180. TELEGRAM TO L. D. TROTSKY

Written on September 12, 1918 · First published in 1965 in Collected Works, Fifth Ed., Vol. 50. Printed from the text of the telegraph form. · page 147

Top secret
Trotsky
Kazan or Sviyazhsk

Congratulations on the capture of Simbirsk.^[1] I think the maximum effort must be made to clear Siberia as quickly as possible. Do not grudge money for bonuses. Telegraph whether Kazan’s valuable objects have been saved and how many of them. Tomorrow I shall be back at work again.

Lenin

Notes

[1] Simbirsk was liberated on September 12, 1918, by units of the Iron Division led by G. D. Gai.