

References to materials from this coUectionhąye been made according to the system of classification employed by the Central Archive rather than that of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism, but have been designated by the abbreviated prefix AM to indicate their location. microfilm, including seven reels of Dzierzynski’s correspondence and notes. The second col lection, the Microfilmed Archive of the SDKPiL in the Institute of Marx ism-Leninism, is more vast than the first, comprising hundreds of reels of v These materials have been designated by a call number corresponding to a particular unit of documents for example, CA PZPR 61/III-1 contains one unit of police documents relating to the activity of Feliks Dzierżyński. The first is a collection of manuscripts owned and catalogued by the Central Archive it includes unpublished memoirs, police documents, personal and family records of leading party figures in addition to official party records. Most references to archival materials in this text are from two principal collections in the Central Archive of the United Polish Worker’s Party (hereafter abbreviated CA PZPR) in Warsaw. To avoid confusion, dates are given in “New Style” unless otherwise noted. The Julian calender was thirteen days behind the Gregorian or “New Style” calendar in the twentieth century and twelve days behind in the nineteenth century. More complex is the problem of the Russian use of the Julian or “Old Style” calender until its liquidation by the Bolsheviks in 1918. Otherwise, I have used Polish spellings for places within the present borders of the Polish state (hence Białystok rather than Belostok). I have also used the transliterated Russian spelling for the names of places located within the present borders of the Soviet Union (hence Vilna rather than the Polish Wilno or the Lithuanian Vilnius). Polish names and titles appear in their original spelling. In the transliteration of Russian names and titles, I have utilized the system employed by the Library of Congress, except in cases where other spellings have become customary-hence, Trotsky rather than Trotskii. Dzierżyński, Tyszka and the Dictatorship of the Main Directorate, 1908-1911 IX. Between Revolution and Reaction, 1906-1907 VIII. Building the Conspiratorial Organization, 1904 VI. Dzierżyński and the “New Course” of the SDKPiL, 1901-1903 V. The Making of a Revolutionary, 1894-1899 III. FELIKS DZIERŻYŃSKI AND THE SDKPiL: A STUDY OF THE ORIGINS OF POLISH COMMUNISMĮAST EUROPEAN MONOGRAPHS, BOULDER DISTRIBUTED BY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, NEW YORK 1984Ĭopyright © 1984 by Robert Blobaum ISBN 0-88033-046-5 Library of Congress Card Catalog Number 83-82283 Printed in the United States of AmericaĪ Note on Names, Dates and Sources Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Russian Poland after the January Insurrection of 1863 Chapter I.
