1) The disintegration of the propertied exploiting classes

2) the majority of the population – peasants subject to medieval exploitation

3) petty craftsmen – in industry

4) conclusion: to adapt both the Soviet institutions and the Communist Party (its composition, its specific tasks) to the level of peasant countries of the colonial East.

This is the essence of it. This is what must be thought through and concrete answers must be sought for.

Written between July 24 and 29, 1920

Published for the first time, from the manuscript