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 |
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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
Young Svetlana Stalina sitting on Lavrentiy Beria's lap, with Stalin (in the background, smoking his pipe) and Nestor Lakoba in 1931.
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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