MEMORANDUM TO M. P. PAVLOVICH K
To Pavlovich.
[May 9, 1918]
1) Where do you intend to allocate the construction division of the Military Department?
2) How should we delineate the “astronomical and geodetic affairs” section of the Land Improvement Department from the other tasks within the same Department²?
1 The memorandum to M. P. Pavlovich (Head of the Department of State Construction under the VSNKh) was apparently drafted during a session of the SNK, while discussing the decree on the Committee for State Construction under the VSNKh—see below.
Pavlovich’s reply: “Compared with the entire Commissariat, this department constitutes but a small fraction of it. Construction matters are being transferred to the Committee for State Construction; the Commissariat of Agriculture will also participate in the development of the plan, issuing specific directives through a specialized agency—the Hydromodule Section, whose representative is Engineer Kondrashov.”