V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v50; en:CW/CW35;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

September 18, 1918

Petrograd
To People’s Commissar Lunacharsky
Copy to Moscow, Ostozhenka, 53
Pokrovsky

Today I heard Vinogradov’s report on busts and monuments, and I am outraged to the depths of my soul; for months nothing has been done; not a single bust has been erected so far, the disappearance of the bust of Radishchev is a farce. There is no bust of Marx for the streets, nothing has been done for propaganda by inscriptions on the streets. I reprimand you for criminal and negligent attitude, and demand that you send me the names of all responsible persons for their prosecution. Shame on the saboteurs and idlers.

Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars,
Lenin