Comrade Sosnovsky, I am sending you a copy of Comrade Osinsky’s letter from Berlin, dated 14/X, in which he writes concerning the Shatilovsky trust 490. I request you to familiarize yourself with the works of

* The document is also signed by Deputy Chairman of the Council of Labor and Defense, L. B. Kamenev. Ed.

G. M. KRZHIZHANOVSKY and G. L. PYATAKOV. OCTOBER 26, 1922.

upon receipt of the perfected oat cultures and to write a feuilleton in *Pravda* about the significance of these works in general, and about the works of the Shatilovsky trust and the Russian breeder Lisitsyn in particular. You will probably be able to obtain all the necessary information from Comrade Teodorovich. Through him, you will also be able to contact the Shatilov workers and Lisitsyn directly. I recommend that you first familiarize yourself with the book published here in Timiryazev's translation, "The Renovated Land."

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars

V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

P. S. I personally heard a very good review from Osinsky before about the new (or old?) breeder at Shatilovo. If convenient, check it out! 491
Yours, Lenin*

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Written on October 25, 1922

First published in 1924 in the journal "I Want to Know Everything" No. 8

Printed from the typewritten text, signed and supplemented by V. I. Lenin