TRANSLATION OF EXCERPTS FROM "ON THE PARTY AND SOVIET PRESS"

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FOREIGN DOCUMENTS DIVISION
Tranalat Ion of s From
"On the Party and Soviet Press
(A Collection of Documents)
Moscow, 1954
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
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NOTE
This project consists of translated excerpts from 0 P8rtiya2L1
Sovetskoy Pechati [On the Party and Soviet Press] which itself consists,
in many cases, of mere excerpts of original sources. Sources when included
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in the book are given here.
Brackets indicate translator's comments/ expansion of abbreviati3ns,0
or transliteration from the Russian.
TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE
The Sixth Congress of the RSDRP(b) (August 1917) 1
Organizational Report of the Central Committee (From the 3
Report of /a. M. Sverdlov)
From Resolutions and Decisions of the Congress 4
The Pre-Election Campaign to the Constitutuent Assembly 4
From the Statutes of the Russian Social-Democratic I.
Workers' Party
On Propaganda 5
Manifesto Of the Russian ,ocial-Democratic Workers' Party 6
Decree on the Press, A Decree of the Council of Peoples'-Commissers 14
(November 1917)
On the Revolutionary Tribunal on Press Affairs; a Decree Of the 16
Council of People's Commissar:, (January 1918)
Editorial in the First Issue of the Newspaper Bednota (March 1918) 18
Letter of the Central Committee of the RKP on Proletkulty 19
[Proletarian Cultural Organizations] (December 1920)
The Tenth Congress of the RKP(b) (March 1921) 23
Resolution of the Congress-du-Party Unity 23
Resolution of the Congress on Glavpolitprosvet and 26
Agitation and Propaganda Tasks of the Party
On Antiraligious Propaganda (August 1921) 32
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The 11th Congress of the RUM (March 1922)
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Resolution of the Congress on Press and Propaganda
Central Committee Letter on the Plan of Local Newspapers (June
1922)
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Central Committee Letter on Party Magazinesz_,(Jundol )%
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The 12th Congress of the RKP(b) (April 1923)0 .000...
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From the Resolution of the Congress on' Industils?-?-:?.?? 0 47
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the Resolution of the Congress jtkelnatPanalAuestion0 47
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Resolution of the Congress on Qusptions of:Tropagbalay-Press,'?.? 48
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Resolution of the Congress on Setti,,.!ii:Wtgifigiigrg"(%a ? 67
Agitation and Propaganda 65, 0 Tf.:-.117.7-27.47f....;:: '
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Editorial in the First Issue of the NeydPa,Pee, .01";....Krast.::na:':!..!Z!.:6...!!0?0? 00 71
Priority Tasks of the Party in the Field oflibe:om a?
Decree of the Central Committee (February 1924? *:
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33
33
41
(January 1924)
The 13th Congress-of the IMP(b) (May 124)
A Resolution [Rezolyutsiya) on the Press ?::??7 b 0
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Plenum of the TsK RKP(b) (October 1924) 0
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From the Resolution of the Plenum on the Iniiiediate
Tasks of Work in the Village ?
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gburo ?ember
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83
83
96
96
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On Well Newspapers 100
Decree (Postanovleniyei of th
1924)
On the Peasant Periodical Press
Decree of the Orgburo TsK RKP(b) (FeWikary 1925)
On the Policy of the Party in the rieid,c4f1.Ar.tistict,
Literature [1. e. Belles Lettres]
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Resolution of the TsK BEP(b) (June
Regulations [Polozheniye] on the Te1ege?aphe4ency of the 116
USSR (TASS)
Confirmed by the Presidium of the TsIK USSR and the SNK 116
USSR (July 1925)
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110
110
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The 15th Congress of the Tall(b) (Deeeaeer 194)
Prom the Resolution on the Report of the Centra3. Conad.ttee
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On Weasures for the Improvement of the Press for Youth and
Children
PAGE
320
120
123
Decree of the TsK VKP(b) (July 3928)
323
The 16th Conference of the VKP(b) (April 1929)
326
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On the Purge (Chistkal and Cheek-up CProverkal of Members
and. Candidates of the VKP(b) - Froza a Resoltition of the
126
Conference on the Report of 014. Yaroslavsidy
To all Workers and Peasant Workers of the Soviet Union
3 (The Aad.ress of the Conference)
226 c,
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in C ction
On the Reorganization of the Newspaper Network*. -
with the raimination of Oltrugs
134
The Decree of the TeX VKP(b) (August 1930)
3.34
On [Training] Newspaper Worket-a
136
C.?
