nine delegates gathered at the apartment of railway worker pavel rumyantsev.or the sake of secrecy, they set a festive table and arranged it as if it were the owner’s wife’s birthday. the significance of this congress is often underestimated. neither the program nor the charter were adopted, and soon the participants were completely captured and the entire movement was subjected to repression. nevertheless, that's exactly it. the congress realized the idea of the unity of social democracy, gave the party a name and formulated its goals in the manifesto. it was said about the historical mission of the proletariat, the overthrow of the autocracy and the fight against capitalism and the bourgeoisie until the complete victory of socialism. the functions of the central committee of the congress as the highest body were determined. lenin and stalin counted their party service precisely from this event. the house on zakharevskaya street in minsk, where they met, is now a museum. on march 13, 1970, kgb chairman yuri andropov suggested that leonid brezhnev destroy th