V. I.

Lenin

130

To:   HIS MOTHER

July 1, 1901

Mother dearest, It is quite a long time since I had news of you. Are you
well? I recently received from Anya a letter of Mark’s with
a postscript to me that you had sent her. I was very glad
to hear from him (there has been no reply to my letter from
Manyasha), but I was sorry to learn of the rather wretched
arrangements in their cells. Their imprisonment has come
at a bad time—summer. By the way, the summer here is not hot and there is a lot of rain. What is your summer
like?

I have received the 75 rubles that Mitya sent, which probably came from the sale of my gun. Merci for the
money. Did he receive Nadya’s letter in which she asked
him to send me three copies of my book on capitalism?

Have you any acquaintances in Podolsk? Do you see the gentleman we went boating with last
year? [1] You probably go to Moscow once a week, or perhaps more than
once, don’t you? Have any of the Siberian friends called
on you when passing through? [2]

I embrace you, Mother dearest, and wish you good health.
Very best regards from all to Mitya, Mark and Manyasha.

Yours,

V. U.

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Notes:
[1]
This refers to V. A. Levitsky, who was at that time public health
officer in Podolsk Uyezd of Moscow Gubernia. Lenin made
the acquaintance of Levitsky at the summer cottage of his
relatives before going abroad; he asked Levitsky to write for Iskra ,
and one article by him, Probuzhdeniye kirpichnikov , was printed
in Iskra No. 1.

[2]
The Siberian friends were G. M. Krzhizhanovsky, V. V. Starkov,
M. A. Silvin and others who were in exile at the same time as
Lenin.