To the Draft Decree “On Penalties for False Denunciations”
I propose to supplement the penalty regime by introducing, a) a minimum sentence of so many years
R) for a written statement or answer that is knowingly false—or for evading a question under certain conditions—following the model of Meineid * in Germany, but without the requirement of an Eid **.
Lenin
Written between November 14 and 24, 1921.
First published in 1945.
In Lenin’s Collected Works, Volume XXXV

Printed from the manuscript

* – perjury. Ed.
** – oath. Ed.