V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v38;en:MT;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

TELEGRAM TO O. V. BUKHANOVA ¹
3/V. 1919

Having received your telegram, I made inquiries of the Secretary of the Presidium of the C.E.C. (such requests should be addressed to the Presidium of the C.E.C.), and he replied to me that the sentence has been suspended and an appeal has been lodged.

I request you to write to me, and not to my wife.

Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars,
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

Printed from a handwritten copy

¹ O. V. Bukhanova sent a telegram on May 1, 1919, requesting a pardon for her son, N. P. Bukhanov, who had been sentenced to be shot by the Moscow Revolutionary Tribunal for embezzlement of public funds, abuse of authority, and violation of public catering regulations. Prior to his arrest, Bukhanov had worked in the Food Department as an assistant inspector of the Requisition Sub-Department.

On May 23, 1919, the petition for Bukhanov’s pardon was heard at a meeting of the Presidium of the All-Russia Central Executive Committee, and a decision was adopted: to commute the death sentence to 15 years’ imprisonment.