To Zadansk. Executive Committee. To Boldyrev.1
17 August 1918. 14 h. 15 m.

Act with the utmost decisiveness against the kulaks and the Left Socialist Revolutionary scoundrels who have made common cause with them. Issue appeals to the poor peasants. Organize them. Request assistance from Yelets. It is necessary to carry out merciless suppression of the kulaks — blood-drinkers. Telegraph reports.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Lenin.

Boldyrev — a worker, party member since 1917, organizer of Soviet power in Zadansk district, a native of which he is. In 1918 chairman of the district executive committee. Took active part in suppressing the kulak uprising. At present works as deputy director of the Yaroslavl rubber-asbestos combine.

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