Summary: This article was translated into Persian by Hassan Mortazavi and published as a new appendix to the book Marx-e moteakher va rah–e rusi [Marx and the Russian Road], edited by Teodor Shanin [Tehran: Rouzbehan, 2013, pp. 376-87, orig. English edition without Anderson’s appendix, NY: Monthly Review Press, 1983].  Anderson’s original article, entitled, “Marx’s late writings on Russia re-examined,” appeared in English in News & Letters in November 2007.