international relations, participated in the
Kienthal
Conference.
Subsequently switched to Trotskyist positions, was hostile
to the USSR.

NOTE FROM I. F. ARMAND
February 2, 1917

Dear friend! Please send me my article on pacifism

2.
I need specifically the copy typed up.
If you still need this article, I will send you a handwritten
copy.
Best regards
Lenin
1 The date is written by I. F. Armand's hand.
2 Refers to the article "Bourgeois Pacifism and Socialist Pacifism" (see V. I. Lenin, Coll. Works, vol. 30, pp. 239-260).

LETTER TO K. B. RADEK *
[March 13, 1917]
Lieber Radek! Ich wollte schon Ihnen schreiben, als Ihre
Karte mit dem Versprechen «morgen» ausfuhrlich zu schreiben
gekommen ist. Aber «morgen», noch einmal «morgen» und noch
einmal — keine Nachricht!!
Bitte sehr schicken Sie mir den schwedischen Brief zuriick —
ich habe Sie zweimal darum gebeten. Ist es moglich, daB Sie
ihn verloren haben?
Und iiber Jul. Borchardt? Keine Nachrichten? Haben Sie das Buch von K a r l Erdmann noch nicht?
Haben Sie N 10 des Organs О. К. («Известия OK») gesehen?
Martynow schreibt, daB Sie Grimms Luge nicht widerlegt haben,
ergo!!!!
Aber der ganze Inhalt von diesem Artikel Martynows ist so
idiotisch — dieser Narr hilft uns ausgezeichnet.
* On the postcard V. I. Lenin wrote: "Неггп Sobelsohn
zur Stelle Davos-Dori'" and return address:
"Uljano\v.
Spiegelgasse, 14.
Zurich. I."

1905 — MAY 1917

An K a r l haben wir geschrieben. Besten Dank fiir Ihre Mitteilung iiber seine Gesundheit.
Beste Griisse an Sie und Ihre Frau von uns beiden.
Lenin
P. S. Schreiben Sie doch ein Paar Worte!
TRANSLATION
[March 13
1917]
Dear Radek! I already wanted to write to you when your postcard arrived with the promise to write in detail "tomorrow". But
"tomorrow" passed, and another "tomorrow", and another — but no news
at all!!
Please send me back the Swedish letter

1 — I have already asked you about this twice. Could you
have lost it?
And what about Jul. Borchardt?

2 Any news? And you still don't have Karl
Erdmann's book?

Have you seen No. 10 of the Organ of the OC ("Izvestia of the OC")? Martynov
writes that you have not refuted Grimm's lie — ergo *!!!!

But the entire content of this article by Martynov is so idiotic
— this fool helps us excellently.
We wrote to Karl

5. Thank you very much for your message
about his health.
Best regards to you and your wife from both of us.
Lenin
P. S. Write a few words!
1 What letter is being referred to has not been established.
2 Julian Borchardt is a German social democrat. During the world
imperialist war, heading the left social-democratic group formed around the journal "International Socialists
of Germany," he fought against social-chauvinism and imperialist
war; he participated in the Zimmerwald Conference, adhered to the Zimmerwald Left. By the end of the war, Borchardt and his group had moved to syndicalist
positions. After the war, Borchardt withdrew from active political
activity.
: i Refers to the book by K. Erdmann "England und die Sozialdemokratie" ("England and Social Democracy"), published in Berlin in 1917.
4 Refers to the Menshevik newspaper "Izvestia of the Foreign Secretariat
of the Organizational
Committee of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party", published in Geneva from February 1915 to March
1917. 10 issues were published.
* — therefore.

Issue No. 10 of the newspaper published an article by A. Martynov "The Question of the Defence
of the Fatherland in the Swiss Social Democratic Party".
The article pointed out that during the war the social-democratic
faction of the all-Swiss parliament had abandoned its previous decisions
to oppose the war and voted for military credits. No one in Swiss social democracy protested against this
behaviour of the faction. "Moreover, even the ultra-radical comrade Radek, who moved his activities to Switzerland in 1914, as comrade Grimm recently wrote in «Neues Leben»
(and Radek did not refute this), in the first months of the war approved of this step by the faction due to special Swiss conditions".
A. Martynov (A. S. Liker) — during the world imperialist
war took a centrist position.
5 Who is being referred to has not been established.
25115
INVENTORY OF PERSONAL BELONGINGS

Lenin (6. IV. 1917)
|| 1) Basket with household items (valuable). (Key to it) *.
Ill 2) Basket with valuable books.
3) Box (cardboard) with newspaper clippings.
4) Same: a small box made of wooden planks.
5) Box with archive.
6) Basket with non-valuable newspapers, etc.
7) Swedish
kerosene stove.
1 The inventory was made in connection with preparations for departure to Russia.

