V. I.

Lenin

Draft Decision for the Politbureau of the C.C., R.C.P.(B.) on The Tasks of the R.C.P.(B.) in Turkestan [1]

The theses and draft to be endorsed as a whole, but both to
be amended in the direction of (1) equalising land tenure of Russians and newcomers with that of local
people;

(2) overcoming, ousting and subordinating Russian kulaks in the most
energetic manner; (3) not giving the Turkestan

Commission [2] the right to alter decrees without obtaining the consent
of the Turkestan Central Executive Committee and the Turkestan Council of
People’s Commissars and without consulting the centre; (4) systematically considering, preparing and carrying out the transfer
of power-gradually but steadily-to the local

Soviets of working people , under the control of reliable Communists; (5) the question of dividing the Republic into 3 parts not to be
decided beforehand; (6) the general task to be, not communism, but the overthrow of
feudalism.

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Notes:
[1]
Lenin’s draft was adopted with slight amendments at a meeting of the
Politbureau of the C.C. on June 22, 1920, at which the theses and draft
resolution on the Turkestan Republic drawn up by a special commission were
discussed. For this commission’s draft with Lenin’s remarks see Lenin’s