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Lenin

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INSTRUCTIONS ON A LETTER FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OF SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS OF THE ACADEMIC CENTRE [1]

Supply the party with, clothing for eight persons.

V. Ulyanov (Lenin )

Chairman, C.L.D.

5.X.21

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Notes:
[1]
A reference to the supply of equipment to a special party which was to determine the site for an astronomical observatory in the

Northern Caucasus. Academician V. G. Fesenkov recalls that on

October 4 he informed Lenin by phone that he bad been unable to secure equipment for the party over a period of three months.

The next day, October 5, the matter was settled. The party was fully equipped within a few days and left for the Northern

Caucasus.