Tambov. To the Secretary of the Oblast Committee of the VKP(b), Comrade Volkov.

Convey to the kolkhozniks and kolkhoznitsy of Tambov Oblast, who have collected 40 million rubles for the Red Army Fund for the construction of the tank column "Tambov Kolkhoznik" — my fraternal greetings and the gratitude of the Red Army.

I. Stalin

Pravda. 1942. December 9.