It is the sworn enemy of the revolution and a stubborn struggle must be waged against it.” However, it was precisely in this fundamental question that Stalin was to undergo a complete metamorphosis in the next ten years and was to meet the February revolution of 1917 already as a partisan of a bloc with the liberal bourgeoisie and, in accordance with this, as a champion of uniting with the Mensheviks into one party.
Dahil sa saligang paksa na ito si Stalin ay dumaan sa isang kumpletong metamorposis sa nagdaang sampung taon, kaya naman sinalubong niya ang Rebolusyong Pebrero ng 1917 bilang isang tagapag—tangkilik ng pakikipag—bloke sa liberal na burgesya, at sa pagsang—ayon diyan, bilang tagapag—pahayag ng pagsasanib ng mga Menshebik sa iisang partido.