The Decree of the TsK VKP(b) (November 1930)
136
On Poster Literature
139-a
The Decree of the TeX VKP(b) (March 2931)
139-a
On the Raorgenization of the Worker and Village Correspondent
tRabsellkorovsIdA Moveme.nt
140
Decree of the TaK .VKP(b) (April 1931)
140
On the Publishing Rouse "Molodays Gvarcliya" ("Young Guards"]
145
The Decree of the TsK VKP(b) (December 3.931)
145
On the Reorganization of Literary and Art Organizations
149
The Decree of the TsK VKP(b) (April 1932)
149
The Misinterpretation by So rth Local Party Organizations of
the Decree of the TsK VKP(b) on Resuming the Admittance of
3.51
New )dembers into the VEP(b)
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The Decree of the TsK VKP(b) (October 1936)
153.
On Organizing Party Propaganda in Connection with the
154
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Publication of Course in Ristory of the VK?(
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Decree of the TsKVKP(b) (November 1938)
On Literary Criticism and Bibliography
[A Report on the Decree of] the Central Committee of
the VKP(b), 1940
On the Work of Rayon Newspapers 183
Letter of the Administration of Propaganda and Agitation: 183
of the TsKVKP(b) (March 1942)
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154
179
179
On the Work of War Correspondents at the Front 195
From the Regulation Confirmed in 1942 by the Adminiotretion 195
of Propaganda and Agitation of the Ts1K VEP(b) and the Main
Political Administration of the Red Army
On the Tasks of Rayon, Oblast, Kray, and. Republic Newspapers 198
in Connection with the Harvesting of Crops and Procurement
of Agricultural Products in 1942
Letter of_the Administration of Propaganda and Agitation 198
of the TsK VKP(b), ally 1942
On the Shortcomings of Newspapers in Giving an Account of 211
the Work of Industrial Enterprises
Letter of the Administration of Propaganda and Agitation 211
of the TaK: VKP(b) to all Editors of City, Oblast, Kray,
and Republic Newspapers (March 1943)
On the State of and Measures for Improving Mass-Political and 237
Ideological Work in the Taterskaya ASSR Party Organization
In the Central Committee VKP(b)? 1944 237
On the immediate Tasks of Party Organizations of the Comaunist 243
Party (Bolsheviks) of Belorussia in the Field of Mass-
Political and Cultural-Educational Work Among the Population
In the Central Committee VKP(b)? 1944 243
On the Four-Page Issues of Oblast, Kray, and Republic News- 248
papers for 29 July 3.945
In the Central Committee VKP(b) 248
On the Four-Page Issues of Republic, Kray, and Oblast -252
Newspapers for 5, 12, and 19 August 1945
In the Central Committee WP(b) 252
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Concerning the Agitation-Propaganda Work of Party 258
Organizations in Connection with the Lew Pessed on
the Five-Year Plan for Rehabilitation end. Development
of the National Econow of the USSR for 1946-1950
In the Central Committee VIC(b): 1946 258
On Measures for Improving the Oblast Newspapers Molot 261
(Rostov-on-Don): Volzhe !Commune (Kuybyshev), and
Kurskaya Pravda
In the Central Cormiittee VICP(b): 19146
On Party and Social-Political Periodicals
261
271
Deere of the TsK VKP(b) "On Periodicals of the Central. 271
C?irg. ttee, 1946
On the Work of OGIZ [Unified-:Sate r-Libliskaire Ibur,ez; of the
It5FSR
273
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In the Central Committee VKP(b), 1946
On the Work of the Party Committees of the IvanovskiyMalange
CoMbine, the GIUkhovskiy Cotton CoMbiae: and the TashkentskIY
Textile CoMbine, 1946
On the Training and Additional Training of Leading Party and
Soviet Workers
In the Central Committee VKP(b), 1946 278
On the Periodicals Zvezda and Lentaved 291
From the Decree of the Ts1C VKP(b) of August 1946 291