LETTER TO I. F. ARMAND **
20/IV—1917
Dear friend! I have just received two packages for you — from those
that were taken out of your basket. Poorly packed, only
in newspaper.
* On the postcard to which the key is attached, V. I. Lenin
wrote: nEinschreiben. Пегги Radomyslski (bei Marti). 27. NeufeldstraPe.
27. II. Bern. См. оборот», and on the back of the card: "Absender: W l . Ulianow. Spiegelgasse. 14. Zurich. I. Key to Lenin's basket (with household
items)".
** On the envelope of this letter, V. I. Lenin wrote: "Inessa
Fedorovna Armand. Arbat, corner of Denezhny and Glazovsky, house 14, apt. 12. Moscow."

—
MAY

YEAR

But we still haven't received a single package!
Everything here is still boiling, although the harassment seems
to be starting to subside.
Do you see all the local newspapers?
Please drop a line about receiving this letter
— best of all to the address of our newspaper to the secretary of the newspaper (on the envelope: private for V. I.). It is better not to write to another address.
Regarding the packages, it might be best if someone visiting takes them for you.
How did Olminsky

3 greet you? How do you like Moscow?
Best regards!
Your V. U.
1 Refers to "Pravda" — a daily legal Bolshevik newspaper; the first issue of the newspaper was published in St. Petersburg on April 22 (May 5)
1912.
2 Refers to M. I. Ulyanova. From March 1917 to spring 1929 —
member of the editorial board and executive secretary of the newspaper "Pravda".
3 M. S. Olminsky is one of the oldest figures in the revolutionary
movement in Russia. In 1915-1917 he was on party work in Saratov,
Moscow, then in
Petrograd.

LETTER TO I. F. ARMAND *
[Earlier than May 12 (25), 1917]
Dear friend! Thank you for the letter. We have finally received
the packages. Packages have also arrived for you. Sokolnikov

1 promises to take everything with him in the next few days. I saw him yesterday and I hope that he
will keep his promise. You wrote the address (on the letter to me)
correctly, please continue to write it like that (this is perhaps more convenient), adding
on the envelope: for V. I.
I wish you all the best both in terms of work, and in terms of
arrangements with earnings, and in terms of life with children.
We still have "all the same".
Your Lenin
1 G. Ya. Sokolnikov lived in exile from 1909 to 1917; during
the world imperialist war he collaborated in the Menshevik-Liquidationist newspaper "Nashe Slovo".
* On the
postcard
V.
I. Lenin
wrote:
"Inessa
Fedorovna Armand. Arbat, corner of Denezhny and Glazovsky, house 14, apt. 12.
Moscow".

LETTER TO I. F. ARMAND
[May, later than 12 (25), 1917]
Dear friend!
I wrote you a postcard by mail, reporting on sending you
packages through Sokolnikov g.
I don't know if the postcard arrived.
Did you receive the packages?
We have all the same things that you saw here yourself, and "no end in sight"
to overwork... I'm starting to "give up", sleep three times more than
others, etc.
How are you? Are you happy with Moscow? With great pleasure
I occasionally see from the Moscow "Social-Democrat"

2 how you take on various work in different areas, but, of course, little is visible from the newspaper.
I shake your hand firmly, firmly.
Your Lenin
1 See previous document.
2 "Social-Democrat" is a daily newspaper, the organ of the Moscow
Regional Bureau, the Moscow Committee, later — also the Moscow District
Committee of the RSDLP(b); published from March 1917 to March 1918,
when, in connection with the relocation of the Soviet government and the Central Committee of the party to Moscow,
it merged with the newspaper "Pravda".

(December)
— 1918
YEARS

25124
INSTRUCTION ON SENDING GUARDS
TO THE TAURIDE PALACE
December 9 (22), 1917
To the Acting Commander of the Petrograd District
Kazantsev
Sending guards to the Tauride Palace is to be done according to the instructions of the head of security Blagonravov
1 or the commandant
Prigorovsky
2 .
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars V. Ulyanov (Lenin)
1 G. I. Blagonravov - Extraordinary Military Commissar for the Protection of
Petrograd, Commissar of the Peter and Paul Fortress.
2 M. V. Prigorovsky - Commandant of the Tauride Palace.
25622
RESPONSE BY DIRECT WIRE TO N. V. KRYLENKO

December (24), 1917
Agree with your policy. Agree to the election of the commander-in-chief. Upon departure, transfer the order to the most energetic people so that as many fully reliable troops as possible are in Kharkov as soon as possible, and so that the movement proceeds without stopping for any obstacles or any other considerations.
Lenin

We are extremely concerned about the sluggish movement of troops from the front to Kharkov. Take all measures, up to the most revolutionary, for the most energetic movement of troops, and in large numbers, to Kharkov.
Lenin
Printed according to the text of the telegraph tape
1 In a conversation on a direct wire, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief
N. V. Krylenko reported on the situation at the front, on the struggle against the Central Rada and the entry of our troops into Kharkov, on measures to strengthen the army, on the all-army congress held at that
time at the Stavka and raised the question of electing the commander-in-chief. Krylenko
also reported on the need for him to travel to Petrograd to report
to the Council of People's Commissars.

