V. I.

Lenin

145

To:   HIS MOTHER

December 26, 1902

Mother dearest, Please send the enclosed letter to Anyuta; I have not
got her address, I must have lost it (I have not yet written
her a single letter) and perhaps she is not in Tomsk now,
but with you. I believe you were hoping you would all be
together for the holidays, Mitya as well. Write and tell
me whether it turned out that way, and whether you made
the acquaintance of Mitya’s wife.

We still have absolutely nothing new to tell you. The cold is over and we now have what we would call autumn
weather; by way of exception it is dry, and this is very
pleasant. The holidays here will probably be rather boring—
few meetings, the reading-rooms closed and the theatres
all overcrowded and difficult to get into. However, I am
hoping to see some new acquaintances during this period.

I have recently been reading the German newspapers more than usual; there have been some interesting
happenings in Germany and sometimes I wanted to get the story
straight from the source. Things seem to be quieting down
there, too. [1]

How are you getting on? Are the worst frosts over? Have
you any new acquaintances?

Hoping you will have a good time this holiday and will all keep well.

Yours,

V. Ulyanov

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Notes:
[1]
A persistent struggle was going on in Germany in 1902 around
the draft of a tariff reform proposed by the government. The
German Social-Democrats, headed by August Bebel, were fighting
against higher bread prices.