V. I.

Lenin

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To:   A. M. ANIKST

Comrade Anikst

In view of the statement by Comrade Korolyov, Chairman of the Ivanovo-Voznesensk Gubernia Executive
Committee, concerning the non-fulfilment of the C.L.D. decision
of
5--X–20, [1] and in view of the extreme importance of the
uninterrupted running of the textile mills in
Ivanovo-Voznesensk Gubernia, which in six months can produce
2.88 million 60-arshin piece-goods , i.e., 172.8 million
arshins—I hereby instruct you to organise not later than tomorrow, 16-XI-20, under your chairmanship, a conference
consisting of Comrade Korolyov and representatives:

on matters relating to each department respectively from the People’s Commissariat for Food

Central Fuel Administration

Central Oil Administration

Central Peat Administration

People’s Commissariat for Defence

People’s Commissariat for Finance

People’s Commissariat for Railways on the various questions raised by the Ivanovo-Voznesensk Gubernia Executive Committee, to work out precise -4 decisions and to submit them to me for signature or to the C.L.D. at 6.00 p.m. sharp on Wednesday,
17–XI–20. [2]

15. XI.20

Chairman, Council of Labour and Defence

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Notes:
[1]
A reference to the decision, “On fuel and food supplies to tie
factories being restarted in Ivanovo-Voznesensk Gubernia, included
in the shock group of textile enterprises”, which was adopted on
Lenin’s report by the Council of Labour and Defence on October
1, 1920. G. K. Korolyov’s report erroneously gave the date
as October 5.

[2]
The letter was sent out by Lenin after his talk with G. K.
Korolyov, Chairman of the Ivanovo-Voznesensk Gubernia
Executive Committee, who had been despatched to Moscow in
connection with the food crisis in the gubernia, the stoppage of fuel
supply for shock textile mills and delays in wage payments to
workers. On November 15, 1920, Korolyov told Lenin about the
gubernia’s hardships and submitted a report listing the necessary
measures to overcome them.

On November 16, the C.P.C., on the report of a commission
appointed by Lenin, adopted a decision on the supply of money
and food to the workers of Ivanovo-Voznesensk. The following
day, November 17, the Council of Labour and Defence, on the
strength of a report by the same commission, adopted a resolution