Dear Comrades,

The ten years of Borba’s militant activity at its revolutionary post gives rise to a glorious anniversary of which the workers of Stalingrad may well be proud. The struggle against the generals—Krasnov and Denikin—the driving out of the counter-revolutionaries and Western interventionists, the overcoming of economic disruption, the achievements on the front of the peaceful building of a new life—such are the chief events in the life of the Stalingrad proletariat during these past ten years. Throughout this period Borba has stood in the front ranks of the fighters for socialism, lighting the way for the working people.

Ardent greetings to Borba! I wish it fresh successes!

J. Stalin

February 22, 1927

The newspaper Borba

(Stalingrad), No. 122,

May 31, 1927