Comrade Kugushev! Allow me to address you with a request. Lydia Alexandrovna Fotieva is coming to Ufa; I have known her well since the period before 1905 and have worked with her for a long time in the Council of People’s Commissars.

L. A. Fotieva is completely ill, and we need to get this “state property” (the secretary of the Council of People’s Commissars) back on her feet. I very much ask you to take all measures to help L. A. Fotieva get settled, receive treatment, and be fed thoroughly.

Comrade A. D. Tsyurupa told me that you know L. A. Fotieva and will not refuse to help her.

Thank you in advance; I ask you to drop me a line when an opportunity arises (for example, a military one) about the receipt of this letter.

With comradely greetings,

V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

Published for the first time, from the manuscript.