To Pravda

Written 2 November 1922 · First published Pravda No. 252, November 7, 1922; Published according to the manuscript · page 397 · Translated by David Skvirsky and George Hanna

Dear Comrades,

I cordially greet you on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the October Revolution. My desire is that we should in the next five years gain by peaceful efforts no less than we have gained up to now by force of arms.

November 2, 1922

Yours,

Lenin