Publisher's Synopsis
The present collection consists of articles and speeches by V. I. Lenin shedding light on the events in Russia from the period of the bourgeois-democratic revolution in February 1917 to the Great October Socialist Revolution. The works included in this volume give a Marxist assessment of the bourgeois-democratic revolution, showing its specific features, characterizing the struggle of classes and parties, and exposing the imperialist nature of the First World War and the anti-popular essence of the Provisional Government. The material in the collection brings out the events of 1917 to show how the February bourgeois-democratic revolution developed into the October Socialist Revolution. The collection includes editorial notes and a name index.
