January 9 J. V. Stalin presides at a meeting of the Collegium
of the People's Commissariat for the Affairs of Nationalities and speaks
on the question of forming a Karachayevo-Cherkess Region.
January 14 J. V. Stalin sends V. M. Molotov the draft of a circular
letter to be sent by the Central Committee of the RCP(B) to the Communist
Party of Turkestan,
January 16 At a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central
Committee of the RCP(B), J.V. Stalin proposes that a conference of Chairmen
of the Central Executive Committees of the independent republics be
called to discuss the question of joint representation at the Genoa
Conference.
January 21 J. V. Stalin presides at a meeting of the Collegium
of the People's Commissariat of the Workers' and Peasants' Inspection
and speaks on the question of revising the budget for 1922.
January 27 J.V. Stalin takes part in the proceedings of the Second
Extraordinary Session of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee,
Ninth Convocation, which discusses the question of sending a delegation
to the Genoa Conference.
January 28 J.V. Stalin speaks at the inaugural meeting of the
"Society of Old Bolsheviks" on the rules of the society.
J. V. Stalin presides at a meeting of the Collegium of the People's
Commissariat of the Workers' and Peasants' Inspection and speaks on
the question of drawing up instructions concerning the regulations for
regional agents of this Commissariat.
February 14 J.V. Stalin and A. D. Tsyurupa receive a group of
professors representing higher technical educational institutions.
February 22 J.V. Stalin writes to the Georgian Communists urging
the necessity of taking practical measures to carry out V. I. Lenin's
instruction to strengthen the Georgian Red Army.
February 28 J. V. Stalin receives a message from V. I. Lenin
requesting that the People's Commissariat of the Workers' and Peasants'
Inspection draw up a scheme of control of private associations and enterprises
by the Workers' and Peasants' Inspection.
March 21 J.V. Stalin receives a letter from V. I. Lenin proposing
that members of the staff of the People's Commissariat of the Workers'
and Peasants' Inspection be called in to assist the staff of the Council
of People's Commissars in verifying the execution of decisions.
March 27-April 2 J. V. Stalin takes part in the proceedings of
the Eleventh Congress of the RCP(B).
March 27 The Eleventh Congress of the RCP(B) elects J. V. Stalin
a member of its presidium.
March 28 The Eleventh Congress of the RCP(B) elects J. V. Stalin
a member of the commission to investigate the case of "The 22"
(the former "Workers' Opposition" group).
March 29-30 J. V. Stalin takes part in the work of the com-mission
appointed by the Eleventh Congress of the RCP(B) to investigate the
case of "The 22" (the former "Workers' Opposition"
group).
March 31 The Eleventh Congress of the RCP(B) elects J. V. Stalin
a member of the commission appointed to make the final draft of the
resolution on the Party's financial policy.
April 2 The Eleventh Congress of the RCP(B) elects J. V. Stalin
a member of the Central Committee of the Party.
April 3 The Plenum of the Central Committee of the RCP(B), on
the proposal of V. I. Lenin, elects J. V. Stalin General Secretary of
the Central Committee of the Party.
April 28 J. V. Stalin writes a letter to V. I. Lenin pro-posing
changes in the system of supplying the peasants with seed.
May 4 J. V. Stalin writes the article "The Tenth Anniversary
of Pravda (Reminiscences)," published in Pravda, No. 98, May 5,
1922.
May 5 J. V. Stalin's greetings to Pravda on its tenth anniversary
are published in Pravda, No. 98.
May 12-17 J. V. Stalin takes part in the proceedings of the commission
appointed by the Central Committee of the RCP(B) to draw up regulations
governing the relations between the central organs of the Ukrainian
S.S.R. and of the RSFSR.
May 19 A letter of the Central Committee of the RCP(B) to the
Executive Committee of the Gomintern concerning united front tactics,
signed by J. V. Stalin, is published in Pravda, No. 110.
June 7 J. V. Stalin lakes part in the proceedings of the Second
Enlarged Plenum of the Executive Committee of the Comintern.
June 15 The letter of the Central Committee of the RCP(B) to
the Communists of the Kirghiz Republic, signed by J. V. Stalin, is published
in the magazine Zhizn Natsionalnostei, No. 12 (147).
July 9 Pravda, No. 151, publishes the letter - signed by J. V.
Stalin - of the Central Committee of the RCP(B) to all Gubernia Committees,
Regional Committees and National and Regional Bureaux of the Central
Committee on carrying out the campaign to collect the tax in kind.
July 13 J. V. Stalin visits V. I. Lenin in Gorki.
July 14 J. V. Stalin sends a telegram to G. K. Orjonikidze about
the state of health of V. I. Lenin.
August 3 J. V. Stalin presides at a meeting of the Organisational
Commission of the Plenum of the Central Committee of the RCP(÷), which
discussed matters concerning the Twelfth Party Conference.
August 4-7 J. V. Stalin takes part in the proceedings of the
Twelfth All-Russian Conference of the R.C. P. (÷).
August 4 The Twelfth Conference of the RCP(B) elects J. V. Stalin
to its presidium.
