V. I.

Lenin

261

To:   HIS SISTER MARIA

Her Excellency Maria Ilyinichna

Ulyanova, Shirokaya Street, 48/9, Apt. 24, Petrograd, Russia

Oulianoff, Spiegelgasse, 14 II , Zürich, Switzerland

November 26, 1916

Dear Manyasha, I had just sent a registered postcard to Mark
Timofeyevich’s address when the books (a novel in two volumes) came
from you, and then a postcard saying you were expecting
Anyuta in a day or two. [1]

Many thanks for the books. I am very glad to get the news about Anyuta. My very best
regards to her; I hope she will not be long in Astrakhan
Gubernia and, while there, she should be careful not to get ill
from the hot climate to which she is not accustomed. Nadya
sends regards and thanks you for the news about Lidiya.

There have been no changes here. Prices are rising more
than ever. Many thanks for the money (I have written to
M.T. acknowledging receipt of 500 rubles=869 francs). If
it is not too much trouble send me three or four times a
month the Russian newspapers after you have read them— tie them up tightly with string or they will get lost. I have
no Russian newspapers here. For translation I proposed three books—Kemmerer, Technischer Fortschritt , Hobson,
Imperialism , and Gilbreth, Motion Study . I have not yet
received an answer and am awaiting one (because the publisher must find out whether they have been published
before).

I again wish everybody all the best and send you and
Anya many kisses.

Yours,

V. Ulyanov

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Notes:
[1]
This refers to the release of Lenin’s sister Anna from prison.
— Ed .