A few days later, Vasily arrived at Ulyanov's residence in St. Petersburg as soon as he was confirmed by doctors to be fully recovered. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info"Haha, Volodya, you live in this kind of place, huh? "The first thing Vasily did after seeing where Ulyanov lived was a burst of mockery.

Ulyanov replied indifferently: "I'm not a big young master like you, it's good to live here." Come, Vasya, I'll introduce you to someone. ”

"Who? Could it be that Mija or Martha came to Petersburg? I don't need you to introduce me, we know each other very well. Vasily replied with a smile.

"Mija is still studying at Kazan University, and Martha is in St. Petersburg, but she will still be in school." Ulyanov said, "Come, let me introduce you, this is Felex. Edmondovich. Comrade Dzerzhinsky, a member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, came to Petersburg to form a communist association with us. ”

When Vasily heard that he was the founder of the future Cheka, he stepped forward and said: "Comrade Ferex, welcome to you, it seems that you are really young, I didn't expect that the three of us young people would do a big thing together!" ”

After hearing this, Dzerzhinsky said: "I have also heard about the experience of Comrade Vasily, I have heard a lot about you here in Volodya these days, and I wonder how your body is recovering. ”

When Vasily heard this, he patted his chest and said, "There is no problem at all. Then he asked Ulyanov: "Volodya, how is the formation of the organization going now?" ”

When Ulyanov heard this, he said: "Now we have contacted more than a dozen Marxist groups and associations, such as the Marxist Society of St. Petersburg University, the Marx Research Society of St. Petersburg Pedorgault University, the St. Petersburg Society for the Struggle of the Working Class, and the Petersburg Society for Socialism. ”

After hearing this, Vasily pondered for a moment, and then asked Dzerzhinsky: "Ferex, what is your opinion?" ”

After hearing this, Dzerzhinsky said: "I think it is really bad to create such a department among the revolutionary comrades, we are now weak, we must develop more like-minded people to join us, it is not good for our revolution to have such a department." ”

Hearing the words of the Cheka founder, who would later become famous, Vasily could only say that these revolutionaries were too young, and to paraphrase a phrase in the language of the 21st century, it was the obligation of the Pattern Tuna. Still, Vasily said: "I hope to bring everyone together for a meeting, and I want to present my point of view to everyone at the conference, and I hope to get everyone's support." If everyone still opposes it at that time, I will not force it, after all, we are a big democratic family, not a dictatorship. ”

After hearing this, Ulyanov said: "No problem, Vasya, I will organize everyone to hold this meeting soon." Actually, after you told me that day, I supported your idea, but as you said, we are a big democratic family. ”

That evening, Ulyanov summoned the heads of the existing Marxist groups in St. Petersburg to his home, and the room was packed to the brim with two dozen people. "Everyone, be quiet, I have summoned you here today to continue to discuss the establishment of our Petersburg Communist Association. There are two main agendas for today's meeting, the first of which we have agreed on most of the organizational structures at the previous meetings, that is, we have many questions about the establishment of the 'Ministry of Security', and Comrade Vasily will give you a detailed explanation today, and you can put forward any comments after listening. The second is to elect the head of the association and the heads of relevant departments. "Ulyanov began to organize the conduct of the entire meeting.

After Ulyanov finished speaking, Vasily said: "Some of the comrades present here are familiar with me, but most of them do not know me yet, so I will introduce myself here. My name is Vasily. Borisovich. Werther, now in the fourth year of philosophy at the University of Petersburg, is 23 years old and is the secretary general of the Marxist Society of the University of Petersburg. Here today, I would like to explain to the comrades present here the establishment of the 'Security Department'. ”

After introducing himself, Vasily paused and continued: "With regard to the establishment of the 'Ministry of Defense', the original intention of what I propose is to better serve our revolutionary masses. As we all know, the current police agents are under close surveillance over all organizations that dare to resist, and they deal with us revolutionaries through a series of shameless means such as infiltration, co-optation, rumor-mongering, slander, etc., so in order to prevent the police agents from carrying out the above-mentioned actions against our revolutionary Marxist group, I propose to set up such a department to defend our ideals and protect our organization. ”

After Vasily finished speaking, one of them stood up and said: "Hello, Comrade Vasily, I am François, chairman of the Marx Research Society of Petersburg Pedagogical University. Yuryevich. Ramimanov. If it's an organization that protects us, why do we have to monitor our internal members and vet the members who join us, what is the difference between this practice and those police agents? ”