August 5 V. I. Lenin summons J. V. Stalin to Gorki and asks him
to convey his greetings to the Twelfth All-Russian Party Conference.
J. V. Stalin conveys V. I. Lenin's greetings at the evening sitting
of the conference.
August 11 The Central Committee of the Party appoints a commission,
headed by J. V. Stalin, to prepare for the Plenum of the Central Committee
of the RCP(B) the question of the relations between the RSFSR, the Ukrainian
S.S.R., the Byelorussian S.S.R. and the Transcaucasian Federation.
September 15 J.
V. Stalin writes his impressions of his visit to V. I. Lenin in Gorki.
September 23-24 J. V. Stalin takes part in the work of the commission
appointed by the Central Committee of the RCP(B) on the question of
the relations between the RSFSR, the Ukrainian S.S.R., the Byelorussian
S.S.R. and the Transcaucasian Federation.
September 27 J. V. Stalin discusses with V. I. Lenin the question
of uniting the Soviet republics into a union state.
October 6 J. V. Stalin delivers a report at the Plenum of the
Central Committee of the RCP(B) on the relations between the RSFSR,
the Ukrainian S.S.R., the Byelorussian S.S.R. and the Transcaucasian
Federation. The Plenum appoints a commission, headed by J. V. Stalin,
to direct the preparations for the union of the Soviet republics into
a single union state.
October 16 J. V. Stalin informs the Central Committee of the
Communist Parly of Georgia of the decision adopted by the Plenum of
the Central Committee of the RCP(B) on retaining the Transcaucasian
Federation and uniting it with the RSFSR and the Ukrainian and Byelo-russian
Republics in a Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
October 30 The Central Committee of the Party appoints J. V.
Stalin as a delegate to the Fourth Congress of the Comintern.
November 5 J. V. Stalin's greetings to Pefcrograd on the occasion
of the fifth anniversary of the October Revolution are published in
the newspaper Petrogradskaya Pravda, No. 251.
November 18 J. V. Stalin's interview with a Pravda correspondent
on the question of the union of the independent national republics is
published in Pravda, No. 261.
November 21-28 Under J. V. Stalin's direction, the commis-sion
appointed by the Plenum of the Central Committee of the RCP(B) draws
up "The Fundamental Points of the Constitution of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics."
November 30 J. V. Stalin delivers a report on the Union of Republics
at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the
RCP(B). On J. V. Stalin's report, the Political Bureau endorses "The
Fundamental Points of the Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics."
December 5 At a meeting of the commission appointed by the Plenum
of the Central Committee of the RCP(B), J. V. Stalin is elected to the
sub-commission for drafting the text of the Constitution of the Union
of Republics and the Declaration.
Between December 5 and 16 J. V. Stalin, writes the draft "Declaration
on the Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist, Republics."
December 16 The commission appointed by the Plenum of the Central
Committee of the RCP(B), presided over by J. V. Stalin, adopts the draft
Treaty on the Formation of the USSR, and the draft Declaration submitted
by J. V. Stalin.
December 18 J. V. Stalin delivers a report to the Plenum of the
Central Committee of the RCP(B) on the draft Treaty of Union to be concluded
by the Soviet, republics. The Plenum appoints a commission, headed by
J. V. Stalin, to make preparations for the First Congress of Soviets
of the USSR.
December 20 J. V. Stalin directs the proceedings of the com-mission
appointed to make preparations for the First Congress of Soviets of
the USSR.
December 23-27 J. V. Stalin takes part in the work of the Tenth
All-Russian Congress of Soviets.
December 23 The Tenth All-Russian Congress of Soviets elects
J. V. Stalin to its presidium.
December 26 J. V. Stalin delivers a report at the Tenth All-Russian
Congress of Soviets on the question of uniting the Soviet republics.
J. V. Stalin addresses a meeting of the Commu-nist group at the Tenth
All-Russian Congress of Soviets on the question of forming the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics.
December 27 The Tenth All-Russian Congress of Soviets elects
J. V. Stalin a member of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee
and a delegate of the RSFSR to the First Congress of Soviets of the
USSR.
December 28 The First Session of the All-Russian Central Executive
Committee, Tenth Convocation, elects J. V. Stalin to the Presidium of
the All-Russian C.E.C. and appoints him People's Commissar for the Affairs
of Nationalities.
December 29 J. V. Stalin makes a statement to the Conference
of Plenipotentiary Delegations of the RSFSR, the Ukrainian S.S.R., the
Transcaucasian Federation and the Byelorussian S.S.R. on the order of
the proceedings of the First Congress of Soviets of the USSR The conference
instructs J. V. Stalin to deliver a report to the congress on the formation
of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
December 30 The First Congress of Soviets of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics elects J. V. Stalin to its presidium.
J. V. Stalin delivers a report to the First Congress of Soviets of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the formation of the USSR The
congress elects J. V. Stalin a member of the Central Executive Committee
of the USSR.
J. V. Stalin delivers a speech at the First Session of the Central Executive
Committee of the USSR, First Convocation, and is elected a member of
the Presidium of the C.E.C.
December 31 J. V. Stalin's New Year wishes for 1923 are published
in Izvestia, No. 1.