1924
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 (В).
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(В).
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 а. 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.С.Р.(В).
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(В).
May 15 The Third Congress of the Transcaucasian Communist organizations elects J. V. Stalin as a delegate to the Thirteenth Congress of the RCP(В).
May 18 The Twelfth Moscow Gubernia Party Conference elects J. V. Stalin as a delegate to the Thirteenth Congress of the B.C.P. (В).
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 (В).
May 27 At the Thirteenth Congress of the RCP(В), 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.(В), 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(В).
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 (В).
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(В).
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).
