V. I. Lenin

The Life and Work of V.I. Lenin

1892

January 14 (26) Lenin receives a University Graduation Diploma, First Class, from the Head Office of the St. Petersburg Educational District.
January 30 (February 11) By decision of the Samara Circuit Court Lenin is entered on the rolls of Junior Barristers.
July 23 (August 4) Lenin granted the right to practise law.
Summer of 1892-winter of 1892-1893 Lenin writes papers criticising the views of the Narodniks, and reads them at meetings of illegal circles. These papers constitute the preparatory material for work What the “Friends of the People” Are.