1919

232. To V. I. NEVSKY^[1]

Written on January 1, 1919 · First published in 1933 in Lenin Miscellany XXIV. Printed from the original. · page 179

What has been done to speed up train traffic?

When was the order given for this traffic to be run at passenger service speed? Obtain for me information on traffic speed.

Notes

[1] Written by Lenin on the back of a report sent him by V. I. Nevsky, People’s Commissar for Railways, on the number of freight-loads of food sent to Petrograd from Moscow and on delays in the dispatch of food freights to Petrograd from Nizhni-Novgorod.