V. I. Lenin

Comrades, Red Army men! The tsarist generals--Yudenich in the
North and Denikin in the South--are once again bending every
effort in an attempt to vanquish Soviet power and restore the
power of the tsar, the landowners and the capitalists.

We know how a similar attempt by Kolchak ended. He did not
succeed in deceiving the workers of the Urals and the peasants
of Siberia for long. Having seen through the deception and
having suffered endless violence, floggings and robbery at the
hands of the officers, the sons of landowners and capitalists,
the Ural workers and Siberian peasants helped our Red Army
defeat Kolchak. The Orenburg Cossacks came straight over to the
side of Soviet Power.

That is why we are fully confident in victory over Yudenich and
Denikin. They will not succeed in restoring the power of the
tsar and the landowners. that will never be! The peasants are
already rising in Denikin's rear. The flames of revolt against
Denikin are burning brightly in the Caucasus. The Kuban Cossacks
are grumbling and stirring to action, resentful of Denikin's
violence and robbery on behalf of the landowners and the British.

Let us then be firm, comrades, Red Army men! The workers and
peasants are rallying ever more solidly, consciously and
resolutely to the side of the Soviet government.

N. Lenin

October 19, 1919