**LENIN COLLECTION**

1 A. S. Enukidze in 1918–1922 was a member of the Presidium and secretary of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee.
2 Information about Vorontsov could not be found.
3 The VI All-Russian Congress of Soviets opened on November 6, 1918.

## TELEGRAM TO I. I. VATSETIS AND L. D. TROTSKY

November 9, 1918

Kozlov Arzamas
Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic
Commander-in-Chief Vatsetis, Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council Trotsky

We propose appointing comrade Moisey Lvovich Rukhimovich as commissar of supply under the chief of supply Martynov.

Sverdlov spoke to Vatsetis about this long ago. If this has not been carried out, why not.

Lenin

1 The entire text, including the word "Rukhimovich," was written by I. V. Stalin. M. L. Rukhimovich was chairman of the Kharkov Revolutionary Committee at the time of the October Revolution and an active participant in the Civil War.

## NOTE TO V. D. BONCH-BRUEVICH

[November 1918, after the 10th]

Dear V. D., I am sending you the proofs and Appendix II (I will send its conclusion tomorrow). Do not forget to order tomorrow that all proofs be sent to me from the beginning of the pamphlet. Greetings! Get well soon!

Your Lenin

1 This concerns V. I. Lenin's pamphlet "The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky" (see V. I. Lenin. Complete Collected Works, vol. 37, pp. 235–338).

## EXCHANGE OF NOTES WITH É. M. SKLYANSKI

[November 1918, no later than the 26th]

Could something be done in the matter of Dauge's son (this son is in military aviation school)—Dauge says his son was falsely accused of White Guard activities and *for that reason* (??!!) was expelled from school—Appoint by order of the People's Commissariat of War a commission necessarily consisting of Party members and experienced people? I have no information whatsoever, only doubts on account of the bad company he kept. Removing him from that environment, I believe, would cure him completely.

But what bad company? With whom? When? Where was he? For how long?

I do not know the details, except what the father said, and this is obviously only his anxieties about the son's fellow aviation cadets. I believe he is simply apolitical and will make an excellent technician if only given the opportunity. Previously the father, with his desire to keep him from aviation dangers, was spoiling his relationship with his son.

1 É. M. Sklyanski—Deputy People's Commissar for Military Affairs.
2 P. G. Dauge—one of the founders of the Latvian Social-Democratic Workers' Party, historian, publicist, Doctor of Medicine. In 1918—People's Commissar of Education of Latvia, subsequently a member of the collegium of the People's Commissariat of Health of the RSFSR.
3 From August 14, 1918, there is a directive from V. I. Lenin to the school department of the Air Fleet Administration concerning the enrollment of M. P. Dauge in the Moscow School of Aviation. Before this he completed courses at the Moscow Higher Technical School, where he demonstrated great passion for aviation and flying. Since the aviation school admitted mainly Communists, P. G. Dauge personally appealed to V. I. Lenin with a request to help enroll his son in the aviation school, which M. P. Dauge successfully completed and fought courageously on the fronts of the Civil War (see Zharov F. I. Exploits of Red Pilots, Moscow, 1963, pp. 24–25).

## TELEGRAM TO SUKHPAROV IN TULA

November 28, 1918

Tula Fellowship Sukhparov
Copy
To the Provincial Emergency Committee

Submit the fine immediately. Send a copy of your complaint to the Provincial Emergency Committee in accordance with the law, so that the Provincial Emergency Committee promptly submits its conclusions to the Council of People's Commissars.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
Lenin