V. I.

Lenin

193

To:   THE STAFF OF THE 2nd UKRAINIAN SOVIET ARMY AND ALL COMRADES OF THAT ARMY

May 2, 1919

I express my very deepest gratitude and appreciation to the comrades of the 2nd Ukrainian Soviet Army for the
tank sent as a present. [1]

This gift is dear to all of us, dear to the workers and
peasants of Russia, as evidence of the heroism of their
Ukrainian brothers, and is dear also because it bears witness to
the complete collapse of the Entente which seemed so strong.

Best greetings and the warmest good wishes for success to the workers and peasants of the Ukraine and the
Ukrainian Red Army.

V. Ulyanov (Lenin )
Chairman, Defence Council

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Notes:
[1]
The war trophies captured by the Red Army on the Southern Front
included several French tanks. The Command of the 2nd Ukrainian
Soviet Army sent one of them to Lenin as a gift, accompanying it
with a loiter of welcome.