V. I.

Lenin

TO COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF M. A. MURAVYOV, TO THE SUPREME RUMANIAN BOARD, TO THE PEOPLE’S SECRETARIAT OF THE UKRAINIAN REPUBLIC, FOR V. A. ANTONOV-OVSEYENKO

To Yudovsky, Rumcherod, [1] for transmission to
Commander-in-Chief Muravyov, Odessa, for Commander-in– Chief Muravyov, to the Supreme Rumanian Board, to the
People’s Secretariat of the Ukrainian Republic for Antonov

In view of the serious situation on the Russo-Rumanian front and the need for urgent support of the revolutionary
detachments in Bessarabia, Commander-in-Chief Muravyov and his northern army are seconded to the Supreme
Rumanian Board. We do not doubt for a moment that the valiant heroes of the liberation of Kiev will do their
revolutionary duty without delay.

Lenin
Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars

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Notes:
[1]
Rumcherod —Central Executive Committee of Soviets of the
Rumanian Front, Black Sea Fleet and Odessa Region.