About the book: 1988 / The fundamental question of the revolution is the question of power, of the future state structure. An invaluable contribution to Marxist-Leninist theory was the work of V.I., written on the eve of the Great October Revolution. Lenin "State and Revolution". How this work was created, how it reveals the attitude of the Bolshevik Party to the problems of the socialist revolution and the state, the change in the nature of state power after the victory of the revolution, is described in this brochure. Addressed to all students of the history of the CPSU.