V. I.

Lenin

225

To:   HIS MOTHER

June 2, 1912

Mother dearest, A few days ago I wrote to you about the arrest of
Manyasha and Anyuta. There is something else I want to talk
to you about. I am afraid you must feel very lonely now.
I asked in my last letter whether any acquaintances visit you but I could not have received an answer to that
letter yet.

I read in a St. Petersburg newspaper today about the large number of arrests and house searches that have been
made in connection with the case of the railwaymen [1] in Saratov. They seem to be picking up people left and
right.... I don’t know whether you have yet managed to get any news of Manya and Anyuta. You will probably
be seeing Anyuta soon, because when they arrested her they said it would not be for long. If the arrests
are on a very big scale, however, it may take some time simply to sort out all the people who have been
arrested.

Please drop me a line, my dear, to let me know if you are well, how you are feeling, and if there is any news and
whether you have any acquaintances in Saratov. Perhaps you will feel a little less miserable if we write to one
another more often.

There are no changes here. Yesterday we undertook an excursion to the Parc de St. Cloud, but we had bad luck— it rained. The weather in general is not hot and we have
not yet decided anything about summer.

Nadya and Yel. Vas. send you many kisses and wish you good health and good spirits. So do I and embrace
you, my dear.

Yours,

V. Ulyanov

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Notes:
[1]
The newspaper Rech for May 17 (30), 1912 carried the following
telegram: “Saratov, May 16. The houses of 18 railway employees
were searched.” An earlier issue, of May 10 (23), had stated:
“Saratov, May 9. The gendarmerie searched 16 houses and made as
many arrests, mainly among workers.”