Oryol Gubprodcomissar
The peasants of Lavrovskaya volost complain about a high grain levy. They point to the possible shortage of grain for personal consumption by Christmas. Thoroughly investigate the validity of the complaint. If confirmed, eliminate the injustice*.

Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars Lenin

written in A. I. Svidersky’s hand, signed by V. I. Lenin

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Written December 11, 1919

First published in 1945 in Lenin Miscellany XXXV

Printed from the text written