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The Workers' Opposition in the Russian Communist Party
Documents, 1919-30
Series: - Historical Materialism Book Series, Volume: 236
Editor / Translator:
The Russian Workersâ Opposition in 1919-21 advocated trade union management of the Soviet economy and worker dominance of the Russian Communist Partyâs leading bodies. The Workersâ Opposition in the Russian Communist Party: Documents, 1919-30 comprises articles, speeches, theses, memoranda, protocols, resolutions, letters, diary entries, and other documents pertaining to the activity of the Workersâ Opposition group during its existence and of its individual former members after the group dissolved and until its key members ceased their participation in dissenting political activities by 1930. Most of the documents in the collection have never before been published in English and many have not been published in Russian. It will appeal to those who study Marxism, trade unions, and Soviet history.
Barbara C. Allen, PhD (2001), Indiana University Bloomington, is Associate Professor of History at La Salle University, USA. She has published Alexander Shlyapnikov, 1885-1937: Life of an Old Bolshevik (Brill, 2015) and Leaflets of the Russian Revolution (Haymarket, 2018).
"Over eight hundred pages of translated archival documents and editorial comment â this is a work of truly Herculean scholarship. Allen shows in fascinating and at times terrifying detail how, even before Stalin became General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party, the worker activists of the pre-revolutionary and revolutionary years were seen as a threat to the Partyâs apparatus and had to be marginalised. It is a magnificent and ground-breaking study." --Geoffrey Swain, Professor Emeritus, University of Glasgow
"Barbara C. Allen, author of the excellent biography of Alexander Shlyapnikov, a leader of the Workersâ Opposition, has with this book reinforced her status as our leading expert on that group. For this volume, Professor Allen has translated and edited almost one-hundred documents to include speeches, diary entries, minutes, and correspondence. Many of them are published here for the first time in English, still others for the first time in any language (among them items from the archive of Russiaâs Federal Security Service). They demonstrate that the Workersâ Opposition as a movement and as an idea within the Bolshevik Party challenged dominant principles of Soviet governance. In an introduction and in essays that precede each of this collectionâs four parts, Professor Allen skillfully analyzes the evolving positions of the Workersâ Opposition as a collective and of its prominent members as individuals. Specialists will find an expansive biographical glossary and index exceptionally useful. In these pages, a history of the Workersâ Opposition and of the Bolshevik Party emerges that is replete with creativity, courage, conviction, imprudence, deceit, and tragedy." --Larry E. Holmes, author of Revising the Revolution: The Unmaking of Russia's Official History of 1917.
"This comprehensive, meticulously edited collection fills one of many gaps in published records of the bubbling cauldron of political debate in early Soviet Russia. Large parts of the Workers' Oppositionists' arguments - about the role that workers and their union organisations should play in a workers' state, and much more - have remained mostly inaccessible for a century, and now Barbara Allen has put that right. The collection extensively documents not only the group's brief legal existence in 1920-21, but also its adherents' critique of industrial and other policies throughout the 1920s." -- Simon Pirani, author of The Russian Revolution in Retreat and Honorary Professor at the University of Durham.
"Barbara C. Allen, author of the excellent biography of Alexander Shlyapnikov, a leader of the Workersâ Opposition, has with this book reinforced her status as our leading expert on that group. For this volume, Professor Allen has translated and edited almost one-hundred documents to include speeches, diary entries, minutes, and correspondence. Many of them are published here for the first time in English, still others for the first time in any language (among them items from the archive of Russiaâs Federal Security Service). They demonstrate that the Workersâ Opposition as a movement and as an idea within the Bolshevik Party challenged dominant principles of Soviet governance. In an introduction and in essays that precede each of this collectionâs four parts, Professor Allen skillfully analyzes the evolving positions of the Workersâ Opposition as a collective and of its prominent members as individuals. Specialists will find an expansive biographical glossary and index exceptionally useful. In these pages, a history of the Workersâ Opposition and of the Bolshevik Party emerges that is replete with creativity, courage, conviction, imprudence, deceit, and tragedy." --Larry E. Holmes, author of Revising the Revolution: The Unmaking of Russia's Official History of 1917.
"This comprehensive, meticulously edited collection fills one of many gaps in published records of the bubbling cauldron of political debate in early Soviet Russia. Large parts of the Workers' Oppositionists' arguments - about the role that workers and their union organisations should play in a workers' state, and much more - have remained mostly inaccessible for a century, and now Barbara Allen has put that right. The collection extensively documents not only the group's brief legal existence in 1920-21, but also its adherents' critique of industrial and other policies throughout the 1920s." -- Simon Pirani, author of The Russian Revolution in Retreat and Honorary Professor at the University of Durham.
Acknowledgements
Explanatory Notes
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Introduction
1 Background to the Trade Union Debate, March 1919âAutumn 1920: The Workersâ Opposition in Formation
â1âEconomic section of RCP(b) programme, point 5, adopted at the Eighth Congress of the RCP(b), March 1919
â2âA.G. Shliapnikov, âSpecialistsâ
â3âA.G. Shliapnikov, âWages and Labour Productivityâ
â4âA.G. Shliapnikov, âProduction and Productivityâ
â5âA.G. Shliapnikov, âIndustrial Productivityâ
â6âA.G. Shliapnikovâs report to a meeting of the All-Russian Metalworkersâ Union (VSRM) central committee, the All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions (VTsSPS), and other union personnel, Autumn 1919
â7âA.G. Shliapnikov, âTasks of the Russian Proletariatâs Economic Organisationsâ
â8âA.M. Kollontaiâs diary notes, JanuaryâFebruary 1920
â9âSpeeches by Iu.Kh. Lutovinov and A.S. Kiselev at the Ninth Congress of the RCP(b), MarchâApril 1920
â10âA.G. Shliapnikov, âRelations between the Russian Communist Party, the Soviets, and Production Unionsâ
â11âSpeeches by Iu.Kh. Lutovinov, S.P. Medvedev, I.I. Kutuzov, and A.M. Kollontai at the Ninth Conference of the RCP(b), September 1920
â12âIu.Kh. Lutovinovâs proposals to the Ninth Conference of the RCP(b), September 1920
â13âN. Kopylov, âThat Which Needs to be Destroyed: âHigher-upsâ and âRank-and-Fileâ â
â14âA.M. Kollontaiâs diary notes, circa October 1920
â15âTheses presented to some party cells and to the central committee of the All-Russian Metalworkersâ Union in the autumn of 1920
â16âIu.Kh. Lutovinov, Letter to Ukrainian Comrades, 23 October 1920
â17âRemarks by I.N. Perepechko, Antonov, and G.E. Zinoviev at the Fifth Conference of the Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine (CP(b)U), 17â22 November 1920, Kharkov
â18âLetter from G.E. Zinoviev to I.N. Perepechko, 26 November 1920, with excerpts from Perepechkoâs letter to Zinoviev
â19âA.G. Shliapnikov, âTasks of Workersâ Unionsâ
â20âCircular of the All-Russian Union of Metalworkers Communist Faction Bureau about organising party cells in the provinces, Moscow, 16Â December 1920
2 The Trade Union Discussion, December 1920âMarch 1921: The Workersâ Opposition as a Fully-Formed Legal Faction
â1âA.G. Shliapnikovâs speech at the Eighth Congress of Soviets, Moscow, 30 December 1920
â2âTheses of the Workersâ Opposition: Tasks of Trade Unions
â3âIu.Kh. Lutovinov, Report to the All-Russian Trade Union Council (VTsSPS) on the work of the NovemberâDecember 1920 trade union commission
â4âA.G. Shliapnikov, âEconomic Organisation and Unionsâ Tasks: For Discussionâ
â5âA.M. Kollontai, âTime to Analyseâ
â6âA.M. Kollontaiâs corrections to the Theses on Party Building
