V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek deepseek-v4-pro) from the Russian; AI-translated.

NOTE TO E. M. SKLYANSKY 1

[July 18, 1919]

To Sklyansky: we must speed things up. When will Smilga and Gusev arrive? 2

1 Written on a telegram from G. E. Zinoviev and A. P. Rozengolts, member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the VII Army, sent from Petrograd to the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic (copy to V. I. Lenin), concerning the disagreement of the Commander-in-Chief S. S. Kamenev with the decision of the Central Committee of the RCP(b) to transfer the staff of the VII Army from Novgorod to Petrograd or its environs, and containing a request to speed up the settlement of this question and to urgently reinforce the army with trained marching companies.
While reading the telegram, V. I. Lenin underlined the word "speed up" in the phrase: "We earnestly request you to speed up the settlement of the transfer to Detskoye Selo."
In the early days of August 1919, the staff of the VII Army moved to Detskoye Selo.

2 By order of E. M. Sklyansky, the telegram with V. I. Lenin's resolution was sent to S. I. Gusev, member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic, in Simbirsk.