V. I.

Lenin

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To:   SOPHIA RAVICH

Dear Comrade Olga, As regards elections, I really don’t know what to answer. At the first
blush, why shouldn’t elections in a republic be held from top to bottom?
But beyond this first blush I know nothing: neither the nature of the body
to which elections have to be held, nor the correlation of parties within
it, nor the history of the question, nor past experience. It is difficult
to judge under such conditions, for the “first blush” alone is
insufficient, of course.

Regards, Yours, Lenin

P.S. Did the 200 frs. help to get round Kuzmikha? Keep me informed by
postcards: “a bulletin of Kuzmikha’s moods and the chances of
success”. Both you (and we) are fed up with Kuzma, I understand, but what
can we do?

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