â7âA.G. Shliapnikov, âOur Intraparty Disagreementsâ
â8âA.G. Shliapnikovâs speeches to the Communist Faction of the Second All-Russian Congress of Mineworkers
â9âN. Kopylov, âMistake or Urgent Task?â
â10âN.M. Tikhonravov, Supplement to the Theses of the Workersâ Opposition about the Tasks of Trade Unions
â11âPolosatovâs and Kuznetsovâs speeches at the Fourth CP(b)U Conference of Donetsk gubernia, 16â18Â February 1921
â12âDocuments from Samara about the debates over party building, culture, and the tasks of trade unions, February 1921
â13âIu.K. Milonov, âTheses: the Content of our Cultural Workâ, Eighth Samara Gubernia RCP(b) Conference
â14âIu.K. Milonov, âTrade Unions and their Role in the Economic life of the Country: Theses of a Report to the Eighth Samara Gubernia Conference of the RCP(b)â
â15âSpeeches, Resolutions, Materials, and Declarations Relating to the Workersâ Opposition at the Tenth Party Congress, March 1921
â16âIu.K. Milonov, âAssembly of Former Underground Party Members during the Tenth Party Congressâ
3 From the Ban on Factions through the Eleventh Party Congress, 1921â2: Former Worker Oppositionists Respond to the New Economic Policy and to Repression Against Them
â1âA.M. Kollontaiâs diary entries, MarchâApril 1921
â2âAppeals of the Worker-Peasant Socialist Party led by Vasily Paniushkin, early 1921
â3âA.G. Shliapnikov, âTo the Fourth Congress of the All-Russian Metalworkersâ Union (VSRM)â
â4âA.G. Shliapnikov, âOur Economic Policy and Practiceâ
â5âSpeeches protesting party appointment of Metalworkersâ Union leaders; protocols of the RCP CCâs commission, the bureau of the communist faction, and the communist faction of the congress; and other materials relating to the Fourth Congress of the Metalworkersâ Union in May 1921
â6âA.M. Kollontaiâs speech to the Third Comintern Congress, 5 June 1921
â7âA.M. Kollontaiâs diary entries, JulyâAugust 1921
â8âLetter from A.G. Shliapnikov to S.P. Medvedev, 28 June 1921
â9âLetter from A.G. Shliapnikov and S.P. Medvedev to the Politburo and VTsSPS, July 1921, protesting VSNKh decrees
â10âLetter from [A.G. Shliapnikov] to comrade [N.S] Mamchenko, 6 July 1921
â11âLetter from F.A. Mitin to S.P. Medvedev, summer 1921
â12âLetter from A.G. Shliapnikov to F.A. Mitin
â13âProtocol and resolution from a meeting of RCP(b) members who had belonged to the Workersâ Opposition, 8Â July 1921
â14âResolution offered by Aleksei Sovetov to the delegatesâ assembly of the Bauman district RCP(b) organisation, 29Â July 1921
â15âLetter received by Ukrainian comrades in 1921 from a former member of the Workersâ Opposition, perhaps Ivan Perepechko
â16âLetter from Levit of the Kommunistische Arbeiter-Partei Deutschlands (KAPD) to A.G. Shliapnikov, 30 August 1921, and Shliapnikovâs signed response, 31 August 1921
â17âExcerpts from speeches at the All-Russian Union of Metalworkers central committee plenum, 17â21Â October 1921
â18âIu.Kh. Lutovinovâs speech to the Eleventh Party Conference, 19â22 December 1921, and related party documents
â19âUndated minutes from a meeting of the Workersâ Opposition or the 22
â20âA.G. Shliapnikovâs letter to the Politburo about the Genoa conference, February 1922
â21âProtocol of a 10Â February 1922 meeting of a group of 25 delegates to the Fifth All-Russian Congress of Metalworkers and other minutes from meetings of those who would sign the Letter of the 22
â22âLetter of the 22 to the Comintern, signed by Shliapnikov, Kollontai, et al.
