V. I.

Lenin

153

To:   ALL DISTRICT COMMITTEES OF THE R.C.P., ALL DISTRICT SOVIETS OF DEPUTIES, ALL STAFFS OF THE RED ARMY

Two bombs were thrown in the German Embassy about
3 p.m. today, severely wounding Mirbach. This is an obvious act of the monarchists or of those provocateurs who want
to drag Russia into war in the interests of the Anglo-French
capitalists, who have also bribed the Czechoslovaks. Mobilise
all forces, put everyone on guard immediately to catch the
criminals. All cars are to be detained and held for a triple
check. [1]

V. Ulyanov (Lenin )
Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars

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Notes:
[1]
The German Ambassador Mirbach was assassinated in the afternoon on July 6 by the Left Socialist-Revolutionaries Blyumkin
and Andreyev, who got into the German Embassy with a forged
document for the alleged purpose of negotiating with the
Ambassador and threw a bomb at him. The Left S.R.s hoped by this act
to provoke a war with Germany and be able to overthrow Soviet
power through the combined efforts of all the enemies of the
revolution. The assassination of Mirbach marked the beginning of the
Left S.R. counter-revolutionary revolt in Moscow, July 6 and 7,
1918, which was part of a general onslaught by internal
counter-revolutionaries and the imperialists of the Entente against Soviet
Russia; the rebels were secretly supported by foreign diplomatic
missions.

The revolt occurred during the Fifth All-Russia Congress of
Soviets, which instructed the Government to suppress the revolt
at once. The group of Left S.R. delegates to the Congress was
arrested. Thanks to the vigorous measures taken by the Soviet
Government and the concerted action of Moscow workers and garrison,
the revolt was put down.