The leaflets of the St. Petersburg Union of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class, issued during the period of its activity under the leadership of V. I. Lenin (1895-January 1897), played a major role in awakening the class consciousness of the Russian workers and in establishing strong ties between the social - democratic organization and the masses. Their identification, collection and study began after the Great October Revolution. the socialist revolution. Already in 1924, a list of Soyuz proclamations was published in the appendix to the first volume of the Collected Works of Stucco Molding, 1 and at the same time the question of introducing this valuable historical material into scientific circulation was raised. By 1934, the problem was mostly solved. Publication of the bibliographic index of leaflets of the St. Petersburg Bolshevik Organization prepared by the Marx - Engels - Lenin Institute of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) 1 V. I. Lenin, Soch. Izd. 1-E. T. 1, pp. 630-637, page 210 RSDLP 2 and the collection "Leaflets of the St. Petersburg Union of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class". 1895-1897 " 3 made available to the scientific community all the publications identified by that time-67 proclamations (13 of them were found in several versions). A "List of non-available leaflets" was also published, summarizing information on eight appeals mentioned in the literature .4 This list was aimed at continuing the search and, it would seem, predetermined its possible results. It is not without reason that a number of studies mention 75 appeals issued by the "Union" in 1895-January 1897.5 However, the printed output of the St. Petersburg "Union of Struggle" turned out to be wider and more diverse than it was recorded in 1934. So far, only two of the leaflets listed in the "List of Not Available Leaflets" have been found: a handwritten proclamation "What port Workers should Strive for" (discovered abroad in 1935).6 and the proclama ... Read more