Vladimir Lenin TLS as Chairman of the Workers' and Peasants' Defense Council to Later Executed People's Commissariat in Pivotal Year 1919

1p typed, measuring 6.75" x 7.25", Moscow, Kremlin, dated December 19, 1919. Signed "V. Ulyanov/(Lenin)" as Chairman of the Workers' and Peasants' Defense Council and addressed to Artemic B. Khalatov. Marked No. 572/6. In Russian, typed in the Cyrillic alphabet. Lenin writes to Khalatov to wish his a speedy recovery and swift return to work. It reads (translated):

"Russian Socialist Federation Republic
Council of the People's Commissar
Moscow, Kremlin
December 19, 1919

To Comrade A.D. Khalatov, member of the Board of the Provision's Committee

Order:
It is ordered that you stay in the sanatorium for one month, until you have reached full recovery, so that you can accept a challenging position that will be assigned to you by that time."

The typed page has a flattened vertical fold. A small amount of creasing at the top left corner. Minor bumping and tearing to the bottom center edge. Minor spots of soiling. Boldly signed by Lenin.

Artemic Bagratovich Khalatov (1894-1937) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician who served as the director of the Soviet Union's State Publishing House, also known as Gosizdat, from 1927-1932. In 1919, Khalatov became a member of the People's Commissariat for Food and briefly was placed in charge of overseeing the main supply department of the Red Army. He was later executed during the Great Purge of 1937, led by Joseph Stalin.

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, best known by his alias Lenin (1870-1924) served as the head of government of Soviet Russia (later the Soviet Union) from 1917-1924. Under his control, Russia was governed under the Communist Party, influenced by a one-party Marxist-Leninist state. Lenin had played a key role in the October Revolution on October 25, 1917, in which the Bolshevik Party led an armed insurrection into Saint Petersburg and overthrew the provisional government. The Council of Workers' and Peasants' Defense, later the Council of Labor and Defense, was established in 1918 to manage the economy and military material production in the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic. The agency served as an emergency economic cabinet during the Russian Civil War (1917-1922) and managed to sufficiently sustain the Red Army during the economic collapse. Members of the Council included such high-ranking Bolshevik leaders as Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Joseph Stalin.

This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses.

WE PROVIDE IN-HOUSE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE!