Dear Kasparov! I shake your hand firmly, firmly, and also Karl's, and wish you courage. One must endure. I hope we shall meet in Petersburg soon.

Once again, best greetings to both of you.

Your Lenin in Davos (Switzerland)

* The reference is to the "Farewell Letter to Swiss Workers" (see V. I. Lenin. Works, 5th ed., vol. 31, pp. 87-94). Ed.

** This letter is a postscript to a letter from N. K. Krupskaya. Ed.

Written April 9, 1917

Sent from Bern

First published in 1930 in Lenin Miscellany XIII

Printed from the manuscript