MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDIUM OF THE V II CONGRESS OF SOVIETS.
[No later than December 8–9, 1919] In my view, it is necessary to select a representative from Kyiv Governorate¹.
Once the All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee is established—though it does not yet exist—then they will depart. Why should we wait until the Ukrainian Central Executive Committee is formed when we already have one in place?
Lenin.

Lenin proposed that a representative from Kyiv Governorate, which by this time had been liberated from Denikin by the Red Army, be included among the members of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. Lenin’s proposal was adopted; C. Toshachev was elected as the representative of Kyiv Governorate to the All-Russian Central Executive Committee.

NOTES ON A TELEGRAM FROM A MEMBER OF THE SIBERIAN REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEE.
[December 16, 1919]
The rapid advance of the army necessitates the immediate establishment of Soviet institutions at the local level. Local comrades who are unfamiliar with the construction of Soviet power and its political principles are currently incapable of organizing effectively. In the absence of communication with the central authorities, the lack of capable leaders in the regions threatens to lead to a repetition of past stages in development—and to the irrational exploitation of Siberia’s vast resources. It is imperative to send personnel immediately to the Petrograd Revolutionary Committee for responsible political leadership in the areas of Soviet construction and economic administration.
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Organizing Bureau (Stasova)
In my opinion, we should no longer send reinforcements to Siberia: we simply do not have the capacity. Siberia will not perish—let us instead focus our efforts on Ukraine.
Lenin.

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TELEGRAM TO THE PRESIDIUM OF THE ALL-UKRAINIAN CONFERENCE OF BOROTBISTS
TO Kharkov
To Rakovsky, People’s Commissar of Ukraine, for Blakytny² in the Presidium of the All-Ukrainian Conference of Borotbists.
March 16, 1920
I extend my heartfelt thanks for your warm greetings. I fervently wish success to the work of the conference, especially to the successful initiation of the merger with the Bolshevik Party. [164!
Lenin.
1 The Ukrainian Party of Left Socialist-Revolutionaries (Borotbists) emerged in May 1918. By the end of 1919, a current within the Borotbists had begun to advocate for merger with the Communist Party of Ukraine. The decision to merge the Borotbists with the CP(b)U was put forward at the IV All-Ukrainian Conference of Borotbists, held on March 20, 1920.
2 V. M. Blakytny (pen name of Yelansky) (1891–1925) was a member of the Central Committee of the Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Borotbists, a member of the Central Executive Committee of Ukraine, and editor of the Borotbists’ central organ, “Borotba.” He was one of the principal initiators of the merger between the Borotbists and the CP(b)U. In March 1920, following the merger of the Borotbists with the Communist Party of Ukraine, he was elected a member of the Central Committee of the CP(b)U and a member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the 12th Army.

NOTATION DURING THE RECEPTION OF A DELEGATION FROM THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF COMMUNIST ORGANIZATIONS OF THE PEOPLES OF THE EAST *.
in S. n. k.
March 22, 1920
Original document (with signatures) held by Vladimirsky.
Approximately 50–57% of the Tatars in this territory—around 12 Tatar-language newspapers are published in this region.
6–7 daily

The entry was made by Lenin during a conversation with B. Mansurov, a member of the Presidium of the Central Bureau of Communist Organizations of the Peoples of the East (who later became the first Chairman of the Tatar Regional Committee). While discussing the organization of the Tatar Republic, Mansurov informed Lenin about the state of publishing in Kazan and about Tatar national literature. In addition,

SOVIET CONSTRUCTION AND THE TASKS OF SOVIET POWER

Mansurov’s delegation also included: S. Said-Galiev, Chairman of the Central Bureau of the KONV, and his deputy, M. Sultan-Galiev. (In 1927, M. Sultan-Galiev was expelled from the Party and convicted in the case of a counter-revolutionary Pan-Turkist organization linked to the Basmachi movement.)

What is meant here is the original draft of the “Regulations on the Tatar Socialist Republic.” This draft was prepared by an interdepartmental commission composed of members of the Central Bureau of the KONV and representatives from various government agencies—including the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs, the People’s Commissariat for Justice, the Cheka, the Supreme Economic Council, the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions, and others.

AMENDMENTS TO THE DRAFT REGULATIONS ON SUBBOTNIKS
[No earlier than late March 1920]
1. The Goals and Purposes of Subbotniks.
1) Subbotniks constitute one of the forms of propagating the idea of labor duty and the self-organization of the working class.
2) Subbotniks should serve as a laboratory for the development of communist forms of labor.
3) Subbotniks should be initiated primarily for particularly important and urgent tasks.
4) While subbotniks must meet or exceed the established labor norms, participants should strive to surpass those norms.
+ a) to increase labor productivity
b)
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c) to foster labor discipline
d) to realize the dictatorship of the proletariat
e) to guide the peasantry
f) to safeguard against famine and devastation

The author of the draft was A. N. Sokolov, a staff member of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b). The drafting of the regulations was apparently timed to coincide with the anniversary of the inception of subbotniks (May 10, 1920).