Letter to Dvosya Shklovskaya, January 18, 1921

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Author(s) Lenin
Written 18 January 1921
First published in 1965 in Collected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 52. Printed from the original.
Source: Lenin Collected Works, Progress Publishers, 1976, Moscow, Volume 45, pages 71b-72a.
Keywords : Dvosya Shklovskaya, Letter

On the envelope Lenin wrote: “Comrade D. Z. Shklovskaya, 3/69 Sheremetyevsky pereulok; (please sign for letter) (from Lenin).”— Ed.—Lenin

Dear D. Z.:

I quite understand you. When I spoke to your husband, I told him right away: wouldn’t it be better to go abroad? For I clearly saw that you would not be able to manage here (especially in Moscow). I was very much surprised that he refused to recognise this obvious fact.

I am not in Moscow at present.[1] I have written to Gorbunov (a very good man), asking him on my behalf to talk both with the CC and the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs about meeting your request.[2] If need be, speak to Gorbunov (I enclose his telephone number) without hesitation: he is a very good man.

Best regards to the whole family, the children especially.

Lenin

  1. ↑ Lenin was on holiday from January 1 to 22, 1921, and lived at Gorki, coming to Moscow for meetings of the RCP(b) Central Committee and the Council of Labour and Defence.
  2. ↑ See previous document.—Ed.
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