â23âComparison of those signing the Letter of the 22 and the theses of the Workersâ Opposition
â24âSelected Speeches at the Meeting of the RCP(b) Faction of the Fifth Congress of the Metalworkersâ Union, 2â7Â March 1922
â25âLetter from Z.L. Shadurskaia to the Politburo, 8 March 1922
â26âLetter from S.P. Medvedev to the Orgburo, 9 March 1922
â27âA.G. Shliapnikovâs correspondence regarding the 22, March 1922
â28âParty Central Control Commission (CCC) questioning of the 22, 17Â March 1922
â29âLetter from V.L. Paniushkin in support of Shliapnikov and Medvedev, on the eve of the Eleventh Party Congress
â30âN. Kopylov, âFor a United Partyâ
â31âEleventh Congress of the RCP(b), MarchâApril 1922, Published Speeches at Open Sessions, Unpublished Speeches at 2Â April 1922 Closed Session, Published Resolution and other Materials Relating to the Former Workersâ Opposition
â32âA.M. Kollontaiâs diary entries on the appeal of the 22 and on the Eleventh Party Congress
â33âLetter from A.M. Kollontai to the Comintern Executive Committee, copying the Politburo
â34âLetter from A.M. Kollontai to the editorial board of the âCommunist Worker Newspaperâ of Germany, requesting that it cease publication of her brochure, Rabochaia Oppozitsiia, 22 September 1921
â35âIu.K. Milonov, âOn the Way to a Worker Encyclopedia: Instead of a Prefaceâ
4 Former Worker Oppositionists in the Debates of the NEP Era and During the First Five-Year Plan, 1922â30
â1âLetter from S.P. Medvedev in Berlin to A.G. Shliapnikov in Moscow, 26 September 1922
â2âIu.Kh. Lutovinovâs speech at the Twelfth RCP(b) Congress, 17â25 April 1923
â3âS.P. Medvedevâs notes from 6 December 1923, possibly from a private talk given in Moscow by an unidentified German communist
â4âN.A. Kubiakâs speech to the Thirteenth Party Conference, 17 January 1924
â5âA.G. Shliapnikov, âOur Differencesâ, Pravda, 18 January 1924
â6âResolution proposed by A.G. Shliapnikov and others from the former Workersâ Opposition, [January] 1924
â7âA.G. Shliapnikovâs speeches at the Second Khamovniki District Party Conference, Moscow, 7â10 January 1924
â8âS.P. Medvedev, âLetter to a Baku Comradeâ, 1924
â9âLetter from S.P. Medvedev in Moscow to A.G. Shliapnikov in France, written 27 December 1924, and A.G. Shliapnikovâs answering letter, dated 7 January 1925, written in Paris
â10âA.G. Shliapnikov, âFeatures of the Current Moment: About Results of the Fourteenth Party Conferenceâ, with S.P. Medvedevâs suggested changes, May 1925
â11âA.M. Kollontaiâs diary notes, February 1926 and November [1927]
â12âLetter from I.I. Nikolaenko, Kiev [to A.G. Shliapnikov and S.P. Medvedev], circa 1926
â13âLetter from A.G. Shliapnikov, Moscow, to [I.I. Nikolaenko], 12 May 1926
â14âA.G. Shliapnikov, âAbout a Demonstrative Attack and the Rightist Danger in the Partyâ
â15âLetter from A.G. Shliapnikov and S.P. Medvedev to the CCC Presidium and the Politburo of the CC VKP(b), 17 September 1926
â16âLetters from A.G. Shliapnikov and S.P. Medvedev to the Politburo, CC and CCC VKP(b), October 1926
â17âA.G. Shliapnikov, âLetter to the Editorâ
â18âUndated letter from unknown person (perhaps Mariia Trifonova), to Shliapnikov replied in a 19Â July 1927 letter
â19âLetter from Aleksandr [Shliapnikov] to unknown person, 19Â July 1927
â20âA.G. Shliapnikov, âLessons of Intraparty Struggleâ
