Date: 1921-11-30
Source: ru:LS/v35

Source: ru:LS/v35

296
LENIN COLLECTION
§ 2 * Plus: A portion of the NKFin—specifically, matters related to the distribution of monetary funds and the like—should be transferred to Gosplan.
(Currently, the Commission for Utilization employs roughly 500 individuals. The authorized staffing level stands at 800. No changes will occur upon the transfer to the NKFin.) (The staffing structure has been designed in such a way that further reductions are simply not feasible.)
(In general, the Finance Commission issued a positive assessment, endorsing this plan.)
TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSES OF THE VTsIK
November 30, 1921
I earnestly request that you arrange for a room in the First House of Soviets for Comrade Tsetsilia Samoilovna Bobrovskaya, whom I know well as a veteran party worker. She is currently living under utterly untenable conditions, and doctors have ordered that she be moved without delay to one of the Houses of Soviets.
Please inform my secretariat of the outcome.
Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)
P.S. I have known Bobrovskaya since before 1905, and I am well aware that she possesses an extraordinary capacity to endure hardship while remaining resolutely silent. For this reason, she must be helped without delay**.
3360*)
NOTATION ON A LETTER FROM GLAVMETALL
December 1, 1921
Dear Comrade!
Glavmetall intends to publish, in time for the Ninth Congress of Soviets, a collection of essays illuminating the current state of our metallurgical industry—so that, through the delegates to the Congress, we may, to the greatest extent possible, bring the ailments and pressing needs of the metallurgical sector to the attention of all, while also highlighting its crucial role in the nation’s development. In light of this, the Collegium of Glavmetall hereby…
*
In his report to V. I. Lenin, the Chairman of the Commission for Utilization, while objecting to the transfer of this Commission to Gosplan, advanced the following argument (paragraph 2): “Gosplan is an advisory body and is neither authorized nor intended to adopt final decisions.”
* * The signature of V. I. Lenin and the postscript were penned by his own hand.
Mr. Martens!
I am deeply sorry and offer my sincerest apologies; I simply cannot manage it.
Lenin

1921 – We are writing to you with the request that you submit an article for the forthcoming collection no later than December 7. The proposed theme for your contribution is roughly as follows: “The Metallurgical Industry and the State.”
MEMORANDUM REGARDING WORK WITH THE CENTROSOUZ*
December 2, 1921
I ask that you review and compile all available information pertaining to the Centrosouz.
It is essential to develop a series of standardized forms for their monthly reports ((similar to the GUM—a State Universal Store)).
For example:
(1) Turnover; (2) Purchases and sales broken down by province; (3) Sales by major product categories.
Be sure to flag any provinces that are consistently inaccurate in their reporting.
(4) Place poorly performing provinces on a “black list,” compile a formal list of such regions, and take appropriate follow-up actions, and so forth.
Lenin
P.S. Please provide me with these tables in STO format.
Consider whether it might be possible to draw certain conclusions from them regarding raw material procurement and production patterns.
* Written by V. I. Lenin on the following document:
“Centrosouz Turnover in Transactions with Provincial Unions and District Departments
Data on Commodity Turnover for the Departments, September–November 1921
in millions of rubles, expressed in contemporary currency
September | October | November
Total
1. Goods Sold
To Provincial Unions and Other Buyers
.................................
2. Goods Delivered to State Agencies Under Contract
2,451
39,919
46,707
89,077
.....................................
3. Goods Shipped
To the People’s Commissariat for Trade for Distribution
30,789
72,483
144,086
247,308
.................................
3,135
4,186
36,609
43,930
Total .................
Total, converted into
36,375
116,588
227,402
380,305 gold . . . .....................
1,044,577
3,078,573
5,996,050
10,119,200—or, on average, per month
3,373,070”