V. I. Lenin

The Third Congress of the R.S.D.L.P.

APRIL 12–27 (APRIL 25–MAY 10), 1905

It is wrong to say that the Party undertakes to appoint an uprising when the Caucasus starts a revolution. We merely authorise the C.C. to support the movement.^{1}

On the whole I agree with Comrade Petrov’s amendment,^{3} although it does not contain any revolutionary call.^{2}

Notes

{1} The records of the Minutes Committee give the end of the speech as follows:

“We merely authorise the C.C. to support the movement but the conclusion does not follow that we should only agitate and propagandise, taking account of the situation in the Caucasus. I call everyone’s attention to this paragraph.

“No one has requested the floor. The debate is closed.”—Ed.

{2} The records of the Minutes Committee give the speech as follows:

“L e n i n. Shouldn’t we add ‘to the proletariat and the peasantry of Russia’? Rybkin has just said the resolution could state that the Caucasus should not start an uprising until Russia is capable of sup porting it. But this would require a change in the whole resolution. The important thins is the testimonials of local men. On the whole, I agree with Comrade Petrov’s amendment, although it does not contain any revolutionary call.”–Ed.

{3} O. A. Kvitkin (Petrov) proposed the words “armed force” at the end of the draft resolution on the events in the Caucasus to be replaced by the words “all the means at their disposal” (Trety syezd R.S.D.R.P., p. 442). Kvitkin’s amendment was adopted. p. 168