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Letter to the Presidium of the Moscow Soviet, June 29, 1920
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I enclose an extract from the booklet Cooking Food Without Fire (p. 43, No. 1 of âThe Housewifeâs Little Libraryâ, published by the Supreme Economic Council, Moscow, 1918) and ask you to let me know the results of the thermos vessel competition announced by the Food Department of the Moscow Soviet.[1]
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)
Chairman, Council of Peopleâs Commissars
- â The extract mentioned by Lenin stated: â...the Food Department of the Moscow Soviet of Workersâ and Red Army Deputies has announced a competition for thermos vessels of large and small dimensions. Three prizes will be awarded: for apparatus of half a = vedroâ10,000 rubles, 5,000 rubles and 3,000 rubles; for blueprints of apparatus of live vedrosâ5,000 rubles and 3,000 rubles. Apparatus and blueprints must be presented by October 20, 1918â = (Collected Works, Fifth Ed., Vol. 51, p. 434).
In a memorandum presented to Lenin on July 16, 1920, the Board of the Moscow Consumersâ Society reported that the competition for thermos vessels ended on October 1, 1918. Simultaneously with the work of the Competition Commission, the Food Department began to use thermos vessels made entirely of wood (plywood and shavings). These vessels were very lightâabout 32 lbs. for vessels of three vedrosâand enabled food to be kept hot for 18â20 hours.