â21âA.G. Shliapnikov, âFor Industrialisation and For Socialismâ
â22âA.G. Shliapnikov, âLetter to the Editorâ
â23âA.G. Shliapnikovâs letter to the Bureau of the Omsk District (Okrug) Party Committee, 4 April 1930
â24âA.G. Shliapnikov, âA Big Mistake by a Small Group in Omskâ, 28 February 1930
â25âLetter from A.G. Shliapnikov and S.P. Medvedev to the CCC, 28 April 1930, with a copy to the Politburo
Biographical Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Explanatory Notes
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Introduction
1 Background to the Trade Union Debate, March 1919âAutumn 1920: The Workersâ Opposition in Formation
â1âEconomic section of RCP(b) programme, point 5, adopted at the Eighth Congress of the RCP(b), March 1919
â2âA.G. Shliapnikov, âSpecialistsâ
â3âA.G. Shliapnikov, âWages and Labour Productivityâ
â4âA.G. Shliapnikov, âProduction and Productivityâ
â5âA.G. Shliapnikov, âIndustrial Productivityâ
â6âA.G. Shliapnikovâs report to a meeting of the All-Russian Metalworkersâ Union (VSRM) central committee, the All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions (VTsSPS), and other union personnel, Autumn 1919
â7âA.G. Shliapnikov, âTasks of the Russian Proletariatâs Economic Organisationsâ
â8âA.M. Kollontaiâs diary notes, JanuaryâFebruary 1920
â9âSpeeches by Iu.Kh. Lutovinov and A.S. Kiselev at the Ninth Congress of the RCP(b), MarchâApril 1920
â10âA.G. Shliapnikov, âRelations between the Russian Communist Party, the Soviets, and Production Unionsâ
â11âSpeeches by Iu.Kh. Lutovinov, S.P. Medvedev, I.I. Kutuzov, and A.M. Kollontai at the Ninth Conference of the RCP(b), September 1920
â12âIu.Kh. Lutovinovâs proposals to the Ninth Conference of the RCP(b), September 1920
â13âN. Kopylov, âThat Which Needs to be Destroyed: âHigher-upsâ and âRank-and-Fileâ â
â14âA.M. Kollontaiâs diary notes, circa October 1920
â15âTheses presented to some party cells and to the central committee of the All-Russian Metalworkersâ Union in the autumn of 1920
â16âIu.Kh. Lutovinov, Letter to Ukrainian Comrades, 23 October 1920
â17âRemarks by I.N. Perepechko, Antonov, and G.E. Zinoviev at the Fifth Conference of the Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine (CP(b)U), 17â22 November 1920, Kharkov
â18âLetter from G.E. Zinoviev to I.N. Perepechko, 26 November 1920, with excerpts from Perepechkoâs letter to Zinoviev
â19âA.G. Shliapnikov, âTasks of Workersâ Unionsâ
â20âCircular of the All-Russian Union of Metalworkers Communist Faction Bureau about organising party cells in the provinces, Moscow, 16Â December 1920
2 The Trade Union Discussion, December 1920âMarch 1921: The Workersâ Opposition as a Fully-Formed Legal Faction
â1âA.G. Shliapnikovâs speech at the Eighth Congress of Soviets, Moscow, 30 December 1920
â2âTheses of the Workersâ Opposition: Tasks of Trade Unions
â3âIu.Kh. Lutovinov, Report to the All-Russian Trade Union Council (VTsSPS) on the work of the NovemberâDecember 1920 trade union commission
â4âA.G. Shliapnikov, âEconomic Organisation and Unionsâ Tasks: For Discussionâ
â5âA.M. Kollontai, âTime to Analyseâ
â6âA.M. Kollontaiâs corrections to the Theses on Party Building
â7âA.G. Shliapnikov, âOur Intraparty Disagreementsâ
â8âA.G. Shliapnikovâs speeches to the Communist Faction of the Second All-Russian Congress of Mineworkers
