The questionnaire for delegates to the X All-Russian Congress of the RCP

1. Surname: Ulyanov (Lenin)

2. First name and patronymic: Vladimir Ilyich

3. To which party organization do you belong? (Provincial, city, county, army, division) Central Committee of the RCP, Moscow City

4. Delegate’s bi-—deciding, deliberative—No. 21, deliberative
5. How were you elected (at the provincial conference, county conference, army conference, division conference, general assembly, etc.), and when: elected by the Central Committee, as a deliberative delegate

6. Number of party members represented—at the provincial conference, county conference, army conference, division conference where you were elected to the Congress: 19 members in the Central Committee

7. At which All-Russian Party Congresses have you taken part? All of them, except for July 1917 (or August?)

8. Year of birth and age: 1870

9. Health status and disability: in good health

10. Marital status (number of family members dependent on you): my wife and sister live with me

11. Nationality: Russian

12. Native language: Russian

13. Other languages you know—and how well you know them: English, German, French—poorly; Italian—very poorly

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR DELEGATES TO THE X ALL-RUSSIAN CONGRESS OF THE RCP
14. Which regions of Russia do you know well, and how many years have you lived there? You know the Volga region best—where you were born and lived until the age of 17.

15. Have you ever been abroad (when, where, for how long)? In several countries of Western Europe in 1895; from 1900 to 1905; from 1908 to 1917.

16. Military training: none whatsoever

17. Education (which educational institutions did you attend, did you complete your studies—if not, how many grades or courses did you successfully finish?): In 1891, you graduated (passed the exam as an external student) from the Faculty of Law at St. Petersburg University.

18. Primary occupation prior to 1917: writer

19. What specializations do you possess? None whatsoever

20. What did you do after 1917, aside from party, Soviet, professional, and similar work? Aside from the aforementioned activities, only literary work.

21. To which professional union do you currently belong? The Union of Journalists.

22. What work have you performed since 1917—Soviet, military, professional, economic (other than party work)?
When (from what time to what time, specify month and year) Where (province, county, city, army, division) In which institution What position
From X. 1917 to March 1921, Moscow—Chairman of the Sovnarkom and the Council of Labour and Defence

23. What work—Soviet, military, economic, professional—are you engaged in while completing this questionnaire (aside from party work)?
When (from what time, specify month and year) Where (province, county, city, army, division) In which institution What position
From X. 1917, Moscow—Chairman of the Sovnarkom and the Council of Labour and Defence

24. Since when have you been a member of the RCP (Bolsheviks)? Since 1894.

25. Did you ever belong to other parties? If so, which ones, when, and for how long? No.

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR DELEGATES TO THE X ALL-RUSSIAN CONGRESS OF THE RCP
26. Did you take part in revolutionary movements before 1917?
When (from what time to what time) Where (province, county, city) In which organization What work
1892–1893, 1894–1895, 1895–1897, 1898–1900, 1900–1905, 1905–1907, 1908–1917—Samara, St. Petersburg, prison, Siberia (Yenisei Governorate), abroad, St. Petersburg, abroad—illegal Social Democratic circles, and from the very founding of the RSDLP, a member of that organization.
27. Were you subjected to repression for revolutionary activities (when, on what charges)? Arrested in 1887; arrested again in 1895–1897; exiled to Siberia from 1898 to 1900; arrested in 1900.
28. How much time did you spend: in prison, in hard labor, in exile, in emigration—several days + 14 months—absent for three years, 9–Shlet.
29. What party work have you been carrying out since 1917?
Where (province, When (from what county, city, In which In what
time to what time, specify army, division. institution position
month and year)
etc.)
From X. 1917 to March
Moscow—Central Committee, member of the Central Committee
1921

30. What party work are you engaged in while completing this questionnaire?
When (from what time) Where (city, province, county, army, division) In which institution What position
From X. 1917 to March 1921, Moscow—Central Committee, member of the Central Committee
31. Have you ever been held accountable before the judicial bodies of the RSFSR or party tribunals (when, where, on what charge)? No.
March 7, 1921. Signature of the delegate: V. Ulyanov (Lenin)
First published, in incomplete form, on January 21, 1926, in the newspaper “Na smenu” (Sverdlovsk), No. 5.
Published in full in 1932 in the Lenin Collection XX.

Printed from the form completed by V. I. Lenin.