8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

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tag fix← Previous revisionRevision as of 01:47, 15 October 2026 Line 93: Line 93: I must say that those non-working-class elements — the peasants — who constitute the majority in our army will not voluntarily fight for socialism.... Hence, our task is to re-educate these elements, infusing them with a spirit of iron discipline, to get them to follow the lead of the proletariat at the front as well as in the rear, to compel them to fight for our common socialist cause..."J.V. Stalin, ''Works: Volume 4, November 1917–1920.'' [1947] Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1953; pp. 258–259. I must say that those non-working-class elements — the peasants — who constitute the majority in our army will not voluntarily fight for socialism.... Hence, our task is to re-educate these elements, infusing them with a spirit of iron discipline, to get them to follow the lead of the proletariat at the front as well as in the rear, to compel them to fight for our common socialist cause..."J.V. Stalin, ''Works: Volume 4, November 1917–1920.'' [1947] Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1953; pp. 258–259. The Military Commission of the Congress — consisting of Pozern, Safarov, Stalin, Yaroslavsky, and Zinoviev — was responsible for writing the Party's final resolution on the matter, "On the Military Question," which was adopted unanimously.Unsigned editorial note in J.V. Stalin, ''Works,'' vol. 4, p. 443. The Military Commission of the Congress — consisting of Pozern, Safarov, Stalin, Yaroslavsky, and Zinoviev — was responsible for writing the Party's final resolution on the matter, "On the Military Question," which was adopted unanimously.Unsigned editorial note in J.V. Stalin, ''Works,'' vol. 4, p. 443. ===Organizational matters=== ===Organizational matters===