Translated from: ru/1914/1914-01-11_pismo_ge_zinovevu_11_yanvarya_1914.txt

11 January. Why are you silent, friend? Some person by the name of N. wrote on your behalf a long time ago, but, I swear by the dog, I do not know him. I have had no letters from you for three months now. To business... News: Stalin has sent to Prosveshchenie a big, very big article on "Cultural-National Autonomy." The article seems to be a good one. He thinks he will receive a decent royalty for it and will thus be spared the necessity of applying to one place or another for money. I believe he has every right to think so. By the way, in the article the pamphlet by Kostrov (in Georgian) is criticized in connection with the general propositions of the cultural-autonomists. Well, I shake your hand. My regards to acquaintances.

Ostrovsky, A.V. Who Stood Behind Stalin. p. 399.

RGASPI. F. 558. Op. 1. D. 5168. L. 1.