p As we have already said, the transition from capitalism to socialism by means of the socialist revolution is the substance and content of the modern epoch. This is a natural and inevitable process. Imperialism does not have the forces to halt the advance of history. The problem is in the time, forms and features of the revolution.

For the communist movement the elaboration of this problem is, therefore, of the utmost importance. It had received much attention from Marx, Engels and Lenin. At present it is being exhaustively studied by the CPSU and other Marxist-Leninist parties, which are generalising the experience of socialist revolutions and the building of socialism. This problem holds the attention of politicians and ideologists, of representatives of all the social sciences.