Realizing that she was exhausted from overload of work, Lenin had urged Armand to go to the Caucasus for a holiday, without knowing that the area was infested by epidemic and had not been pacified by the Red Army.
Tras notar a fatiga que lle producira o exceso de traballo, Lenin urxiu a Armand a que fora de vacacións ao Cáucaso, sen saber que esta rexión estaba infestada polas epidemias e que aínda non fora pacificada polo Exército Vermello.