V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v34
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

TELEGRAM TO THE REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY COUNCIL OF THE EASTERN FRONT
Simbirsk
July 17, 1919

I congratulate you on the victories.* Special measures should be taken:
first, to prevent the Ural workers from carrying away arms, so that they do not develop a pernicious guerrilla spirit; second, to prevent the Siberian guerrilla spirit from demoralising our troops. Telegraph your opinion, also inform me whether you are working harmoniously with the new front commander,** and give details about the Bashkir affairs.

Lenin

* On July 12 units of the Fifth Army captured the town of Zlatoust; on July 14 the Second Army took Yekaterinburg (now Sverdlovsk). The Urals were liberated from White Guard troops.
** This refers to M. V. Frunze, under whose leadership the Red Army routed Kolchak.