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Manuscript DS in Cyrillic, signed in blue pencil, “Stalin,” one page, 6.5 x 8.5, no date. Order to "Comrade Kalinin," in part: "By the decision of the Sovnarkom of the USSR, the Military-Sanitary Department is included in the Narkomvornmor. This decision has been objected to by the Sovnarkom of the RSFSR Central Executive Committee. For the purpose of creating the unity of the organization of RKKA and as well as planned (systemic/regular) militant training is all its field, including sanitary as well, we suggest the objection of Sovnarkom of RSFSR be declined." Signed at the conclusion in blue pencil by Joseph Stalin, and countersigned by Bolshevik leaders Sergo Ordzhonikidze and Kliment Voroshilov. In very good to fine condition, with dampstaining along the rough left edge.
This document concerns a bureaucratic dispute between the Sovnarkom (Council of People’s Commissars) of the USSR—the highest executive authority of the Soviet Union—and the Sovnarkom of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic), which objected to the reorganization in question. Offering a firsthand record of Stalin’s role in shaping the centralized power structure of the early Soviet state, the leader orders that the Military-Sanitary Department be placed under the Narkomvornmor (People’s Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs), thereby integrating military medical services into the central defense apparatus. The stated goal is to ensure “unity of organization” and systematic military training across the RKKA (Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army), including its medical and sanitary branches.
From the personal collection of a lifelong collector, teacher, and traveler with a passion for world history. His collecting years ranged from the 1970s to the present day, meaning that several of the premier pieces have not been on the market in decades.
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