Politburo And The Church, Kremlin Archives

N. Petrovsky, S.G. Petrov

On confiscation of church valuables

Note by the secretary of the MK of the RCP (b) I. A. Zelensky to V. M. Molotov on the conduct of an anti-religious campaign to confiscate valuables in Moscow. No later than March 15, 1922

No. 23-8

[No later than March 15, 1922]

T. Molotov

At 19, the company began to confiscate valuables in Moscow, the commission for confiscating church valuables decided to carry out this work urgently in Moscow. To hold the Anti-Religious] Company, it is necessary to mobilize among the other and listed comrades. I ask you to confirm their involvement in the company.

I. Zelensky

- L. 12. Handwritten original, autograph. On the document, handwritten notes: 1) " on the [secretariat] t ". 2) “on p [oolit] / b [yuro] . 15 / ІII (V. Molotov) ". The last resolution is written on top of another, where it was originally: “ on the [secretariat] vol . 15.III. (V. Mikhailov) ". A handwritten note about the document's belonging to the proceedings of the Politburo meeting, minutes No. 113, item 12 of March 16, 1922 (No. 23-10). Dating for these resolutions and notes.