...world revolution was seen as something in the far future. In March 1919 he said: "We live not only in a state but in a system of states, and the existence of the Soviet republic together with imperialist states is in the long run unthinkable." But the important words here were...

...forced to recognise this when, at the Eighth Congress of the Bolshevik Party in March 1919, he declared: 'we are living not merely in a state, but in a system of states'.2^ It is in this context, one that presupposes a radically different view of the international...

...not to attempt to overthrow the world's first and only worker-peasant state: We are living not only in a State, but in a system of States, and the existence...Soviet Republic side by side with imperialist States is in the long run unthinkable. But until that end comes, a series of the most terrible clashes between...

...be a worldwide revolution and this meant the collapse of capitalism. In March 1919 Lenin had stated 'We are living not merely in a state, but in a system of states: and it is inconceivable that the Soviet republic should continue to exist for a long period side by side...

...Lenin in 1919, which was also quoted with approval by Stalin in 1947: "We are living," said Lenin, ay that a law which authorizes or even requires the separation of t g $ Christian states for a long time is unthinkable. One or the other must triumph in the end. And before...

...one-party dictatorship. As Lenin observed in that month of March 1919, with contemporary overtones: "We are living not merely in a state but in a system of states [his emphasis]; and it is inconceivable that the Soviet republic should continue to exist for a long...