Biography:
A full political biography is provided in Lenin: Life & Work by Sevin & Golikov (Novosti Press Agency, 1975) [247Kb]. Shorter biographical sketches are provided in Clara Zetkin's Recollections of Lenin (coming soon!) and Ilyich's Favourite Books [11.7Kb], a short supplement to the collection On Culture and Cultural Revolution by his wife and colleague, Nadezdha Krupskaya, offers insights into Lenin's favourite literature.

Anarchism & Socialism [4Kb]
Written in 1901
First published in 1936 in the magazine Proletarskaya Revolutsia No. 7
Collected Works, Vol. 5, pp. 327-28

Socialism & Anarchism [10.2Kb]
Written on November 24 (December 7), 1905
First published in Novaya Zhizn, No.21, November 25, 1905
Collected Works, Vol.10, pp.71-74

Socialism & Religion [11.7Kb]
First published in Novaya Zhizn, No. 28, December 3. 1905
Collected Works, Vol. 10, pp. 83-87

The Attitude of the Workers' Party to Religion [26.7Kb]
Written on May 13 (28), 1909
First published in Proletary, No. 45
Collected Works, Volume 15, pp.402-413

Fifth International Congress Against Prostitution [3.9Kb]
First published in Rabochaya Pravda No. 1, July 13, 1913
Collected Works, Vol.19, pp.260-61

Civilised Europeans and Savage Asians [3.3Kb]
First published in Pravda No.87, April 14, 1913
Collected Works, Vol.19, pp.57-58

A Great Technical Achievement [3.7Kb]
First published in Pravda No.91, April 21, 1913
Collected Works, Vol.19, pp.61-62

Capitalism & Female Labour [4.5Kb]
Written on April 27 (May 10), 1913
First published in Pravda No.102, May 5, 1913
Collected Works, Vol. 36, pp.230-31

The Working Class & Neomalthusianism [9.1Kb]
First published in Pravda No.137, June 16, 1913
Collected Works, Vol.19, pp.235-37

Disruption of unity under cover of outcries for unity

The Bourgeois Intelligentsia's Methods of Struggle Against the Worker

Opportunism and the Collapse of the Second International [40.9Kb]
First published in January 1916 in Vorbote No.1
Collected Works Vol.22, pp.108-20

Letter to Comrades [56.1Kb]
Written October 17 (30), 1917
First published in Rabochy Put Nos. 40, 41 and 42, November 1, 2 and 3 (October 19, 20 and 21), 1917
Collected Works, Vol.26, pp.195-215

Marxism & Insurrection [17.3Kb]
A Letter to the Central Committee of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.)
Written September 13-14 (26-27), 1917
First published in 1921 in the magazine Proletarskaya Revolutsia No.2
Collected Works, Vol.26, pp.22-27

Can the Bolsheviks Retain State Power? [136Kb]
First published in 1918 in the pamphlet Can the Bolsheviks Retain State Power?, "Soldiers' and Peasants' Library" Series, St. Petersburg

The Bolsheviks Must Assume Power [10.4Kb]
A Letter to the Central Committee and the Petrograd and Moscow Committees of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.)
Written September 12-14 (25-27), 1917
First published in 1921 in the magazine Proletarskaya Revolutsia No.2
Collected Works, Vol.26, pp.19-21

Soviet Power & the Status of Women [8.5Kb]
First published in Pravda No.249, November 6, 1919.
Collected Works, Vol.30, pp.120-23)
This edition from the pamphlet Soviet Power & the Status of Women/International Working Women's Day,

Tasks of the Working Women's Movement in the Soviet Republic [15.5Kb]
Speech delivered at the Fourth Moscow City Conference of Non-Party Working Women, September 23, 1919
First published in Pravda No. 213, September 25, 1919
Collected Works Vol. 30 pp. 40-46

To the Working Women [3.5Kb]
Written on February 21, 1920
First published in Pravda No.40, February 22, 1920
Collected Works, Vol.30, pp. 371-72

Tasks of the Youth Leagues [40.2Kb]
Speech delivered at the Third All-Russia Congress of the Russian Young Communist League, October 2, 1920
First published in Pravda Nos. 221, 222 and 223, October 5, 6 and 7, 1920
Collected Works, Vol. 31, April-December 1920