Sergei!

You are a strange person.

What "permission" do you still need, when you have every right to come and settle at "Zubalovo" without any "permission" whatsoever?

Come to "Zubalovo" immediately and settle in without any further discussion.

I. Stalin

January 26, 1935.

From the archive of K.A. Korneenkova.

Note: Sergei Yakovlevich took advantage of Stalin's permission. Describing the dacha at Zubalovo, the nephew of N.S. Alliluyeva, V.F. Alliluev, writes: "In the prewar years, Svetlana [Stalin's daughter — Ed.] lived at Zubalovo with her nanny, Alexandra Andreevna Bychkova; grandfather [S.Ya. Alliluev — Ed.] and grandmother [O.E. Alliluyeva — Ed.] lived there too... One of the rooms on the first floor was particularly bright, as its wall facing the garden was made of glass... The room had many curious objects — elaborate crafts, tools, and most importantly — a workbench installed along the glass wall. Grandfather loved this room and spent all his time in it; he was always making something, planing. He also wrote his memoirs 'The Road Traveled' here..." Stalin himself came to Zubalovo very rarely.