It has attended the Geneva Conference and, later, those of The Hague and Lausanne. Russia attended the Lyon Fair, officially invited. A commission of French bankers has just visited Russia. The blockade, another of the Entente s weapons, has extraordinarily damaged Russian production. And, it has caused the deaths of a great number of peasants in the Volga region.
Great care is given to education and instruction.
The worker has access to higher education. In 1917 there were 23 libraries in Petrograd and 30 in Moscow. In 1919, there were 49 in Petrograd and 85 in Moscow. Moscow s institutes have increased from 369 to 1357. Twelve thousand new schools have been founded.