Moya Poezdka v SSSR. [My visit to Russia].

Signed and inscribed by the author: 'To Madame Buchueva / with greetings from / Clementine S. Churchill / November 1945'.

Baroness Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (1885-1977), a chairwoman of the Red Cross Aid to Russia Fund (1941-1946), arrived in Moscow on April, 2 1945. Her visit, the whole month and a half, took place during the Red Army's offensive operations. Until now, historians are puzzled why Clementine spent so long in the Soviet Union.

Her trip was full of visits to hospitals, factories, children's homes. She met with Joseph Stalin. Meeting the Victory Day in Moscow, Mrs. Churchill spoke on the Moscow radio with an open message from Winston Churchill.

Issued immediately upon her return to Britain, the English version of the booklet My Visit to Russia was distributed throughout Britain, North America and Australia at a price of one shilling. It was printed using cheap materials. In contrast, the Russian edition was printed 'on high quality photographic paper with a gold-embossed leather-bound hard cover and neatly sewn binding'.

Most likely, this book was published to distribute among Soviet leaders. Russian translation was cut nearly by half compared with original edition.

Extremely rare. We couldn't trace any copy of this edition in libraries in Russia, Europe and USA. Two copies of the book are held in the Churchill Archives Centre.