220. To HIS MOTHER

Written September 28, 1911 · First published in 1929 in the journal Proletarskaya Revolyutsiya No. 11. Sent from Lucerne (Switzerland). Printed fromthe original. · page 472 · Translated by The Late George H. Hanna

Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova,
Ugodnikovskaya Street, 26,
Yelizarov’s Apartment,
Saratov,
Russia

Mother dearest,

I am writing from Lucerne. I came to Switzerland quite unexpectedly (on account of the meeting of the International Socialist Bureau in Zürich).^[1] I am travelling round lec- turing.^[2] Yesterday I went out climbing on the Pilatus— nearly 7,000 feet. The weather is wonderful so far and I am having an excellent holiday. I embrace you fondly and send very best regards to everyone.

Yours,
V. U.

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[1] The meeting of the International Socialist Bureau was held on September 23-24, 1911 in Zurich. Lenin spoke in defence of Rosa Luxemburg against the opportunists among the German Social-Democrats.

[2] Lenin delivered a lecture on “Stolypin and the Revolution” in a number of Swiss towns—in Zürich on September 26, in Berne on September 28 and in Geneva on October 2.