V. I. Lenin

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Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

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TELEGRAM TO S. P. SEREDA WITH INSTRUCTIONS
TO COLLECT ALL SURPLUS GRAIN

Yelets. To People's Commissar for Agriculture Sereda.
August 19, 1918. 23 hrs. 48 min.

Today a tank car of 500 poods of petrol is being sent to you, but
why do you ignore the most important questions: how much grain has been collected,
how much has been stored, and then it is absolutely essential to clean out com-

TELEGRAMS ON THE ORGANISATION OF THRESHING DETACHMENTS

pletely all surplus grain first in one volost and give that
volost a large bonus. We shall not grudge money to help the poor and middle peasants
if they help the hungry.
Lenin.

TELEGRAMS ON THE ORGANISATION OF THRESHING
DETACHMENTS AND ON THE INTENSIFIED PROCUREMENT OF GRAIN

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