342. To THE ORGANISING BUREAU OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE^[1]

Written on May 30, 1919 · First published in 1933 in Lenin Miscellany XXIV. Printed from the original. · page 239

I am for expulsion from the Party of people who take part in religious ceremonies.

Lenin

30/V.

Notes

[1] In a letter to the Organising Bureau of the C.C., R.C.P.(B.) entitled “Pandering to Prejudices”, Y. M. Yaroslavsky asked the members of the Bureau whether persons who took part in religious ceremonies could be allowed to remain in the Party.