Date: 1922
Source: ru:PSS/v54

Source: PSS, Volume 54

Comrade Semashko!

One more request. I promised V. N. Rozanov that I would assist Nurse Greshnova, who had cared for me for many days following the surgery to remove the bullet.

Rozanov is asking that she be granted another leave this coming summer—along with the orphaned girl who is in her care.

Surely this “together” constitutes an exception to the usual rules, one that cannot be authorized without your explicit order?

Please kindly instruct your secretary to prepare a formal reference regarding this matter and either jot down a few words for me or delegate the task of composing a brief note—feel free to decide whether you wish to issue instructions on this matter or not. 434.

21/V/1922. Yours, Lenin

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First published in 1945.

In the Lenin Collection, Volume XXXV.

Printed from the manuscript.