Response to the Formation of the Russian Social-Democratic Working-Class Fraction in the State Duma” (see Complete Collected Works, Volume 25, pp. 246, 408).
5 These calculations reveal the percentage of monetary contributions made by worker groups—supporters of the newspaper “Pravda”—to St. Petersburg’s newspapers