V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v34;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

DIRECT-LINE NOTE TO GUBKOMS, GUBISPOLKOMS AND GUBPRODKOMS*
April 17, 1920

To facilitate the food situation of the Republic, potatoes must play an exceptionally important role in the coming year. Therefore, during the next month all our attention and all our available forces must be directed to supplying the country with seed potatoes. The revolutionary enthusiasm and deep devotion to the interests of Soviet Russia on the part of all local workers will overcome all obstacles that may arise in the way of exact and unconditional fulfilment of the assignments given by the People’s Commissariat for Food. For the most successful fulfilment of this task, organise a seed potato week, during which throw in all the best Party and food workers for extensive written and oral agitation, for procuring seed potatoes, for carting them to stations and wharves and for timely loading. Launch a broad potato campaign, display the maximum of energy in this matter, which is of vital importance to the Republic. The time for the seed potato week is to be fixed locally. Telegraph me on the progress of the potato week and its results. Copy to Zagotsel.

Lenin. Tsyurupa

Printed from the original signed by V. I. Lenin and A. D. Tsyurupa.

TELEGRAMS TO SOVTRUDAGM** I
Ekaterinburg
April 20, 1920

* The address lists the following towns: Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Uralsk, Ryazan, Penza, Simbirsk, Tambov, Nizhni-Novgorod, Vladimir, Samara, Saratov, Smolensk, Gomel, Vitebsk, Ufa, Ekaterinburg, Voronezh, Kursk, Orel, Vyatka, Moscow.
** Prisoner of war Ernst, an electrical engineer, asked (through G. M. Krzhizhanovsky) to be given work in his speciality.