V. I. Lenin

To The Fifth Congress Of The Young Communist League Of Russia [1]

Dear Friends, I regret very much that I am unable to greet you in person. I
wish your Fifth Congress every success in its work. I am convinced that the
youth will make such good progress that when the next stage of the world
revolution approaches they will be fully capable of coping with their
tasks.

With cordial communist greetings,

V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

October 11, 1922

Endnotes

[1]
This Congress was held in Moscow on October 11-17, 1922. It elected Lenin
its honorary chairman. Lenin's greetings were read at the
first. (ceremonial) sitting on October 11. In their greetings in reply,
the Y.C.L.ers pledged themselves to surmount all the difficulties standing
in the way of the working class and its youth, and asked for help in the
communist education of young people.