V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v51; en:MT;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

Comrade Zinoviev,

1) They say the shale near Weimar is not deep. Remove 2-3 feet of earth and you can set an excavator to work, which will break up and yield masses of shale.

We must strain every effort; mobilise the bourgeoisie for the job (they can live in dug-outs); work three shifts of eight hours each; rouse the workers of Petrograd to take up this job;

mobilise the peasants (4 hours a day for a fortnight to start with, etc.).

2) They say Zhuk (killed) made sugar from sawdust?

Is that true? If it is, we must by all means find his assistants so as to continue the work. It is of tremendous importance.

Greetings!

Lenin