Date: 1922-11-04
Source: ru:PSS/v45

IV WORLD CONGRESS OF THE COMMINTERN, TO THE PETROGRAD COUNCIL OF WORKERS’ AND RED ARMY DEPUTIES
I deeply regret that I will be unable to attend the Congress’s inaugural session and must confine myself to a written greeting.
Despite the colossal difficulties confronting communist parties, the Comintern continues to grow and strengthen. The primary task remains the conquest of the working majority. And despite all odds, we shall accomplish this task.
The merger of the Second and Second-and-a-Half Internationals will benefit the revolutionary movement of the proletariat: fewer illusions, less deception—such things are always to the advantage of the working class.
To the workers of Petrograd and to their newly elected Council, which is hosting the Fourth Congress of the Comintern in your city, I offer my best wishes and warmest greetings.
The workers of Petrograd must also be among the vanguard on the economic front. We are delighted to hear of the commencement of Petrograd’s economic revival. In response to your invitation to visit Petrograd, I hope to be able to fulfill it with a visit in the near future.
Soviet power in Russia is celebrating its first five-year plan. It is more firmly established than ever before. The Civil War has come to an end. The first economic successes are already evident. Soviet Russia regards it as its greatest pride to assist workers throughout the world in their arduous struggle to overthrow capitalism. Victory will be ours.
Long live the Communist International!
Moscow, November 4, 1922
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)
“Pravda,” No. 253, November 9, 1922

Printed from the newspaper text, verified against the original manuscript edited by V. I. Lenin.