V. I.

Lenin

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TELEGRAM TO KH. G. RAKOVSKY

Rakovsky

Congratulations on the capture of Alexandria and
Znamenka. [1] I emphatically request that the released forces
be sent to the Donets Basin.

Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
Alexandria and Znamenka were centres of the counter– revolutionary revolt of Ataman Grigoriev. On the night of May 21, 1919,
Soviet troops fought their way into Alexandria, where Grigoriev
had his headquarters.