...proportion to the consciousness of the masses, and that such a revolution can be successfully concluded "only if the majority of the population, and primarily...people, engage in independent creative work as makers of history." ' ' Lenin encouraged people to act, urging them to consider the significance of their victory...

...and enter that of freedom."12 This was likewise Lenin's idea when he wrote, in April 1918: "Such a revolution can be successfully carried out only if...people, engage in independent creative work as makers of history. Only if the proletariat and the poor peasants display sufficient class consciousness, devotion...