About the book: 1971 / The book "The Word is a Commander" is a unique biography of the literary works of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin - the Bolshevik ideological weapon of the main caliber. This is a story about Lenin’s printed word: the leaflets and books of Vladimir Ilyich, about the newspapers that he published underground, abroad. The reader of the book “The Word is a Commander” will learn in what historical context Lenin’s works appeared, with what difficulty the Bolsheviks managed to print them and disseminate how these works of Lenin prepared and prepared the victory of the Great October Socialist Revolution. • To the electronic edition: The continuation of the book “The Word is a Commander” was the book “The Word is a Builder”, published in 1974. It tells about the works of Lenin written after the revolution.