V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v24
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

TELEGRAM TO S. T. KOVYLKIN
Saratov
Kovylkin
[February 7, 1920]

Your resignation is unacceptable. You must, at all costs, work in harmony with Arzhanov. This is possible if you do not
be obstinate. Inform me of the slightest friction. Arzhanov has been
appointed temporarily.

Lenin.

¹ S. T. Kovylkin was at this period chief of the South-Eastern Railway, a member of the presidium of the Saratov Gubernia Executive Committee and of the bureau of the Gubernia Party Committee. In April 1920 he had special powers for the movement of troops to the Southern Front.