One of the most important problems in the theory and practice of Marxism-Leninism is the problem of the alliance of the proletariat with the non - proletarian strata of the working people, and above all with the peasantry.Wherever the peasants make up a significant mass of the population, political parties claiming power try to win them over. This goal is primarily served by their agricultural programs. When studying these programs, the rich experience of Russia is of paramount importance. The agrarian question in Russia after the reform of 1861 and until October 1917 was one of the most acute economic, social and political problems, since the peasantry made up the majority of the population here. "The agrarian question," wrote V. I. Lenin, " forms the basis of the bourgeois revolution in Russia and determines the national peculiarity of this revolution. The essence of this question is the struggle of the peasantry for the abolition of landed proprietorship and the remnants of serfdom in the agricultural system of Russia, and consequently in all its social and political institutions. " 1 These words were written before the February Revolution. But since it did not solve the agrarian problem either (landlords ' land ownership was not abolished, and the peasants did not receive land), the agrarian problem in Russia continued to remain as acute as before. The natural and only reliable ally and leader of the working peasantry in the bourgeois-democratic and socialist revolutions was the Russian proletariat. He and his vanguard, the Bolshevik Party, persistently fought for influence over the peasantry, for its political enlightenment and the development of its revolutionary energy. Other classes and parties also fought for the peasantry, while pursuing their own goals. Therefore, the period from the beginning of the twentieth century, when political parties emerged in Russia, to the Great October Socialist Revolution was a period of intense and continuously escalating st ... Читать далее