Recognising that membership fees and donations from a few wealthy sympathisers were insufficient to finance the Bolsheviks' activities, Lenin endorsed the idea of robbing post offices, railway stations, trains, and banks.
Ia sadar bahwa biaya keanggotaan dan sumbangan dari beberapa simpatisan kaya tidak cukup untuk membiayai kegiatan-kegiatan Bolshevik, sehingga ia mendukung gagasan perampokan kantor pos, stasiun kereta, kereta api, dan bank.