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MemoradumonMariettaShaginian'sNovel

RegardingMariettaShaginian'snovel,Tickettohistory,partone,
theUl'ianovfamily
...theCentralCommitteehasdeterminedthatasa
biographicaldocumentarynovelaboutthelifeoftheUl'ianov
family,andalsoaboutthechildhoodandyouthofLenin,itappears
tobeapoliticallyharmful,ideologicallyhostilework.One
shouldconsideritagrosspoliticalerroronthepartofthe
book'seditor,ComradeErmilov,andthoseinchargewhopermitted
Shaginian'snoveltobeprinted.
OnecondemnsthebehaviorofComradeKrupskaia,whohaving
receivedadraftcopyofShaginian'snovelnotonlydidnotprevent
thenovel'spublication,butinstead,encouragedShaginianinevery
waypossible,reviewedthedraftpositivelyandadvisedShaginian
onthefactsoftheUl'ianovfamily'slife.Oneshouldalso
considerComradeKrupskaiacompletelyresponsibleforthisbook.
OneshouldconsiderthebehaviorofComradeKrupskaiaallthe
moreintolerableandtactless,sinceComradeKrupskaiawasin
chargeofShaginian'staskofwritinganovelaboutLeninwithout
theknowledgeandapprovaloftheCentralCommittee,behindthe
backoftheCentralCommittee,turningtheverysameallparty
matterofcomposingaliteraryworkaboutLeninintoaprivateand
familyaffair,appearingintheroleofsoleexploiterofthe
circumstancesofthesocialandpersonallifeandworksofLenin
andhisfamily,forwhichtheCentralCommitteenevergranted
anyoneexclusiverights.
TheCentralCommitteeresolves
1)toremoveComradeErmilovfromthepositionofeditorof
"KrasnaiaNov'"
2)toannouncethereprimandofthedirectorofGIKhL[State
PublishingHouseofBelleLettres]Comrade...
3)toappriseKrupskaiaofhererror
4)toprohibitanyonefromsubmittingaliteraryworkaboutLenin
withouttheknowledgeandpermissionoftheCentralCommittee
5)toquestionShaginian'spartymembershipintheKPK(Control
CommissionoftheCommunistParty).

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