Svetlana Alliluyeva

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1926 – 2011

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Who was Svetlana Alliluyeva?

Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva, later known as Lana Peters, was the youngest child and only daughter of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Stalin's second wife. In 1967, she caused an international furore when she defected and became a naturalised citizen of the United States until 1987 when she returned to the Soviet Union and got her Soviet citizenship returned. She later went back to the United States and also spent time in the United Kingdom.

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Born
Feb 28, 1926
Moscow
Also known as
  • Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva
  • Svetlana Stalina
  • Светла́на Ио́сифовна Аллилу́ева
  • Lana Peters
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Ethnicity
  • Georgian American
Nationality
  • United States of America
  • Soviet Union
  • Georgia
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Moscow State University
Lived in
  • Bristol
Died
Nov 22, 2011
Richland Center

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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