# Outline for the Report to the Eighth All‑Russian Congress of Soviets[35]
Source: PSS, Volume 42

Outline of the Report

Theme:

I. (A) Foreign Policy.

** Versus – in contrast to this. Ed.

The first page of V. I. Lenin’s manuscript “Outline for the Report to the Eighth All‑Russian Congress of Soviets.” – December 1920.

II. (B)

8. { Approach and Transition to the Labor Front, to Domestic Policy. }

9. Domestic Policy = Transition to the Labor Front.

10. Cf. April 29, 1918: Resolution of the VTsIK[36].

13. The Labor Front > the Difficult Front. Ergo[37]: From persuasion to coercion.

More persuasion.

14. Production Propaganda. The Central Bureau. Newspapers.

15. The Role of Trade Unions.

16. The Agrarian Project (drafted December 14, 1920).

*“Volume, Scope of Action.” Here, V. I. Lenin refers to a well‑known passage from The Holy Family (see K. Marx and F. Engels, Works, 2nd ed., vol. 2, p. 90). Ed.

17. An Economic Plan? The Base: Grain Procurement

(320–50–100–200–?300).

20. “Hydropeat.” { 21. Peat }

21. Improving Transportation

22. From Rykov’s Theses on the Plan for the Coming Years

23. The Consolidation of Economic People’s Commissariats (the Council of Labour and Defence).

(A poor pamphlet by Gusev.)

24. Economic Enthusiasm (α) Political; β) Military; γ) Economic).

25. Electrification: Fewer Politicians, More Engineers and Agronomists.

Communism = the Soviet System + Electrification.

Electrification as the Foundation of “Democracy.”

A Unified Economic Plan. A Great Plan.

The Peasants’ Yearning: “a light that is not of this world.”

Can Russia Return to Capitalism?

Sukharevka Has Been Closed.

Sukharevka Lives in the Hearts and Actions of Millions.

26. ΣΣ[38] = All to the Economic Front!!!

Electrification.

The Mandate of the VTsIK was Issued on February 7, 1920.

The Resolution of the Presidium of the VSNKh was Adopted on February 21, 1920.

The Provision of the Council of Defense Regarding GOELRO (Bulletin No. 1, April 24, 1920).

Labor: Volume.

To Calculate the Reorganization of Industry Over a Ten‑Year Period…

Program: Σ[39] = 191 pages, 17 billion in material balance.

30 District Stations

In Every School: Our Program:

Polytechnical Education + a Comprehensive Approach to Work.

Written Between December 13 and 22, 1920.

First Published in 1942 in the Leningrad Collection, Volume XXXIV.

Printed from the Manuscript