Abstract
The periodical Voprosy istorii (1984, no. 4) has published an article by E. A. Ambartsumov, Candidate of Historical Sciences, entitled "Lenin's Analysis of the Causes of the 1921 Crisis and Ways Out of It." Judging from the title, the author's intention was to show the reader the train of Lenin's thought in studying and examining one of the most complex sociopolitical situations in the initial period of evolution of Soviet socialist society and the important decisions that preceded it.