With comradely greetings, Lenin  
Printed from the text written in the hand of N. K. Krupskaya  

¹ It has not been established who is being referred to.  
² *Vperyod* — an illegal Bolshevik weekly newspaper, founded after *Iskra* fell into the hands of the Mensheviks. It was published in Geneva from December 22, 1904 (January 4, 1905) to May 5 (18), 1905. Eighteen issues appeared. The organizer, ideological inspiration, and direct leader of the newspaper was V. I. Lenin.  
Due to a delay in typesetting, the first issue of the newspaper *Vperyod* appeared not on December 22, 1904 (January 4, 1905), as indicated in the newspaper, but two days later.