185. To V. D. BONCH-BRUYEVICH^[1]

First published in 1958 in the book: Slavniye Bolshevichki (Outstanding Bolshevik Women), Moscow. Printed from the original. · page 150

1/X. 1918

Dear Vladimir Dmitrievich,

Only this morning I heard the awful news. I cannot travel to Moscow, but I should like, if only in a letter, to grip your hand hard, very hard, to express my love and the love of all of us for Vera Mikhailovna, and to give you at least a little support, insofar as anyone can do so, in your terrible grief. Take good care of your daughter’s health. Once more, a strong, firm handshake.

Yours,
V. Lenin

Notes

[1] This letter to V. D. Bonch-Bruyevich was written in connection with the death on September 30, 1918, of his wife, V. M. Velichkina-Bonch-Bruyevich, a member of the Board of the People’s Commissariat for Health.

185. To V. D. BONCH-BRUYEVICH[1]

Notes

185. To V. D. BONCH-BRUYEVICH^[1]