Svetlana Alliluyeva
Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva[a] (28 February 1926 – 22 November 2011), later known as Lana Peters, was the youngest child and only daughter of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and his second wife Nadezhda Alliluyeva.
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| Born | Svetlana Iosifovna Stalina 28 February 1926 |
| Died | 22 November 2011 (aged 85) |
| Cause of death | Problems caused by colon cancer |
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| Other names | Lana Peters |
| Occupation | Writer and lecturer |
| Known for | Daughter of Joseph Stalin |
| Spouse(s) | Grigory Morozov
(m. 1944; div. 1947) |
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In 1967, she defected to the United States and, in 1978, became a naturalized citizen. From 1984 to 1986, she briefly returned to the Soviet Union and had her Soviet citizenship was given back.[1] She was Stalin's last surviving child.[2]
Alliluyeva died on 22 November 2011 at a hospital in Richland Center, Wisconsin from problems caused by colon cancer, aged 85.[3]
Svetlana Alliluyeva Media
A young Svetlana Stalina sitting on Lavrentiy Beria's lap, with Stalin (in the background, smoking his pipe) and Nestor Lakoba in 1931.
A young Svetlana Stalina being carried by her father in 1935
- 1967 Wire Photo Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva in NYC
Notes
- ↑ Russian: Светлана Иосифовна Аллилуева, born Stalina (Сталина); Georgian: სვეტლანა იოსების ასული ალილუევა (Georgian pronunciation: [svɛtʼlɑnɑ iɔsɛbis ɑsuli ɑliluɛvɑ])
References
- ↑ Martin 2011
- ↑ "Publishing: Land of Opportunity". TIME. 26 May 1967. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,843812,00.html. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ↑ "Stalin's daughter Lana Peters dies in US of cancer". BBC News. 28 November 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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