Images for Lenin Testament book

 1. Handwritten and typewritten versions of “Pis’mo k s”ezdu” / “Letter to the / a Congress”

Handwritten version of the letter to V.I. Lenin's "Letter to the Congress" of December 23, 1922, written by N.S. Alliluyeva, and typewritten version of this letter, which is part of the block of texts of the "Testament" that was created later than the date shown.

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1a. A full view of the handwritten version of “Letter to the / a Congress.”

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2. "Characteristics" (dictation of December 24-25, 1922 ·) A sheet of the "Diary" of the secretaries on duty. The contradiction of the dates in the records is visible. A fragment of the text dated "24 / Xll", when published in the Complete Works of V. I. Lenin, was included without reservation in the text dated "24 / XI", and the combined text was dated as follows: "December 24".

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3. "Addition" to "Characteristics" (dictation of January 4, 1923) and a sheet of the "Diary" of the secretaries on duty with traces of later work on filling out the "Diary" (the initials ("M.V." and "L. A.") before the dates are not visible.).

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3a. A fuller view of the “Addition.”

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4. Pages of the typewritten text of the article "How to reorganize Rabkrin", prepared for reading by V.I. Lenin, as well as a galley sheet, in the text of which there is no indication of any danger posed by the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the RCP (b).

A fragment of the text of this article, found in 1949 during analysis of copies, on which there is a handwritten insertion indicating this danger. The author of the insertion and the time and circumstances of its insertion are unknown.

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5. A sheet of the "Diary" of the secretaries on duty with a fragment of the text written by M.V. Volodicheva with stenographic marks, and the manuscript of M.V. Volodicheva with its decoding. In the Complete Works of V.I. Lenin's the note is dated inaccurately - July 14, 1956.

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6. a. The letter to Mdivani, Makharadze, et al.

b. The letter to Trotsky.

c. Two variants of the letter to Stalin.

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7   Letter of J.V. Stalin to V.I. Lenin dated March 7, 1923. Envelope of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the RCP (b), in which it is believed that Stalin's letter was received, and the envelope in which it was kept in Lenin's secretariat This is the version of Stalin’s reply to the “ultimatum letter” that is in Stalin’s even, readable handwriting.

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7a. Another version of Stalin’s reply to “ultimatum letter”, March 7, 1923. Three pages in Volodicheva’s “scrawl.” Why are there two versions?

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8. Sheets of the “Diary” of the secretaries on duty with traces of editing of the text.

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9. The article “On Cooperation” exists in two variants of dictated notes, the work on which was not completed.

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10. Stalin’s note to the Politburo of March 17, 1923 about Lenin’s desire for poison, with signatures and comments from Politburo members, in handwritten and typed copies. From Volkogonov, Stalin, vol. 2.

https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/research/stalinleninpoison23.pdf

11. Genrikh Volkov, “Stenografistka Il’icha.” Soveteskaya Kul’tura, January 21, 1989, page 3.

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