| Resolutions and Decisions of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Volume 1: The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party 1898-October 1917 This set of four volumes is an indispensable reference work for the study of modern Russia in general and Soviet Communism in particular. Volume 1 treats the period before the October Revolution of 1917. This volume also breaks new ground in publishing in English vital records of Communist activity during the Revolution of 1917. ELWOOD RALPH : Ralph Carter Elwood is a distinguished research professor of Russian History at Carleton University, Ottawa. |