V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v18;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

DECREE OF THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS ON THE PROCEDURE FOR THE CONFISCATION AND REQUISITION OF GRAIN AMONG THE GERMAN COLONISTS.

To the Saratov Gubernia Soviet, the Commissariat for the Colonies; to the Soviets of Kamyshin, Volsk, Atkarsk—Saratov Gubernia; Novouzensk and Nikolayevsk—Samara Gubernia.

[July 26, 1918]

The Council of People's Commissars has decreed: any impositions of contributions, confiscations and requisitions of grain among the German colonists of the Volga region may take place only with the consent of the Commissariat for German Affairs in Saratov. From the standpoint of the interests of the state as a whole, any arbitrary actions by the local Soviets in relation to the German colonists may lead to very deplorable consequences. Therefore, for the struggle against the kulaks and counter-revolutionaries of the German colonies, we have appointed