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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Italic}}'''''The State and Revolution: The Marxist Theory of the State and the Tasks of the Proletariat in the Revolution''''' {{Efn|Russian: Государство и революция. Учение марксизма о государстве и задачи пролетариата в революции}} is a text by [[Vladimir Lenin]] written between August to September 1917 and published in 1918. It is of central importance to the [[Marxism|Marxist]] conception of the [[state]], maintaining that it is an organ of [[class]] rule created as a result of irreconcilable class contradictions.<br />
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The seventh chapter of ''The State and Revolution'' was never completed as Lenin was preoccupied with the [[October Revolution]], an occurrence Lenin welcomed.<ref>Vladimir Lenin (1917). [https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/postscpt.htm "Post-Script to The State and Revolution"]. Available on the Marxists Internet Archive.</ref> <br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* [https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ ''The State and Revolution''] (1917) on the [[Marxists Internet Archive]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Dictatorship of the proletariat]]<br />
* [[Withering away of the state|"Withering away of the state"]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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===Notes===<br />
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[[Category:Texts]][[Category:Books by Vladimir Lenin]]</div>Wisconcom