V. I.

Lenin

To the Presiding Committee of The First Congress of Soviets of the Don Republic [1]

Rostov-on-Don

With all my heart I greet the first Congress of Soviets of the Don
Republic.

In particular I heartily subscribe to the words of the resolution
concerning the necessity for carrying through to victory the mounting struggle against the kulak elements of Cossackdom in
the Don region. These words contain an accurate definition of the tasks of
the revolution. This is the kind of struggle that now faces us throughout
Russia.

Lenin