To the Deputy Chair of the Committee on State Construction Comrade Tsyurupa
Copies: To the Chair of the Committee on State Construction Comrade Sapronov
To the Chair of the Supreme Council of the National Economy Comrade Bogdanov

31 May [1921]

I request that you inform me, in the briefest possible terms, whether you have issued precise directives regarding the urgent completion of the Kashirka [line] (in accordance with the decision of the Politburo), and when. To whom precisely?

Who exactly bears personal responsibility on the spot for timely completion?

Is there a need for special reminders or special measures from the center in order to ensure that the work is carried out properly?

(I personally observed that the poles — "gallows" — along the Kashirka road are already falling to the ground. The work is poor. Could this result in deaths?)

Preamble to the S.T.O.¹ V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

¹ Deputy Chair of the Committee on State Construction was G. D. Tsyurupa, brother of A. D. Tsyurupa.