V. I.

Lenin

1917

1

INSTRUCTION TO THE RED GUARD STAFF [1]

Please take all steps for immediate execution.

V. Ulyanov (Lenin )

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Notes:
[1]
Lenin’s instruction was written on an order to the Red Guard
Staff issued by the Military Revolutionary Committee of the
Petrograd Soviet. The order gave instructions for petrol, four
artillery batteries, three motorcars, field telephones and cyclists
or motorcyclists to be dispatched to the Pulkovo headquarters
at positions near Tsarskoye Selo.

The order called for the dispatch of petrol, a motorcar, two
artillery batteries, sappers for trench-digging, motorcycle or
bicycle messengers and maps of the locality, to the Staff of the
Izmailovo Regiment on the main road to Moscow. The Military
Revolutionary Committee proposed also that “a joint staff for
the operation as a whole” should be set up and food supplies
organised for the Red Guard.