YEAR
MARKS ON THE “SHORT REPORT”
Russian Socialist Federative
Soviet Republic
Workers of all countries, unite!
PEOPLE'S COMMISSARIAT
OF EDUCATION
1917—OCTOBER—1920 (Short Report)
State Publishing House, 1920
...“Union of Education Workers and Socialist Culture,” almost six times larger than the old one in terms of members...
Higher vocational-technical educational institutions 591.
Of these:
In Moscow................. 11
In Petrograd
. . . 14
In the province . . . . 18
On the Don .................
In the Caucasus
. . . .
In Siberia .................
In the Turkestan SR

In the Ukrainian SR .
In the Tatar SR . .
Whereas during the first distribution of forms timed to coincide with April 1920,
their return within the first term month yielded only single copies,
during the second distribution, timed to coincide with October
1920, no fewer than 120 completed questionnaires were received within the first three weeks
of the term month.
*■ According to information as of September 1920.
58 k
NARKOMPROS
Lenin's copy.
NB
C. S, p. 42 (Sep-
tember 1920), p. 107
NB
number?
only 1
September 1920 lenincollection
23101
NOTE TO A. V. LUNACHARSKY
Comrade Lunacharsky! Issue without fail! I will sign*.
Yours, Lenin
NOTE TO NARKOMVOEN

It is necessary to bring to justice (as an example) for spreading
rumors 1-2 persons**.
NOTES TO THE OFFICE MANAGER AND SECRETARIES OF THE SNK
April 14, 1920
To the Secretariat of the SNK and to the Office of the SNK
Immediately order that in all premises of the SNK and the Council of Defense, as well as all commissions appointed by them,
there should always be carafes with boiled water and several glasses.
Chairman of the SNK
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)
May 28, 1920
15691
Comrade Secretary!
It is necessary to ensure that this does not happen (SNK members can)***.
Monitor more strictly!
Lenin
*
The note was written in connection with the request of the commissioner of the Public
Library in Leningrad to give him, on behalf of Narkompros, a "formal
ban" on issuing rare copies of revolutionary literature of the pre-October period held in the library for home use.
* * The note was written by V. I. Lenin on a message from the Deputy People's Commissar for Military Affairs
that some railway workers and military communication administrations are divulging secret information.
* * * The order was made in connection with the presence at a meeting of the Council
of Labor and Defense of representatives of departments not called to this meeting.