Written: Written September 28, 1911
Published:
First published in 1929 in the journal Proletarskaya Revolyutsiya No. 11.
Sent from Lucerne (Switzerland).
Printed from
the original.
Source:
Lenin
Collected Works,
Progress Publishers,
1977,
Moscow,
Volume 37,
page 472.
Translated: The Late George H. Hanna
Transcription\Markup:
D. Moros
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Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova,
Ugodnikovskaya Street, 26,
Yelizarov’s Apartment,
Saratov,
Russia
Mother dearest,
I am writing from Lucerne. I came to Switzerland quite unexpectedly (on account of the meeting of the International Socialist Bureau in Zürich).[1] I am travelling round lec- turing.[2] Yesterday I went out climbing on the Pilatus— nearly 7,000 feet. The weather is wonderful so far and I am having an excellent holiday. I embrace you fondly and send very best regards to everyone.
Yours,
V. U.
[1] The meeting of the International Socialist Bureau was held on September 23–24, 1911 in Zurich. Lenin spoke in defence of Rosa Luxemburg against the opportunists among the German Social-Democrats.
[2] Lenin delivered a lecture on “Stolypin and the Revolution” in a number of Swiss towns—in Zürich on September 26, in Berne on September 28 and in Geneva on October 2.
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