Comrade Ordzhonikidze,

I received your letter. It is good that you managed to spend nearly a month in the Urals. I am against episcopal visits "for an hour" — noisy but fruitless episcopal visits. But I am entirely for such trips — prolonged (one to two months) and serious trips, which bring benefit both to the work and to the traveler, but do not create unnecessary commotion.

It is good that you have decided to go on leave. Stop by my place on the way — I shall be glad.

September 18, 1934.

Greetings!

I. Stalin.

Stalinskoye Politbyuro v 30-e gody. Moscow, 1995. P. 142.

RTsKhIDNI. New acquisitions.

Note: On August 5, 1934, the Politburo authorized Ordzhonikidze to visit factories and construction sites of the Urals from August 7 until the end of the month.