There, Stalin and fellow Bolshevik Lev Kamenev assumed control of Pravda, and Stalin was appointed the Bolshevik representative to the Executive Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, an influential council of the city's workers.
Di situ, Stalin dan rekan sejawatnya Lev Kamenev mengambil alih harian Pravda, dan Stalin diangkat menjadi perwakilan Bolshevik di Komite Eksekutif Soviet Petrograd, yaitu dewan buruh kota yang berpengaruh.