After François finished speaking, there was a voice of approval in the meeting, and when everyone quieted down, Vasily said: "Comrade François, the reason why we want to monitor the internal members and review the members who join is to prevent the police agents from infiltrating our organization, and to prevent our members from defecting and betraying the organization under the coercion and inducement of the police agents. You can think about how the 'Decembrists' and the 'Narodnabya' were suppressed by the tsarist government, and we Marxists must put an end to such a tragedy. ”

After Vasily finished speaking, Dzerzhinsky, who had been listening to the meeting, said: "Comrades, I did not know the importance of setting up this organization before, but after listening to Comrade Vasily's explanation, I understood that I think this is a good starting point, and it is entirely for the sake of our organization, and I agree with Comrade Vasily's opinion. ”

After Dzerzhinsky finished speaking, Ulyanov said: "I think now everyone has some understanding of the 'Ministry of Security', and from my personal point of view, I am in favor of it. However, we are a democratic group, so I suggest that we still vote on whether or not to set up this department. ”

After speaking, Ulyanov raised his hand, followed by Vasily, Dzerzhinsky, Kirill, director of the Marxist Society of Petersburg University. Karpovic. Chaginov and others also raised their hands one after another, but the vast majority of people in the venue still did not raise their hands, Vasily saw that he had to put down his hand weakly, and Ulyanov said at this time: "There were 25 people present at this meeting, 5 were in favor of the establishment of the 'Ministry of Security', 18 were against it, and 2 abstained from voting. ”

After listening to Ulyanov's words, everyone present burst into applause, and Vasily also applauded with a heavy heart, it seems that it is impossible to prevent the incident of becoming an association being banned by the police at the end of the year, although the name has been changed, but it should still happen. Thinking about it, Vasily glanced at Ulyanov, who was there and continued talking.

After the first agenda, Ulyanov said: "Now we will elect the chairman of our committee of the Petersburg Communist Association, and then the elected chairman of the committee of the association will nominate the deputy chairman, the secretary general and the heads of other relevant departments, and everyone will vote on them, and the majority of voters will approve them. ”

After Ulyanov finished speaking, Chaginov said: "I propose that Vladimir . Ilyich. Comrade Ulyanov chaired the committee of the Association. Raise your hand if you agree."

After Chaginov finished speaking, everyone present raised their hands and voted unanimously, and Ulyanov stood up and thanked everyone: "Thank you comrades for your trust, I will work hard to better serve all comrades." Next, in accordance with the organizational procedure, I nominate Vasily. Borisovich. Comrade Witte was the Vice-President of the Committee of the Association and the Minister of Organization. Yuryevich. Comrade Ramimanov served as the secretary general of the committee of the association. Karpovic. Comrade Chaginov served as the head of the propaganda department of the committee, and Igor Murphy. Ivanovich. Comrade Nikonov served as head of the labor department of the committee, and Elena . Savovagievna. Comrade Jorluskaia is the head of the Women's Department of the Committee and invites everyone to vote. ”

After Ulyanov finished speaking, Ramimanov said: "I agree with most of the proposals of Comrade Chairman, but why is Comrade Vasily both Deputy Chairman and Minister of Organization at the same time, there are many of our revolutionary comrades, and there is no need for more than one person to do the work. ”

Just as Ulyanov was about to explain, Vasily, who was sitting next to him, stood up and said: "First of all, thank you, Comrade Chairman, for trusting me with such an important position, but since I have just been discharged from the hospital and my body has not fully recovered, I cannot participate much in the organization of the association. Secondly I propose it by Kirill. Karpovic. Comrade Chaginov served as head of the organization of the association, Maria Chinov. Ilyich Nina. Comrade Ulyanova served as the head of the propaganda department of the association. Thank you for your understanding. ”

After Vasily finished speaking, Ulyanov had no choice but to say: "Then it is only proposed that Comrade Vasily be the deputy chairman of the association, and the head of the organization will be Kirill. Karpovic. Comrade Chaginov held the post of Minister of Propaganda by Maria Chinov. Ilyich Nina. Comrade Ulyanova held the position. Let's start voting! ”

Seeing this, Ramimanov no longer objected, but raised his right hand, and then the other comrades present also raised their right hands, and when the voting was over, Dzerzhinsky, who was sitting on the side, stood up happily and said: "Let's celebrate together the founding of the first united communist organization in Petersburg, Ula!" ”

"Ulla!" Everyone present shouted along.