January 4 The Krasnaya Presnya District Conference of the RCP(B)
elects J.V. Stalin a delegate to the Moscow Gubernia Party Conference.
January 9 J.V. Stalin gives an interview to a Hosta corre-spondent
on the discussion concerning the situation in the Party.
January 14-16 J.V. Stalin directs the proceedings of the plenum
of the Central Committee of the RCP (÷).
January 14 At the plenum of the Central Committee of the RCP(B)
J.V. Stalin reports on the draft resolution "Immediate Tasks in
Party Affairs" for the Thirteenth Party Conference.
January 15 The plenum of the Central Committee of the RCP(B)
appoints J.V. Stalin reporter at the Thirteenth Conference of the RCP(B)
on the question of "Immediate Tasks in Party Affairs."
January 16-18 J.V. Stalin directs the proceedings of the Thirteenth
Conference of the RCP(÷).
January 16 The Thirteenth Conference of the RCP(B) elects J.
V. Stalin to the presidium of the conference.
January 17 J . V. Stalin reports to the Thirteenth Conference
of the RCP(B) on "Immediate Tasks in Party Affairs."
January 18 J. V. Stalin replies to the discussion at the Thirteenth
Conference of the RCP(B) on his report on "Immediate Tasks in Party
Affairs."
January 19 The Eleventh All-Russian Congress of Soviets elects
J. V. Stalin to the presidium of the congress.
January 21 6.50 p. m. Death
of V. I. Lenin (in Gorki).
9.30 p. m. J. V. Stalin with the other members of the Political Bureau
of the Central Committee of the RCP(B) leave for Gorki.
January 22 J. V. Stalin makes amendments to the text of the appeal
of the Eleventh All-Russian Congress of Soviets "To All the Working
People of the USSR" concerning the death of V. I. Lenin.
In a telegram to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Bukhara,
J. V. Stalin announces the death of V. I. Lenin and appeals for support
of Lenin's policy of strengthening the alliance between the workers
and peasants, and for closer solidarity with the Soviet government.
January 23 9 a. m. J. V. Stalin and other members of the Central
Committee of the RCP(B) carry out the coffin with Lenin's body from
the house in Gorki.
1.30 p.m.-2.45 p. m. J. V. Stalin and delegates at the Second
All-Union Congress and the Eleventh All-Russian Congress of Soviets,
members of the Central Committee of the Party, members of the Government,
workers, and representatives of various organizations, carry the coffin
with Lenin's body from the Paveletsky Railway Station to the House of
Trade Unions.
6.10 p. m. J. V. Stalin stands in the guard of honour at Lenin's
bier in the Hall of Columns of the House of Trade Unions.
January 25 Pravda, No. 20, publishes the appeal of the Central
Committee of the RCP(B), signed by J. V. Stalin, to all Party organizations,
institutions and to the press to collect all documents, etc., concerning
V. I. Lenin and to send them to the Lenin Institute of the Central Committee
of the RCP(B).
January 26 8.24 p. m.-8.40 p. m. At the memorial session of the
Second Congress of Soviets of the USSR, J.
V. Stalin delivers a speech "On the Death of Lenin" and
in the name of the Bolshevik Party takes a vow to guard and fulfil the
behests of Lenin.
January 27 8 a. m. J. V. Stalin stands in the guard of honour
at Lenin's bier in the Hall of Columns of the House of Trade Unions.
8.30 a. m. J. V. Stalin stands at the head of Lenin's bier in
the Hall of Columns of the House of Trade Unions.
9 Á. m. J. V. Stalin and workers' representatives carry out the
coffin with Lenin's body from the House of Trade Unions.
4 p. m. On the conclusion of the memorial meeting in the Red
Square, J.V. Stalin, V. M. Molotov and others, lift the coffin with
Lenin's body and proceed towards the tomb.
January 28 J.V.
Stalin delivers a speech at a gathering of students of the A.R.C.E.C.
Kremlin Military School, held in memory of V. I. Lenin.
January 29 At a sitting of the Eleventh All-Russian Congress
of Soviets, J.V. Stalin is elected to the All-Russian Central Executive
Committee.
January 29, 31 J. V. Stalin directs the proceedings of the plenum
of the Central Committee of the RCP(B).
January 30 J. V. Stalin is elected to the presidium of the Second
Congress of Soviets of the USSR.
February 2 At a sitting of the Second All-Union Congress of Soviets,
J. V. Stalin is elected to the Soviet of the Union of the Central Executive
Committee of the USSR.
At a sitting of the first session of the Central Executive Committee
of the USSR (second convocation), J.V. Stalin is elected to the Presidium
of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR.
At a sitting of the first session of the All-Russian Central Executive
Committee (eleventh convocation), J. V. Stalin is elected to the Presidium
of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee.
February 3 At the plenum of the Central Committee of the RCP(B),
J.V. Stalin speaks on the report of the commission that investigated
the stale of the Red Army.
