Outline History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union - Vol. 1

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• Table of Contents vii
• Chapter I the Historical Precursors of Bolshevism 1
• Chapter II the Formative Stages of the Bolshevik Party 33
• Chapter III the Iskra Period and the Beginning of Bolshevism 78
• Chapter IV the Revolution of 1905-07--Down to the December Insurrection 124
• Chapter V the Revolution of 1905-07--After the December Insurrection 181
• Chapter VI the Years of Reaction 221
• Chapter VII the Revival of the Movement 261
• Chapter VIII the Party at the Time of the World War and the Collapse of the Second International 306
• Chapter IX the Struggle for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat-- the February Revolution 345
• Chapter X the Struggle for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat-- the October Revolution 376