V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v24
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

[March 11, 1919]

In issuing this directive, the C.C., R.C.P. proposes to be guided by the established principle: nothing from the poor peasants, a moderate amount from the middle peasant, and a large amount from the rich peasant.

We advise fixing the surplus at a maximum, for example, 500 million poods for the whole of the Ukraine, and taking one-fifth or one-tenth of this for the requisition.