V. I. Lenin

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

KIEV, TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS OF THE UKRAINE
COPY TO THE PEOPLE'S COMMISSAR FOR MILITARY AFFAIRS OF THE UKRAINE

In view of the new organisation of the health resort system in the Republic and in the interests of placing the health resorts at the disposal of*

* The telegram is also signed by S. P. Sereda, People's Commissar for Agriculture. — Ed.

invalids of war and labour, exhausted Red Army men and undernourished workers of the North for treatment and rest, it is necessary to take urgent measures for the protection of the southern health resorts captured by the Red Army.

I request you immediately to instruct the commanders of the military units operating in the south of Russia and the Taurida Peninsula to take the strictest measures to protect from
destruction and plunder the medical equipment, buildings, inventory, plantations, materials and stocks at the health resorts of the south of Russia and the Crimean Peninsula, Odessa,
Golaya Pristan, Berdyansk, Moinaki, Saki, Yevpatoria, Sevastopol, Balaklava, Yalta,
Alupka, Gurzuf, Alushta, Feodosia, Kerch and others.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, Lenin*