
My Visit to Russia. Signed and inscribed copy.
Churchill, S. Clementine [My Visit to Russia]. Moya Poezdka v SSSR. London, Williams, Lea Co., 1945.8vo, 19 pp., portrait. In original full leather binding.In good condition, covers lightly warped, corners and spine extremities lightly rubbed. Extremely rare. Signed and inscribed by the author to first free endpaper: 'To Madame Buchueva / with greetings from / Clementine S. Churchill / November 1945'. Baroness Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (1885-1977), who served as the chairwoman of the Red Cross Aid to Russia Fund (1941-1946), arrived in Moscow on April 2, 1945. Her visit, lasting for a month and a half, coincided with the Red Army's ongoing offensive operations. The reasons behind Clementine's extended stay in the Soviet Union continue to perplex historians.During her trip, Baroness Churchill extensively visited hospitals, factories, and children's homes. She had a meeting with Joseph Stalin and, marking Victory Day in Moscow, delivered a public message on the Moscow radio on