On September 17, 1895 in the Russian calendar and September 29, 1895 in the Gregorian calendar, the Petersburg Communist Association was founded in Petersburg, and the average age of the main leaders elected at the inaugural meeting was only 21 years old. This was an important milestone in the Russian Revolution, as Russian Marxists began to form communist organizations in various cities, which led directly to the formation of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party three years later. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

After everyone left, Vasily sat on the sofa, picked up the cigarette on the table, lit a cigarette, took a sharp puff and spit it out, and the constant coughing followed, seeing this, Ulyanov sat down next to Vasily and said: "Vasya, don't be discouraged, although the matter of the 'Ministry of Defense' has not passed, the overall direction is still good. ”

Maria also said: "Brother Vasya, don't be sad, after all, our cause has taken a firm step, and I believe that it will be fine in the future!" ”

Vasily held back his cough and washed the cigarette in his hand, and during this time everyone looked at him quietly, waiting for him to speak: "I am not depressed because the 'Ministry of Defense' has not been established, but because our organization has just been established, and our cause has just begun, but some of us have begun to fight for power and profit, which completely deviates from the original intention of our revolution, revolutionaries should be selfless, should have no desire for power." ”

After hearing this, Ulyanov could not help but say: "It is true that Comrade Ramimanov is not mature enough in dealing with the issue this time, but we are a democratic Marxist group and should allow different opinions. Vasya, don't worry about these things, there are many things waiting for us to do. ”

After hearing this, Vasily was silent for a while and said: "Volodya, I am only afraid that in the future we will have such a struggle for power, and not for our revolutionary cause. Okay, I'll adjust myself. What are you going to do next, Volodya? ”

Ulyanov said: "Now that the Marxist groups in Petersburg have been united, we must organize the workers, the townspeople, and the students to rise up against the evil tsarist rule, and we must awaken the entire Russian people!" ”

"I don't think we should be in too much of a hurry, because the workers' strikes, the citizens' strikes, the students' strikes will not shake the existing ruling base at all, but will give the Tsar a reason to suppress us. Even if we rise, how many people will follow us? After hearing this, Vasily said: "I think that at this stage our task is first and foremost to expand our influence, to mobilize the masses through speeches, to constantly realize the illegitimacy of the tsarist rule, and to constantly engage in polemics with the constitutionalists and the new populists, and to lay a good foundation for public opinion." ”

After taking a sip of water, Vasily continued: "Secondly, our task is to develop our organization in the army, so that soldiers and officers gradually get close to us, understand us, recognize us, become our main force, and at all times the army is the guarantor of the revolution. ”

After Vasily finished speaking, Ulyanov sat on the side and fell into deep thought, and after a while Ulyanov said: "Vasya, your thoughts make me pause. In the past, we only focused on propagating our ideas among workers, petty citizens, students, peasants, and intellectuals who believed in Marxism, but we neglected the army, which, as you said, has no guarantee by relying only on workers, petty citizens, students, peasants, and intellectuals, and only the army can fully realize our ideals. Vasya, can you tell me in detail how to develop a Marxist organization in the army? ”

"First of all, I think our focus is on the soldiers at the bottom, most of whom are from poor backgrounds, and are more receptive to our ideas. Second, we need to develop cadets, who are as young and passionate as you and me, who have received a good military and cultural education, and who will become grassroots officers of the army after graduation, and who will have long contact with soldiers and make it easier to spread our ideals. Finally, there are the mid-level or high-ranking officers who are now in important positions, but most of them are loyal lackeys of the tsarist regime, and for the time being we have the least hope. Vasily thought as he said what was in his heart.

In fact, Vasily understands that whether it is Chinese or foreign, the success of all the changes of dynasties is inseparable from the support of the army, especially in modern times, starting from the Glorious Revolution in Britain, the bourgeois revolution in France, the October Revolution in Russia, etc., all of which have strong military support to finally achieve success, as for assassination, explosions, and other terrorist methods are only auxiliary, and once they are not used well, they will be counterproductive, for example, the later Northern Irish Resistance has become a terrorist organization hated by the whole world because of the repeated use of these terrorist methodsIn fact, they are only seeking the independence of Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland.

After hearing this, Ulyanov said: "I suggest that we put forward these ideas of yours at the next meeting, and we will discuss them in detail, so that we can make a detailed plan on how to carry out our campaign and how to fight against the rotten tsarist rule." ”

A young man in a black gown was sitting anxiously in an office at the Petersburg Secret Police, and if Vasily had been here at the moment, he would have recognized this man, who had just been in a meeting with them, and who had vehemently objected to everything he had said, yes, François. Yuryevich. Ramimanov. While Ramimanov was anxiously waiting, the door was pushed open, and a person walked in, wearing a policeman's blue-black uniform, walked to the chair in front of Ramimanov and sat down, and asked lightly: "What, that guy from Simbirsk is moving again?" ”

Ramimanov respectfully got up and replied: "Mr. Sverdlov, today Ulyanov organized us to go to his house for a meeting, and at this meeting they formed an organization called the Petersburg Communist Association, at which Ulyanov was elected chairman. With that, he handed a piece of paper in his hand to Sverdlov, who was sitting in a chair.

Sverdlov glanced at the paper in his hand, stared at a name written on the paper and asked, "Vasily. Borisovich. Is Witte the vice chairman? ”

Ramimanov replied: "Yes, sir. Today I met Vasily for the first time, he did not attend the previous meetings, but today Ulyanov personally elected him as deputy chairman and head of the organization, and later after my objection Vasily only became deputy chairman, but I think this is an extremely dangerous person. ”

"Danger? How does it come from? Sverdlov asked in surprise.

"Yes," Raminov said, "at the meeting Vasily proposed the creation of a 'security department', the purpose of which was to examine the membership of the association, to verify the qualifications of the members, somewhat similar to the nature of the secret police. It was precisely because of this at the meeting that other people did not pass at my instigation. ”

After hearing this, Sverdlov pondered for a while and said, "Well, I see. You keep an eye on this Vasily, but you must be careful, behind Vasily is the entire Werther family, as far as I know, he is the only man in the Werther family's generation, and we can't touch him without solid evidence. ”

"I see, sir, I'll be careful." Ramimanov said respectfully.

After hearing this, Sverdlov got up and said: "Okay, so be it, I will also report this news to Your Majesty, these Marxists have become more and more rampant recently. With that, he walked out of the house.