on types of insurance March 23, 1918

Of the Soviets of City and Zemstvo Self-Governments, standing on the plat
form of Soviet Power.
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
V. Ulyanov (Lenin).

Approved at the meeting of the Council of People's Commissars on February 15, 1918, based on the report of a rep
resentative of the Medical-Sanitary Council A. N. Vinokurov. The decree was published in the "Gazeta Vrem. Rab. i Krest. Pravit." No. 27 of February 19,
1918 under the title: "On the Abolition of the Central Medical-Sanitary
Council and the Establishment of the Council of Medical Collegiums."
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TO THE DECREE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE
CONTROL OVER ALL TYPES OF INSURANCE1.
MARCH 25, 1918.

LENINIST [KORHIIK a.
RECORD OF SPEAKERS * * .
23. III. 1918.
Skvortsov-
Elizarov
Larin
Koz'min
Vinokurov3
Lenin
Guk[_ovsk]iy
Gukovskin
Rotshtein4
Bogolepov; Lenin
Pravdin

b.
COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT DECREE .
Change the composition of the [Insurance] Council in the direction of increasing,
approximately to 2/3 of the total number of members, representa
tives of the working classes.
Establish a connection between the Main Commissariat for [Insurance] affairs and the [Council] of [People's] Commissars in such a way that the Main [Commissar] participates with an advisory
vote in the [Council] of [People's] Commissars.
Add ***
*The document is followed by the signatures of the People's Commissars. Ed.
**All the names of the speakers, except for the last three, Lenin,
apparently, crossed out after their speeches. Ed.
***This is where the text of the document ends. Ed.

LETTER TO THE PEOPLE'S COMMISSAR OF POST AND TELEGRAPH

1 The draft decree "On the Establishment of State Control over
all types of insurance" was submitted at a meeting of the Council of People's Commissars by M. T. Elizarov on March 23, 1918. During the discussion, a number of additions were proposed to the draft, which were entrusted to Comrades P. I. Stuchka and D. P. Bogolepov to "revise immediately at the meeting and submit for approval in final form in an hour." The proposals
formulated by Lenin formed the basis of paragraph 1 of the decree of the Council of People's Commissars "On the Establishment of State control over all types of insurance except social insurance," published in "Izvestia VTsIK" No. 63 of
April 2, 1918.
2 N. I. Skvortsov attended the meeting of the Council of People's Commissars as a con
sultant on Financial and Economic issues.
3 A. N. Vinokurov is the People's Commissar of Public Welfare (later - "Commissariat of Social Security").
4 A. Rotshtein was a member of the Insurance Council.
5 D. P. Bogolepov in 1918 - Deputy People's Commissar of Finance.
6 A. G. Pravdin was Deputy People's Commissar of Internal Affairs.

ORDER OF THE CENTRAL REQUISITION
COMMISSION
25. III. 1918
To the Central Requisition Commission.
I propose to take particularly energetic measures to accelerate
the clearing of the premises on Varvarka (the building of the Insurance Society "Anchor"). The relocation of the [insurance] society "Anchor" to its new premises on Varvarka must take place without delay, so that the interests of the members of this society, especially foreigners, cannot suffer any damage. I ask you to report to me without fail on the execution of this proposal.
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

LETTER TO THE PEOPLE'S COMMISSAR OF POST AND TELEGRAPH
26. III. 1918
To the Collegium of Posts and Telegraphs.
I ask you to inform me
1. Does the telegraph department have such a distribution of working hours: 24 hours on duty and then three days of rest?
2; if so, from what time and by whose order