Age? – About 40 years*.

Experience? – Direct acquaintance with Soviet work.

Esteem of the peasantry? – Great.

Knowledge of farming? – A middle peasant, did not run a very large farm.

Firmness? – An authoritative, firm person.

Intellect? – Clever, quick-witted.

Devotion to Soviet power? – Devotion proved both during the partisan period and later.

I very much request that this be carried out quickly and properly.

Lenin

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Written 24 December 1921.

First printed in 1959 in Lenin Miscellany XXXVI.

Printed from the manuscript.