V. I.

Lenin

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To:   THE COMMANDANT OF THE BOLSHOI THEATRE [2]

I request you not to hinder or stop the work of artist
Rodionov, engineer Smirnov and the electricians who are
preparing, on my assignment, maps of electrification on the
premises of the Bolshoi Theatre for the Eighth Congress of
Soviets. [3] They will be through on Sunday. Do not expel
them in any case. [1]

V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars

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Notes:
[1]
The last two sentences are in Lenin’s hand.— Ed.

[2]
The letterhead of the Chairman of the Council of People’s
Commissars, on which this order was written, contains these
inscriptions: “Comrade Peterson. Please issue instructions that this
work should not be hampered. 18/X1I. A. Yenukidze ” and
“Snigiryov instructed personally. Peterson . 18/XII” (Central Party
Archives of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism of the C.P.S.U.
Central Committee).

[3]
A reference to the Eighth All-Russia Congress of Soviets held
in Moscow from December 22 to 29, 1920 (see present edition,
Vol. 31, pp. 461–535).