â9âN. Kopylov, âMistake or Urgent Task?â
â10âN.M. Tikhonravov, Supplement to the Theses of the Workersâ Opposition about the Tasks of Trade Unions
â11âPolosatovâs and Kuznetsovâs speeches at the Fourth CP(b)U Conference of Donetsk gubernia, 16â18Â February 1921
â12âDocuments from Samara about the debates over party building, culture, and the tasks of trade unions, February 1921
â13âIu.K. Milonov, âTheses: the Content of our Cultural Workâ, Eighth Samara Gubernia RCP(b) Conference
â14âIu.K. Milonov, âTrade Unions and their Role in the Economic life of the Country: Theses of a Report to the Eighth Samara Gubernia Conference of the RCP(b)â
â15âSpeeches, Resolutions, Materials, and Declarations Relating to the Workersâ Opposition at the Tenth Party Congress, March 1921
â16âIu.K. Milonov, âAssembly of Former Underground Party Members during the Tenth Party Congressâ
3 From the Ban on Factions through the Eleventh Party Congress, 1921â2: Former Worker Oppositionists Respond to the New Economic Policy and to Repression Against Them
â1âA.M. Kollontaiâs diary entries, MarchâApril 1921
â2âAppeals of the Worker-Peasant Socialist Party led by Vasily Paniushkin, early 1921
â3âA.G. Shliapnikov, âTo the Fourth Congress of the All-Russian Metalworkersâ Union (VSRM)â
â4âA.G. Shliapnikov, âOur Economic Policy and Practiceâ
â5âSpeeches protesting party appointment of Metalworkersâ Union leaders; protocols of the RCP CCâs commission, the bureau of the communist faction, and the communist faction of the congress; and other materials relating to the Fourth Congress of the Metalworkersâ Union in May 1921
â6âA.M. Kollontaiâs speech to the Third Comintern Congress, 5 June 1921
â7âA.M. Kollontaiâs diary entries, JulyâAugust 1921
â8âLetter from A.G. Shliapnikov to S.P. Medvedev, 28 June 1921
â9âLetter from A.G. Shliapnikov and S.P. Medvedev to the Politburo and VTsSPS, July 1921, protesting VSNKh decrees
â10âLetter from [A.G. Shliapnikov] to comrade [N.S] Mamchenko, 6 July 1921
â11âLetter from F.A. Mitin to S.P. Medvedev, summer 1921
â12âLetter from A.G. Shliapnikov to F.A. Mitin
â13âProtocol and resolution from a meeting of RCP(b) members who had belonged to the Workersâ Opposition, 8Â July 1921
â14âResolution offered by Aleksei Sovetov to the delegatesâ assembly of the Bauman district RCP(b) organisation, 29Â July 1921
â15âLetter received by Ukrainian comrades in 1921 from a former member of the Workersâ Opposition, perhaps Ivan Perepechko
â16âLetter from Levit of the Kommunistische Arbeiter-Partei Deutschlands (KAPD) to A.G. Shliapnikov, 30 August 1921, and Shliapnikovâs signed response, 31 August 1921
â17âExcerpts from speeches at the All-Russian Union of Metalworkers central committee plenum, 17â21Â October 1921
â18âIu.Kh. Lutovinovâs speech to the Eleventh Party Conference, 19â22 December 1921, and related party documents
â19âUndated minutes from a meeting of the Workersâ Opposition or the 22
â20âA.G. Shliapnikovâs letter to the Politburo about the Genoa conference, February 1922
â21âProtocol of a 10Â February 1922 meeting of a group of 25 delegates to the Fifth All-Russian Congress of Metalworkers and other minutes from meetings of those who would sign the Letter of the 22
â22âLetter of the 22 to the Comintern, signed by Shliapnikov, Kollontai, et al.
