V. I.

Lenin

578

To:   THE PETROGRAD SOVIET [1]

Comrades, I earnestly request you, in all cases when Comrade Gorky
approaches you on such matters, to afford him every assistance; if there are any obstacles, stumbling-blocks or
objections of one kind or another, please let me know what
they are.

V. Ulyanov (Lenin )

22/IV. 1920

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Notes:
[1]
This note was written on a letter from Professor S. P. Kostychev
to Maxim Gorky about the work of the Plant Physiology
Laboratory of Petrograd University, which was of great scientific
and practical interest. The letter gave a list of the most essential
articles and materials, the lack of which was greatly impeding
the work of the laboratory. On April 22, 1920, Gorky gave this
letter to Lenin and asked him to arrange for Professor Kostychev
to be supplied with the necessary materials.

At the bottom of Lenin’s note the People’s Commissar for
Health added the words: “I fully agree with Comrade Lenin’s
proposal and for my part ask that Comrade Gorky be given every
assistance N Semashko ”