About the book: 1953 / Information material prepared jointly by the department of propaganda and agitation of the CPSU Central Committee and the Marx-Engels-Lenin-Stalin Institute (later renamed the Institute of Marxism-Leninism) at Central Committee of the CPSU. Includes a thesis-formatted brief historical overview of the activities and main stages of party building over fifty years - from 1903 to 1953. It is of interest to the modern reader who is not familiar with the period of socialism as an example of political literature of the early 50s. XX century and as a source for studying the history of the CPSU. The original spelling and page numbering have been preserved. The page number is given at the end in square brackets.