Rough Draft of Article 20, Section 2 of the Constitution of the R.S.F.S.R^{1}

Written in July, prior to 10th, 1918 · First published in 1950 in Lenin Miscellany XXXVI. Printed from the manuscript. · page 104 · Translated by Bernard Isaacs

The R.S.F.S.R. acknowledges that foreigners engaged in productive work on the territory of the Republic shall enjoy full equality of civil and political rights with Russian citizens.

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{1} This document was embodied in Article 20, Section 2 of the Constitution of the R.S.F.S.R. adopted on July 10, 1918, at the Fifth All-Russia Congress of Soviets.