V. I. Lenin

Source: en:CW/CW44; ru:PSS/v51;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

TO: S. Z. ELIAVA, Ya. E. RUDZUTAK,
V. V. KUIBYSHEV

11. XII. 1919

In cipher

Tashkent

To: Eliava, Rudzutak,
Kuibyshev

Your demands for personnel are excessive. It is ridiculous, or worse than ridiculous, for you to imagine that Turkestan is more important than the centre and the Ukraine. You will not get any more.

You must manage with what you have, and not indulge in boundless plans, but be modest.

Lenin