V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v13;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

V. I. LENIN — TO G. L. SHKLOVSKY
IN BERNE

[April 1914. Cracow.]¹

Dear Friend,

Yesterday I received an alarming letter from Samoilov.² He is worse. He cannot sleep. He is bored.

Chelnov³ advised cold (!!) baths. After four baths Samoilov felt even worse....

This is extremely unpleasant, for we have undertaken, so to speak, to cure him. Today I am sending him a letter of recommendation from the local nerve specialist Landau to Dr. De Montet in Vevey, “à Mon Repos” (sanatorium).

Apparently, it is necessary to take Samoilov to a good nerve specialist and transfer him to a sanatorium where there would be systematic care and supervision.

Please do this. Do not stint on expenses for telephone and travel: if necessary, we will cover all this, for at all costs Samoilov must be put on his feet by autumn.

If necessary, call on Sali⁴ once more. But apparently a nerve specialist is needed here. Rely on this, find the best one in Switzerland and take Samoilov to him. I am writing the same to Rivlin;⁵ you get in touch with him so as to act together, dividing the work.

They say boredom is very harmful for neurasthenics. But what is to be done? Take Samoilov to Poronin (we are going there on I.V.)⁶ or to Zakopane? It is possible, but there it rains all summer.

Write about the result of the visit to the doctor and about your decisions. We might try the “Mon Repos” sanatorium now.

Greetings to the family. N. K.⁷ sends greetings too.

Yours,
Lenin

¹ The date is given according to the postmark on the envelope.
² A. M. Samoilov (Rudolphi)—a Bolshevik, a member of the State Duma from the Kostroma Gubernia.
³ M. V. Chelnov—a Menshevik, a member of the State Duma from the Moscow Gubernia.
⁴ Sali—apparently, a doctor.
⁵ A. A. Rivlin—a Bolshevik, a member of the State Duma from the Ufa Gubernia.
⁶ I.V.—the first of May (old style).
⁷ N. K.—Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya.