To Nimvitsky

**From Ufa, Revolutionary Committee of the Province**

We propose not to repel Khalikov, to agree to amnesty on condition of creating a united front with the Bashkir regiments against Kolchak. On the part of Soviet power, the guarantee of national freedom for the Bashkirs is complete. Of course, it is necessary at the same time to cut off most strictly the counterrevolutionary elements of the Bashkir population and to achieve actual control over the proletarian reliability of the Bashkir troops*.

Lenin, Stalin

In the newspaper "Life of the Nationalities" written by V. I. Lenin and I. V. Stalin

Written February 5 or 6, 1919

Published February 16, 1919 (Moscow) No. 5

Printed according to the text,