V. I.

Lenin

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To:   HIS MOTHER

Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova, Davydov’s House, Apt. 4, Bozheninsky Street, Devichye Polye, Moscow, Russia

Mother dearest, I have received your letter and Manya’s. A big merci
for them. Today I received a second letter from Manyasha
with the pleasant news that there is no need for me to write
to our acquaintance a second time. I am worried that your
apartment is so cold; what will it he like in winter if the
temperature is only 12° now? You must not catch cold....
Is there nothing you can do? Perhaps you should put in a small stove. That is often done here (we do not need it
because we have steam heating and it is very warm), and
we did it in Siberia. So far there has been no great cold,
here, at any rate, but the winter is still to come.

I am very, very grateful to Manyasha for the news. If she should have an opportunity I should very much like
her to obtain for me the new Moscow agricultural statistics
(1907–09) and to find out (even from a shop) how much
Izvestiya zemleustroitelnykh komissii costs; I cannot get this
publication through acquaintances and I need it.

I embrace you fondly, my dear, and hope you are keeping
well. Best regards to Manyasha from me and from all of us here.

Yours,

V. U.

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