V. I.

Lenin

107

To:   HIS MOTHER

Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova, Kedrova’s House, Podolsk, Moscow Gubernia

May 10, 1900

I have just received your letter of the 8th, Mother dearest, and am replying at once. I am very glad permission
has been granted for me to visit you and it goes without
saying that I shall certainly take advantage of it; unfortunately I cannot leave here at once; I do not want to come
back here, so I must stay on for 5-7 days or so to settle some
financial affairs and certain editorial business. It doesn’t
matter, of course, whether I come a week earlier or later;
I am, in general, in agreement with the arguments put forward by you and Anyuta (by the way— merci for the work
on urban statistics which I received today) and think of
doing as you advise, the only thing is I must give up the
idea of a personal visit to St. Petersburg and shall, therefore, ask you to go, if you can manage it, by Thursday the
18th, or, if you can’t, by Thursday the 25th, depending
on when we meet. [1]

See you soon.

Yours,

V. U.