17 February 1920
To Comrade Bryukhanov, Gorky handed these documents to me, assuring me that Goldin was, after all, an inexperienced lad.

They say that the kulaks are maliciously mixing snow into the bread—neither for us nor for you—so that it will burn up.

Please give me a call; I would like to know your assessment: what ought to be done, and what have you already accomplished? 140

With revolutionary greetings, Lenin

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First published in 1942 in Lenin Collection XXXIV

Printed from manuscript