Translated from: ru/1908/1908-04_protokol_doprosa_gb_nizheradze_iv_dzhugashvili.txt

At the present time, I do not belong to any illegal political party or organization. In 1902, I was involved in cases of the Kutaisi Provincial Gendarme Administration in connection with propaganda related to a strike case. Simultaneously, I was involved in cases of the Tiflis Provincial Gendarme Administration in the case of the Tiflis Committee of Social Democrats. In the winter of 1904, I fled from my place of exile, from which I traveled to Leipzig, where I stayed for approximately eleven months. About eight months ago, I acquired a passport in the name of the nobleman Kayos Nizheradze, under which I have been living. The issue of the journal Gudok found during the search at my residence belongs to me. I was a contributor to the journal. The manuscript found during the search at my residence, titled "Resolution of CC Representatives on the Question of the Split [...illegible...] of the RSDLP," does not belong to me. This manuscript was sent to the Union of Oil Industry Workers, addressed to the editorial office of the journal Gudok. I have nothing further to declare. I returned from Leipzig after the Imperial Manifesto of 17 October 1905. I lived in Leipzig for over a year.

Iosif Vissarionovich

Dzhugashvili

Ostrovsky, A.V. Who Stood Behind Stalin. pp. 292-293.

RGASPI. F. 558. Op. 4. D. 627. L. 25 rev.-26.