May 17, 1918

To the Commander of the Kremlin

I propose that you urgently carry out the restoration of the Vladimirsky Gates (the Kremlin tower facing the Historical Museum), entrusting one of the architects to, on the instruction of P. P. Malinovsky, present an estimate and oversee the execution of the work.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars  
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

*Printed from the original signed by V. I. Lenin.*

*The letter reported on the difficult situation of the Murmansk region and the Murmansk railway. On May 4, the Council of People's Commissars confirmed the necessity of urgently appointing an Extraordinary Commissar to the Murmansk region.*