V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v48; en:MT;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

Dear Alexei Maximych,

I am sending you today, by registered book-post, the beginning of a novel which is to appear in *Prosveshcheniye*. We think you will have no objection. If, contrary to expectation, you have, wire to *Prosveshcheniye*: “Hold up Voitinsky” or “Don’t let Voitinsky’s novel go in.” 261

The news that you are being treated by a “Bolshevik” (even though a former one) with a new method has, upon my word, made me uneasy. Heaven preserve you from doctors who are comrades in general, and from Bolshevik doctors in particular! Honestly, in 99 cases out of 100, doctors who are comrades are “asses”, as a good doctor once told me. I assure you that you should be treated (except for minor ailments) only by first-class celebrities. To try out a Bolshevik’s invention on yourself is awful!! The only thing is the control of the Naples professors... if these professors are really knowledgeable... You know, if you go abroad in winter, be sure to call on first-class doctors in Switzerland and Vienna in any case—it would be unpardonable if you didn’t! How is your health now?

Yours,
N. Lenin

P.S. Things are going fairly well here; in St. Petersburg the workers are rallying in a party way in all legal societies, including the insurance societies. We have had some interesting and capable fellows here, too.

Address: Wl. Ulianow. 51. Ulica Lubomirskiego. 51. Krakow, Krakau (Galizien).

1913