On the Repertoire of Drama Theaters end Meastm for its 297
Improvement
From a 26 August 1946 Decree of pa Central Committee VKP(b) 297
On the Film Bolisheza Mize,' [Great Eifel 304
273
277
278
The Decree of the TsK VKP(b) of 4 September 1946
On the Shorteoraingsin anui. Measures for Improving the Work with 311
Agitators in the Stalingrad Party Organization
In the Catral Committee VKP(b), 3.947 311
On the Opera Velikaya Druzhba (The_GreatFriener4hi by 318
V. Ilaradeli
The Decree of the 'Telt VKP(b) of 10 February 1948 318
On the Magazine Krokodil 326
On the Decree of the TsiC VKP(b), 1948 326
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On the Creation of Editorial Boards in Republic: Krays and 329
Oblast Ikamplwars, 1948
On the Shortcomings in we Measures for Improving the 330
Publication of Political Posters
Decree of the Tsit'ITKP(b), 1948 330
Concerning the Magazine Znamya 333
A Check-up on the Fulfillment in 1948 by the _Editorial 333
Staff of &atria of the 1946 Decree of the TEM VKP(b)
Concerning the Ymgazines Zvezda and Leningrad
On the State of and Yeasures for Improving Party Education in 337
the Yeroslavskaya Oblast Party Organization
The Deorec of the mar VY10), 1049 337
On the Work of the Gosplenizdat [Publishing House of Gosplen] 342
end the Mhgazine Planovop Khozyowstvo (Planned Economi]
Decree of the TeK VICP(b) of Jenuery 1950 342
On the Serious Shortcomings in the Selection of Authors for 344
Artieles in the Lsre_Soviet Encyclopedia
Decree of the WA: M(b) of September 1951 344
On the Shortcomings in the Nhgazine Krokodil end Yaaeures for 346
its Improvement
Decree of the Tel( VKP(b) of September 1951 346
On the Serious Shortcomings and. Errors in the work of 347
Gosyurizdat [State Publishing House of Juridical Literature]
Decree of the TaK VV(b) of April 1952 347
On the Facts of the Flagrant Political Distortions of the 350
Texts of Demtyan Bednyy,s Works
Decree of the TsK VEP(b) of April 1952 350
On Measures for the Improvement of City Newspeperso 352
Decree of the TsKIMP(b) of Jay 1952 352
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On the Shortcomings in the Distribution of Newspapers and 357
lbgazines
Decree of the TsK KPSS of June 1953 357
On the Serious Shortcomings in the Work of Gospolitizdat 361
[State Publishing Henze of Politica/ Literature]
Decree of the TUE: US'S of December 1953 363.
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THE SLUR COMERE58 'OF TIM' RS ERP (14, (August, 1917)
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A'total'of 151 delegates with' n: deciding vote and 110 delegates with
? e: consultative vote, representing about 240, 000 members of the party, were
preaent-a?t the'bongieS-s,liiht in Petrogra- d fian' 2.6 July-3 August
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e agen o e congress was: 1 report of the Organization Bureau;
' (2)-report -of the Central Cammittee of the RSDRP(b) [Russian Social-Demo-
cratic Workers' Party (Bolsheviks)); (3) local reports; (4) the current
situation, including: (it) the war and the international situation, and
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-t(b)-the political and eadnomict'l. situation; (5) revaa of the program;
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(6)'organi4isitionai. probleiri; (7) elections to the Constituent Assembly;
'(8)?? the' International (iria'tificted by the Centr'al Committee to draw up a
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(g) the tunifidation of the party; (10) the trade-union movement;
:(U)s eleeticinri;12) inidielliniebus questions. In addition, the report of
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G. K. urdZli. tonlipadte onsli.* 1. 'Ienia's non-appearance at court was discussed.
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