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Svetlana Alliluyeva

Politician

BirthdayFebruary 28

Death Date

Nov 22, 2011(age 85)

Birthplace

Russia

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About

Historian, political theorist, writer and lecturer who is best known for being the youngest child and only daughter of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin who defected when the Russian dictator died.

Before Fame

An early relationship of hers was cut short by her father because the other man was Jewish.

Trivia

She became a naturalized US citizen in 1967, which resulted in an international furor.

Family Life

She married an Indian student who later died and she was later married to American architect William Wesley Peters.

Associated With

The infamous dictator Joseph Stalin was her father.

Quotes

"You have only one friend in this world, yourself."

Svetlana Alliluyeva

"With our one hand we try to catch the moon itself, but with another one we are obliged to dig out potatoes the same way it was done a hundred years ago."

Svetlana Alliluyeva