44. To DVOSYA SHKLOVSKAYA[1]
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.[3] I have written to Gorbunov (a very good man), asking him on my behalf to talk both with the C.C. 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
Notes
[1] On the envelope Lenin wrote: “Comrade D. Z. Shklovskaya, 3/69 Sheremetyevsky pereulok; (please sign for letter) (from Lenin).”— Ed.—Lenin
[2] See previous document.—Ed.
[3] Lenin was on holiday from January 1 to 22, 1921, and lived at Gorki, coming to Moscow for meetings of the R.C.P.(B.) Central Committee and the Council of Labour and Defence.