This “pre-parliament” which gave representation to the possessing classes that was out of proportion to the actual balance of class forces was boycotted by the Bolsheviks on the first day it opened.

This work, written while the author was in hiding from the Provisional Government was inspired in part by theoretical disagreements with Bukarin on the subject.

This city was captured by the German army in August, possibly intentionally sacrificed as part of the conspiracy around the Kornilov insurrection.