March 5-12 On the instructions of J.V. Stalin, the commission
of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR appointed to perpetuate
the memory of V. I. Lenin confers with prominent Soviet scientists on
the question of preserving the body of V. I. Lenin.
March 25 J.V. Stalin completes his "Outline of Studies in
Leninism." The "Outline" was published in May 1924 in
the magazine Krasnaya Molodyozh (Red Youth), No. 1.
March 27 At a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central
Committee of the RCP(B), J. V. Stalin speaks on the report on internal
trade and the consumers' cooperatives.
March 31-April 2 J. V. Stalin directs the proceedings of the
plenum of the Central Committee of the R.ó.ò.(÷).
April 1 At the plenum of the Central Committee of the RCP(B),
J. V. Stalin speaks on the report on internal trade and the consumers'
co-operatives.
April 2 At the plenum of the Central Committee of the RCP(B), J.V.
Stalin speaks on M. I. Kalinin's report on work in the country-side.
April 3 Pravda, No. 76, publishes the announcement of the Central
Committee of the RCP(B), signed by J. V. Stalin, of the convocation
of the Thirteenth Congress of the RCP(B) on May 20, 1924.
J. V. Stalin speaks at the C.C., RCP(B) conference on work among the
youth.
Beginning of April J. V. Stalin delivers lectures at the Sverdlov
University on The Foundations of Leninism.
April 28 J. V. Stalin, with other comrades formerly in Baku,
sends greetings to the Baku organization of the Communist Party on its
twenty-fifth anniversary.
May 9 In a telegram to the Revolutionary Military Council of
the Baltic Fleet, J. V. Stalin states that, owing to the preparations
for the forthcoming Thirteenth Party Congress, he cannot accept the
invitation to attend the Fleet's celebrations. This telegram was published
in the newspaper Krasny Baltiisky Flot (Red Baltic Fleet), No. 106,
May 15, 1924.
May 11 The Twentieth Leningrad Gubernia Party Conference elected
J. V. Stalin to the Leningrad Gubernia Committee of the Party and also
as a delegate to the Thirteenth Congress of the RCP(÷).
May 15 The Third Congress of the Transcaucasian Communist organizations
elects J. V. Stalin as a delegate to the Thirteenth Congress of the
RCP(÷).
May 18 The Twelfth Moscow Gubernia Party Conference elects J.
V. Stalin as a delegate to the Thirteenth Congress of the B.C.P. (÷).
May 23-31 J. V. Stalin directs the proceedings of the Thir-teenth
Congress of the RCP(B), the first Party congress held since the death
of V. I. Lenin.
May 23 J. V. Stalin and the members of the presidium of the Thirteenth
Congress of the RCP(B) take the salute at the Young Pioneers' parade
held in the Red Square, Moscow, in honour of the Thirteenth Congress.
J. V. Stalin presents S. M. Kirov with a copy of the book On Lenin and
Leninism with the inscription: "To my friend and beloved brother,
from the author. J. Stalin."
May 24 J. V. Stalin makes the Central Committee's organizational
report at the Thirteenth Congress of the RCP (÷).
May 27 At the Thirteenth Congress of the RCP(÷), J.V. Stalin
replies to the discussion on the Central Committee's organizational
report.
May 29 At the Thirteenth Congress of the B.C.P.(÷), J. V. Stalin
is elected to the commission on . work among the youth.
May 31 The Thirteenth Congress of the RCP(B) elects J. V. Stalin
to the Central Committee of the RCP(÷).
June 2 The plenum of the Central Committee of the RCP(B) elects
J. V. Stalin to the Political Bureau, Organizing Bureau and the Secretariat,
and re-elects him General Secretary of the Cen-tral Committee of the
RCP (÷).
June 4 Greetings to the Baku workers on the occasion of the opening
of a new gusher in the Surakhani oil field, signed by J. V. Stalin and
the other members of the presidium of the Thirteenth Congress of the
RCP(B), are published in the newspaper Bakinsky Rabochy (Baku Worker),
No. 125.
June 12 The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the
RCP(B) appoints J. V. Stalin to the commission of the plenum of the
Central Committee on work in the countryside.
June 17 J.V. Stalin delivers a report on the "Results of
the Thirteenth Congress of the RCP(B)" at the C.C., RCP(B) Courses
for Secretaries of Uyezd Party Committees.
June 17-July 8 J.V. Stalin takes part in the proceedings of the
Fifth Congress of the Communist International .
June 17 J. V. Stalin is elected to the presidium of the Fifth
Congress of the Comintern.
June 19 The Fifth Congress of the Comintern elects J. V. Stalin
to the commission for drafting the resolution on Leninism, and to the
political and programme commissions.
June 20 A sitting of the Fifth Congress of the Comintern endorses
J. V. Stalin's appointment as chairman of the Polish commission.
June 27 The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the
RCP(B) appoints J.V. Stalin to the Central Committee's commission on
work among working women and peasant women,
June The magazine Rabochy Korrespondent, No. 6, publishes J.