â23âComparison of those signing the Letter of the 22 and the theses of the Workersâ Opposition
â24âSelected Speeches at the Meeting of the RCP(b) Faction of the Fifth Congress of the Metalworkersâ Union, 2â7Â March 1922
â25âLetter from Z.L. Shadurskaia to the Politburo, 8 March 1922
â26âLetter from S.P. Medvedev to the Orgburo, 9 March 1922
â27âA.G. Shliapnikovâs correspondence regarding the 22, March 1922
â28âParty Central Control Commission (CCC) questioning of the 22, 17Â March 1922
â29âLetter from V.L. Paniushkin in support of Shliapnikov and Medvedev, on the eve of the Eleventh Party Congress
â30âN. Kopylov, âFor a United Partyâ
â31âEleventh Congress of the RCP(b), MarchâApril 1922, Published Speeches at Open Sessions, Unpublished Speeches at 2Â April 1922 Closed Session, Published Resolution and other Materials Relating to the Former Workersâ Opposition
â32âA.M. Kollontaiâs diary entries on the appeal of the 22 and on the Eleventh Party Congress
â33âLetter from A.M. Kollontai to the Comintern Executive Committee, copying the Politburo
â34âLetter from A.M. Kollontai to the editorial board of the âCommunist Worker Newspaperâ of Germany, requesting that it cease publication of her brochure, Rabochaia Oppozitsiia, 22 September 1921
â35âIu.K. Milonov, âOn the Way to a Worker Encyclopedia: Instead of a Prefaceâ
4 Former Worker Oppositionists in the Debates of the NEP Era and During the First Five-Year Plan, 1922â30
â1âLetter from S.P. Medvedev in Berlin to A.G. Shliapnikov in Moscow, 26 September 1922
â2âIu.Kh. Lutovinovâs speech at the Twelfth RCP(b) Congress, 17â25 April 1923
â3âS.P. Medvedevâs notes from 6 December 1923, possibly from a private talk given in Moscow by an unidentified German communist
â4âN.A. Kubiakâs speech to the Thirteenth Party Conference, 17 January 1924
â5âA.G. Shliapnikov, âOur Differencesâ, Pravda, 18 January 1924
â6âResolution proposed by A.G. Shliapnikov and others from the former Workersâ Opposition, [January] 1924
â7âA.G. Shliapnikovâs speeches at the Second Khamovniki District Party Conference, Moscow, 7â10 January 1924
â8âS.P. Medvedev, âLetter to a Baku Comradeâ, 1924
â9âLetter from S.P. Medvedev in Moscow to A.G. Shliapnikov in France, written 27 December 1924, and A.G. Shliapnikovâs answering letter, dated 7 January 1925, written in Paris
â10âA.G. Shliapnikov, âFeatures of the Current Moment: About Results of the Fourteenth Party Conferenceâ, with S.P. Medvedevâs suggested changes, May 1925
â11âA.M. Kollontaiâs diary notes, February 1926 and November [1927]
â12âLetter from I.I. Nikolaenko, Kiev [to A.G. Shliapnikov and S.P. Medvedev], circa 1926
â13âLetter from A.G. Shliapnikov, Moscow, to [I.I. Nikolaenko], 12 May 1926
â14âA.G. Shliapnikov, âAbout a Demonstrative Attack and the Rightist Danger in the Partyâ
â15âLetter from A.G. Shliapnikov and S.P. Medvedev to the CCC Presidium and the Politburo of the CC VKP(b), 17 September 1926
â16âLetters from A.G. Shliapnikov and S.P. Medvedev to the Politburo, CC and CCC VKP(b), October 1926
â17âA.G. Shliapnikov, âLetter to the Editorâ
â18âUndated letter from unknown person (perhaps Mariia Trifonova), to Shliapnikov replied in a 19Â July 1927 letter
â19âLetter from Aleksandr [Shliapnikov] to unknown person, 19Â July 1927
â20âA.G. Shliapnikov, âLessons of Intraparty Struggleâ
â21âA.G. Shliapnikov, âFor Industrialisation and For Socialismâ
â22âA.G. Shliapnikov, âLetter to the Editorâ
â23âA.G. Shliapnikovâs letter to the Bureau of the Omsk District (Okrug) Party Committee, 4 April 1930
â24âA.G. Shliapnikov, âA Big Mistake by a Small Group in Omskâ, 28 February 1930
â25âLetter from A.G. Shliapnikov and S.P. Medvedev to the CCC, 28 April 1930, with a copy to the Politburo
Biographical Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Those who study Marxism, trade unions, and Soviet history; academic libraries, specialists, students, activists.