V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v38; en:CW/CW42;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

May 23, 1919

Decisions adopted by the Commission of the Council of People’s Commissars at its sitting of May 23, 1919:

1. Salaries above 3,000 rubles are to be fixed by the board of each Commissariat and, with notification to the People’s Commissars for Labour and State Control, are to be submitted for approval to the Council of People’s Commissars.

2. Each People’s Commissariat undertakes to submit, within one week, a list of all employees receiving over 3,000 rubles a month.

3. Each People’s Commissariat undertakes to submit, within one week, a list of the most outstanding specialists and prominent organisers who must be paid over 3,000 rubles.

The board of each Commissariat must state in respect of each person: 1) its guarantee that he is a most outstanding specialist in such and such a field; 2) what particular prominent organising work he is doing or can do.

4. On June 15, only those whose salary has been approved by the Council of People’s Commissars will receive the standard 3,000 rubles or more.

5. The time-limit for the approval of salaries by the Council of People’s Commissars is fixed at not more than one week from the date of submission of the salary for approval.

6. Rapporteurs: Lenin and Krassin.

7. Avanesov undertakes to submit to the Council of People’s Commissars tomorrow, May 24, theses or principles regarding payment of over 3,000 rubles to persons who are not most outstanding specialists.

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