V. I. Lenin

Thanks to the heroism of the factory workers and of all working people, and despite the extraordinary difficulties and
the terribly slow rate of progress, we are succeeding in reviving
and restoring the economic life, which was shattered by the tsar
and the capitalists. Matters are on the upgrade if ever so
slowly. However, all our difficulties and hardships are as nothing
compared with what has fallen to the lot of the wounded Red Army
men, who are spilling their own blood in defence of the workers'
and peasants' government, against the Polish nobles and
capitalists, who are being egged on by the capitalists of Great
Britain, France and America.

Let each man in the rear be mindful of his duty and help the
wounded Red Army men to the best of his ability.

N. Lenin

July 2, 1920