V. Stalin's interview with a representative of this magazine on the
functions of worker and peasant correspondents.
July 1-3 J. V. Stalin directs the meetings of the Polish commission
of the Fifth Congress of the Comintern.
July 3 J.V. Stalin delivers a speech on "The Communist Party
of Poland" at a meeting of the Polish commission of the Fifth Congress
of the Comintern.
July 6 J.V. Stalin, with the other members of the presidium of
the Fifth Congress of the Comin-tern, signs the "Manifesto of the
Communist International to the World Proletariat" that was. adopted
by the congress.
July 8 J.V. Stalin is elected to the Executive Committee and
to the Presidium of the E.G. of the Comintern.
July 16 J.V. Stalin writes a letter to Demyan Bedny.
July 26 The appeal of the Central Committee of the RCP(B) to
all Party organizations, signed by J.V. Stalin, concerning measures
to be taken to combat the drought and its consequences, is published
in Pravda, No. 167.
July 28 J. V. Stalin speaks at a meeting of the Organizing Bureau
of the Central Committee of the RCP(B) on the report of the Bureau's
commission on work in the Red Army.
July 31 In a letter to Manuilsky, J. V. Stalin gives his views
on the resolutions adopted by the Fifth Congress of the Comintern on
the national question in Central Europe and in the Balkans and on Eastern
and colonial questions.
July J. V. Stalin makes amendments to the text of the appeal
of the Executive Committee of the Comintern "To All the Organizations
of the Communist Party of Poland."
August 2 J. V. Stalin writes the article "Y. M. Sverdlov."
August 4 J. V. Stalin speaks at a meeting of the Organizing Bureau
of the Central Committee of the RCP(B) on the report of the Bureau's
com-mission on the Young Pioneer movement.
August 11 J. V. Stalin speaks at a meeting of the Organizing
Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP(B) on the report of the commission
on the education of the Party members of the Lenin Enrolment.
August 16-20 J. V. Stalin directs the proceedings of the plenum
of the Central Committee of the RCP(B).
September 12 J. V. Stalin finishes the article "Concerning
the International Situation," published in Pravda, No. 214, September
20, and in the magazine Bolshevik, No. 11.
October 20 J. V. Stalin has a talk with young correspond-ents
of the magazine Yuniye Stroitely (Young Builders).
October 21-24 J. V. Stalin takes part in the proceedings of a
conference of secretaries of rural Party units called by the Central
Committee of the RCP(÷).
October 22 At the conference of secretaries of rural Party units
called by the Central Committee of the RCP(B), J. V. Stalin speaks on
"The Party's Immediate Tasks in the Countryside."
October 25-27 J. V. Stalin directs the proceedings of the ple-num
of the Central Committee of the RCP(B).
October 26 At the plenum of the Central Committee of the RCP(B),
J. V. Stalin speaks on "The Party's Tasks in the Countryside."
Before November 7 J. V. Stalin receives a delegation representing
the workers of the Dynamo Factory, who invite him to attend a meeting
at the factory on November 7 to celebrate the seventh anniversary of
the Great October Socialist Revolution.
November 7 J. V. Stalin speaks at a meeting of the workers at
the Dynamo Factory held on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of
the Great October Socialist Revolution and the unveiling of a memorial
plaque to commemorate Lenin's visit to the factory in 1921. J. V. Stalin
makes an entry in the Red Book of the factory.
November 15 J. V. Stalin writes his greetings to the First Cavalry
Army on the occasion of its fifth anniversary.
November 16 On the instructions of the Central Committee of the
RCP(B), J. V. Stalin writes a letter to the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Germany in connection with the forth-coming Reichstag
elections. In the letter he exposes the treacherous role played by counter-revolutionary
German Social-Democracy.
November 17 J. V. Stalin's greetings to Krestyanskaya Gazeta
on its first anniversary are published in that newspaper, No. 51.
November 19 J. V. Stalin delivers a speech on "Trotskyism
or Leninism?" at a plenary meeting of the Communist group in the
A.U.C.C.T.U.
November 20 The Central Committee of the RCP(B) ap-points J.
V. Stalin to the Council of the Lenin Institute of the C.C., RCP(B).
November 29 In the name of the Central Committee of the RCP(B)
J. V. Stalin sends a letter to the Central Committee of the C.P.(B)
of the Ukraine on the fight against Trotskyism.
December 8 J. V. Stalin speaks at a meeting of the Organizing
Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP(B) on the report of the commission
on the education of the Party members of the Lenin Enrolment.
December 17 J. V. Stalin finishes the preface to his book On
the Road to October.
December 19 J. V. Stalin signs a circular letter of the Central
Committee of the RCP(B) to all Party organizations calling for strict
implementation of the decisions on internal trade adopted by the Thirteenth
Congress of the RCP(B).