I have known comrade Ganetsky since 1903, when he was the representative of Polish Social Democracy at our party congress. I have known him subsequently throughout this time as a Polish Central Committee worker.

I observed him closely in 1912-1914, when we lived together in Cracow. Comrade Ganetsky traveled from there repeatedly on illegal work in Poland, carrying out Central Committee work both in emigration and in Russia. I fully recommend him to the party.

Member of the Central Committee of the RCP V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

21. XI. 1921.

First published in 1959 in Leninskii sbornik XXXVI

Printed from the manuscript