311. To V. A. KARPINSKY

First published in Pravda No. 19, January 24, 1924. Printed from the facsimile. · page 543

January 20, 1922

Comrade Karpinsky,

Would you not write to me briefly (two-three pages maximum)

how many letters come from the peasants to Bednota^[1]?

what is important (particularly important) and new in these letters?

Their moods?

The topical subjects?

Could I not once in two months receive such letters (the next by March 15, 1922)? α) average number of letters β) moods γ) most important topical subjects.

With communist greetings,
Lenin

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[1] Bednota (The Poor)—daily peasant newspaper published in Moscow from March 27, 1918 to February 1, 1931, when it was merged with Sotsialisticheskoye Zemledeliye (Socialist Agriculture).