Stalin’s daughter: Woman without a country - In superficial ways, the life of Svetlana Stalina was a metaphor for the Cold War; the daughter of Joseph Stalin, once a child celebrity in the Soviet Union, died in Wisconsin last week at 85 as Lana Peters. Yet her strange journey was tragic on its own terms, too.

Stalin’s daughter: Woman without a country

- In superficial ways, the life of Svetlana Stalina was a metaphor for the Cold War; the daughter of Joseph Stalin, once a child celebrity in the Soviet Union, died in Wisconsin last week at 85 as Lana Peters. Yet her strange journey was tragic on its own terms, too.

Date November 30, 2011

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Tags #Svetlana Stalina    #Stalin    #Lana Peters    #Soviet Union    #USSR    #Cold War   

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