LETTER TO YA. A. BERZIN

[1917, December, before 24 (January 6, 1918)]
Dear Pavel Vasilyevich!
Received your letter. I am answering – excuse the haste.
You need to get treatment and get treatment.
I do not advise going yet.
For the Constituent Assembly we will call:
name the nearest telephone and repeat the letter. Rest for now.
Your Lenin
1 Ya. A.
Berzin (pseudonym - Pavel Vasilyevich), who was at this time in Finland, in the "Halila" sanatorium, wrote in a letter to V. I. Lenin
about the state of his health, and also reported that in connection with the election
of him as a member of the Constituent Assembly, he would have to leave
for Petrograd.

EXCHANGE OF NOTES with V. D. BONCH-BRUEVICH

[January 3 (16), 1918]
Vladimir Ilyich, Please tell me exactly now, on what date did you speak
in the Mikhailovsky Manege, and at what hour were you shot at
2 .
Vl. Bonch-Bruevich
I don't remember. Check in the newspapers.

1917 (DECEMBER) - 1918

1 V. D. Bonch-Bruevich - an active participant in the October Uprising
in
Petrograd; was the commandant of the Smolny - Tauride district,
chairman of the commission to combat pogroms, banditry and
counter-revolution. In 1917-1920 - manager of affairs of the Council of People's Commissars.
2 This refers to the assassination attempt on V. I. Lenin on the night of December 31, 1917
to January 1, 1918, when he, accompanied by the Swiss communist
F. Platten, was returning from a meeting. F. Platten covered Vladimir Ilyich's head
and was wounded in the arm.
On the night of January 2 (15) to January 3 (16), 1918, an extraordinary
meeting of the Council of People's Commissars was held, at which the issue of the opening of the Constituent Assembly and the assassination attempt on V. I. Lenin were discussed.
Commissars congratulated V. I. Lenin on his deliverance from the threatened
danger.
The Council of People's Commissars considered it necessary to issue a warning that
"the workers' and peasants' government will respond with terror if cases of assassination attempts on representatives of the Council of People's Commissars are repeated" (Central Party Archive of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism under the Central Committee of the CPSU).

EXCHANGE OF NOTES with M. S. URITSKY
[January 5 (18), 1918]
To Uritsky:
At what time was the volley fired?
10?

What is the location of Shpalernaya?
Between Liteiny and Znamenskaya?
Approximately between Voskresenskaya and Tauride along Shpalernaya. The glass broke
on the left side. The volley was from above, apparently from the right.
M. U.
Not far from Liteiny in the direction of Tauride?
Answer here!
Lenin
1 M. S. Uritsky in November 1917 was appointed commissioner
over the "All-Russian
Commission on Matters of Elections to the
Constituent
Assembly."
The note was written on the day of the opening of the
Constituent
Assembly.

NOTE TO V. D. BONCH-BRUEVICH

[1918, January, no earlier than 7 (20)]
Of course, they must be arrested.
And to convene the Central Executive Committee, it is necessary to send this note to Sverdlov
2 .
Lenin
1 V. D. Bonch-Bruevich in his note informs V. I. Lenin about
the anarchist actions of a group of sailors - participants in the murder of the ministers
of the Provisional bourgeois government A. I. Shingarev and F. F. Kokoshkin in the Marinskaya hospital on the night of January 6 to 7, 1918,
requests the opinion of V. I. Lenin about the arrest of the sailors and proposes to convene
a meeting of the Central Executive Committee in connection with these events (see V. I. Lenin. Complete Works,
vol. 50, pp.
25-2K, 411).
2 Ya. M. Sverdlov - Chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee.

NOTE TO V. D. BONCH-BRUEVICH
January 8 (21), 1918
To V. D. Bonch-Bruevich
Write how is the matter with the arrest of the murderers. Is it true that Kreys
1 does not want to be handed over?
Lenin
1 Kreys - an anarchist sailor, one of the participants in the murder of the ministers
of the Provisional bourgeois government A. I. Shingarev and F. F. Kokoshkin.

ORDER TO L. N. STARK

January 8 (21), 1918
Comrade Stark!
Based on the message from Comrade Radek
2 , I ask you to contact Comrade Shotman (member of the board of almost all telegraphs)
3 on the issue of providing radio for the most important messages of the Petrograd Telegraph Agency
4 .
Lenin