Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 26 - From Marx to Mao

THE LIFE AND WORK OF V. I. LENIN595Railwaymen’s Congress on the activity of theCouncil of People’s Commissars, and replies towritten questions.January 14 (27)Lenin speaks at a conference of the Presidiumof the Petrograd Soviet and delegates of food organisationson measures to combat the famine, andtables his draft resolution.January 15 (28)January 16 (29)January 18 (31)Lenin writes a letter to G. K. Orjonikidze, CommissarExtraordinary for the Ukraine, and Commander-in-ChiefAntonov-Ovseyenko in Kharkov,demanding that they should take “the most vigorousand revolutionary measures” to dispatchFROM grain to Petrograd. MARXTO MAOLenin orders the Revolutionary Naval Committeeto send 2,000 sailors for military operations against⋆the Central Rada.Lenin signs a government decree on the organisationof the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army.Lenin works out a draft government message tothe All-Russia Food Congress proposing that experiencedworkers should be appointed to the topfood supply bodies to take resolute steps to overcomethe famine.NOT FORCOMMERCIALDISTRIBUTIONLenin is adopted.Lenin signs a government decree appropriating20 million rubles to organise the Red Army.Lenin presides at a government meeting to discussthe nationalisation of the merchant marine andinland water transport; a resolution drafted byLenin writes the “Draft Decree On ExpungingReferences to the Constituent Assembly fromSoviet Legislation”.Lenin delivers the summing-up speech at the closingof the Third All-Russia Congress of Soviets.January 19(February 1)January 21(February 3)Lenin speaks at a meeting of the Central Committeeon the conclusion of peace with Germanyand the convocation of a Party Congress.Lenin speaks at an enlarged meeting of the CentralCommittee and Party workers on the conclusionof peace with Germany.