V. I.

Lenin

134

To:   HIS MOTHER

September 21, 1901

Mother dearest, I have received your letter of August 22. Merci for it
and also for the money (35 rubles), which we at last received
after long delays that had been caused accidentally by a
friend. Our finances are not in too bad a state. My publisher
has sent me something and I hope to manage on that for quite a time, especially as the cost of living here is not
high if you run your own house. There is no need to send
anything, merci .

We also received your letter to Nadya a short while ago
and I replied to it. [1]

Did you get my reply?

I have had the news from Anyuta that the investigation of the case involving our people is finished and the case
has been handed over to the prosecutor. That is a good thing; they will now probably be less worried and the time
they will be kept locked up will be shorter. Perhaps your
request to have them released on bail will be granted.
Surely they will not keep them in prison now that the investigation is over—that is hardly likely.

As regards our acquaintances in St. Petersburg things are pretty bad. There does not seem to be anybody left
there, with the possible exception of one old friend [2] whom
you know and whose wife visited you in Moscow when
Yelizaveta Vasilyevna was at your place. But he is not much use. Nadya has an old friend, Apollinariya Ivanovna
Knipovich, Peterburgskaya Storona, Bolshoi Prospekt, No. 42, Apt. No. 16—although I do not know whether you
can hope to get her to go bail. I will, however, write to
her and if you are in St. Petersburg you can call on her.

We are still living as before. The weather here is a little
better now, after a long period of rain, and we are making
use of it for long walks in the beautiful country round about;
since we did not manage to go away anywhere for the summer we have to take what chances we have! Yelizaveta
Vasilyevna is now recovering and feels much better. She
sends you and everybody her best regards, so does Nadya.

I embrace you fondly, my dear, and wish you good health—and also that our people will soon be released. Write
and let me know when you have made arrangements for the
winter. Is it not cold in that summer cottage by now?

Yours,

V. Ulyanov

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Notes:
[1]
See previous letter.— Ed .

[2]
This refers to I. N. Chebotaryov, a close acquaintance of the
Ulyanov family.— Ed .