V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v53;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

TELEPHONE MESSAGE TO N. N. VASHKOV

Electrotechnical Department, Supreme Economic Council, Comrade Vashkov
Copy to Comrade Krzhizhanovsky

I am extremely grateful to you for the article “The Electrification of Russia” in *Economic Life* of July 10.

It is highly important that information of this kind should from time to time be published both in *Economic Life* and in the general press. I request you to send me, if you have them, the following additional data: 1) In your table for 1920 the capacity of the stations is shown as 7,670 kilowatts. Does this figure include the 5,000 of Shatura?

2) Your article shows that the Tula group yielded 3,000 kilowatts in 1920; was this included in the table, or are data of this kind not included in the table?

3) Could not the larger stations of real industrial importance be listed separately, for example, those with a capacity of 1,000 kilowatts, or such as may be regarded as large and of importance for industry?

4) For how many months of 1921 do you have the data of the tables which show 1921 in general?

5) Are there any details about the beginning of the organisation of the Shtyerovka, Ivanovo-Voznesensk, Nizhni-Novgorod and Chelyabinsk stations?

6) The article says that a combination of several large stations could supply Moscow with 10,000 kilowatts. Please inform me whether they actually did supply that amount, exactly how much, and when?

7) Could you give some details about the stations of the Bolshevo district, near Mytishchi, and the Detskoye Selo station which supplies Petrograd, and more precise information about the time of their expected completion?

Please also inform me whether it would be possible to take advantage of the forthcoming Electrotechnical Congress in October to collect more accurate and complete data on all existing electrotechnical stations, their distribution among uyezds and gubernias, the time of their establishment, the number of stations used for teaching electricity and electrification, etc.

Lenin