This biography profiles her childhood, family, personal life, relations with her father, and other facts. Joseph stalins daughter lived in east berlin, briefly. They wed in 1906 and had been married only 16 months when she died. I came to that conclusion myself, without anybodys help or preaching. Whats generally accepted to be the best biography of stalin. Svetlana stalin gives us an inside look inside the kremlin, and growing up as joseph stalins daughter. Joseph stalin, 1907 svanidze was, along with his mother, stalins great love. The extraordinary life of svetlana alliluyevaspent under the sinister shadow of her fatheris a complex and moving story of a sensitive woman caught in the turmoils of 20th century history. The extraordinary and tumultuous life of svetlana alliluyeva paperback june 21, 2016. Running from her fathers brutal legacy, joseph stalins daughter defects to the united states during the turbulence of the 1960s.
On april 21, 1967, svetlana alliluyeva, the daughter of joseph stalin, bounded down the stairs of a swissair plane at kennedy airport. Stalins daughter by rosemary sullivan reveals chaotic life. The sad, strange life of joseph stalins daughter macleans. A principal virtue ofsullivans empathetic stalins daughter is the vivid sense it offers of alliluyeva. The extraordinary and tumultuous life of svetlana alliluyeva by sullivan, rosemary isbn. During the period from 1932 to 1943, she was taught in 25 schools in. Svetlana alliluyeva, josefs stalins daughter, led a remarkable, if extremely ruptured, life. Joseph stalins daughter, svetlana, lived on a farm outside of east berlin for a brief time after defecting from the former soviet union. A writer reimagines the life of joseph stalins daughter. This book is a wonderfully written account of the life of svetlana alliluyeva, stalins one and only daughter. Joseph vissarionovich stalin born ioseb besarionis dz djugashvili. Biography of stalins daughter wins hilary weston writers.
The awardwinning author of villa airbel returns with a painstakingly researched, revelatory biography of svetlana stalin, a woman fated to live her life in the shadow of one of historys most monstrous dictatorsher father, josef stalin. Some consider the writings of stalins daughter, svetlana alliluyeva to be the most reliable sources, since they were not censored. Joseph stalin was born iosif vissarionovich dzhugashvili in gori, georgia, russian empire to vissarion dzhugashvili and ekaterina geladze. Sullivan does a nice job of conveying her subjects point of view without accepting it.
Stalins daughter is a poignant look at the struggles of a dictators offspring. She was only 6 when her mother, also vasilys mother, committed. In one of the most momentous events of the cold war, svetlana alliluyeva, the only daughter of the soviet despot joseph stalin, abruptly abandoned her life in moscow in 1967, arriving in new york to throngs of reporters and a nation hungry to hear her story. Svetlana alliluyeva, also known as lana peters, died of colon cancer at a. Alliluyeva was portrayed by joanna roth in the hbos 1992 television film stalin and andrea riseborough in the 2017 satirical film the death of stalin. Rosemary sullivan is the winner of this years hilary weston writers trust prize for nonfiction for her biography of russian dictator joseph stalins only daughter. What happened to joseph stalins children inserbia news. The extraordinary and tumultuous life of svetlana alliluyeva 9780062206121. The extraordinary and tumultuous life of svetlana alliluyeva. Her statement given to reporters who met her plane in new york, told why she defected. Some years ago, when the news broke out that joseph stalins daughter had defected from communism and russia, many people were startled.
The documentary svetlana about svetlana is a rare filmed interview with svetlana alliluyeva, joseph stalins daughter. This work is in the public domain in russia according to article 1281 of book iv of the civil code of the russian federation no. Stalins daughter explains to the camera, wiping back her tears, why voloshins poem affects her so. She was fortyone years old and wore an elegant white double. Her mother, nadezhda, died in 1932 when svetlana was 6, likely through suicide. The sad, strange life of joseph stalins daughter svetlana alliluyeva spent a lifetime trying to escape the shadow of her father.
Soviet dictator josef stalins daughter, whose defection to the west during the cold war embarrassed the ruling communists and made her a. Using multiple real sources as inspiration, schwartzs book is a study of how familial legacy can affect ones life as an individual, a. Biographer rosemary sullivan joins the agenda in the summer for a feature interview to discuss her book stalins daughter, about the tumultuous life of svetlana alliluyeva. That is what is great about svetlana alliluyeva, nee stalin. Svetlana iosifovna alliluyeva later known as lana peters, was the youngest child and only daughter of soviet premier joseph stalin and his. Svetlana alliluyeva, stalins only daughter, defected from the soviet union in 1966 and married evans future father, architect william wesley peters. Stalins body was washed by a nurse and then carried via a white car to the kremlin mortuary, where an autopsy was performed. List of books and articles about joseph stalin online. Joseph stalin, secretarygeneral of the communist party of the soviet union 192253 and premier of the soviet state 194153, who for a quarter of a century dictatorially ruled the soviet union and transformed it into a major world power. While sullivan has written stalins daughter for a general audience, its questionable whether anyone other than the most avid russophiles will. Her latest biography, stalins daughter, is one of her best. Stalin adored his daughter, calling her little sparrow, and she was a child celebrity in the soviet union, likened to shirley temple.
Through striking historical and contemporary images and photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about stalins family background, childhood, education, and his time as dictator of the soviet union. Catherine and joseph, and olga, the youngest granddaughter of stalin, was forced to follow her mother from one country to another. The only daughter of soviet dictator josef stalin has died in the us at the age of 85. His real name was dzhugashvili also spelled dzugashvili or djugashvili. Svetlana alliluyeva, also known as lana peters, was the only daughter and the favourite child of soviet premier joseph stalin. Seared on the memory of svetlana alliluyeva, daughter of the soviet leader joseph stalin, was the moment she was taken to kiss her dead mother. Stalins daughter svetlana was born on 28 february in 1926. Historians claim that stalin was most proud of his son yakov, vasily caused him the biggest headache for the flamboyant life, while his daughter svetlana was his sweetheart. Patricia treble speaks to her biographer, rosemary sullivan. However, since the publication of his works new information has been released by the kremlin which radically changes the story he presents, so much so that the old narratives are unreliable. In the spring of 1967, svetlana alliluyeva, the only daughter and surviving child of soviet dictator joseph stalin, defected to the united states, leaving behind two children. The red daughter by john burnham schwartz goodreads.
The awardwinning author of villa airbel returns with a painsta. The result is a compelling biography that reveals a complex, conflicted woman who was as stubborn as her father and as impetuously intelligent as her mother. In 1967, 14 years after stalins death, svetlana alliluyeva created an international scandal by defecting to the united states, only to return to the soviet union in 1984, then run away again in. Stalin died in 1953, svetlana no longer had as many privileges as before, since the soviet union wanted to distance itself from stalins atrocities.
She talks of russia, but she might equally have been referring to. So, for example, his daughter svetlana alliluyeva for her mother spent her entire life hiding from the paparazzi. Josef stalins daughter lived an unusual and peripatetic life, and when she succumbed to cancer last week at the age of 85, she died in relative obscurity in southwestern wisconsin. The book purports to be a collection of excerpts from her private journals, letters and editors notes, written by peter horvath, the lawyer who helped her reach the us. I love learning about history, and this was an incredibly moving book about a tortured soul that had so many tragedies early in life, they never left her. Alliluyeva herself stated that she gave away much of her book proceeds to charity and by around. I found it impossible to exist without god in ones heart. Joseph stalin svetlana alliluyeva interview 1980s youtube. Josef stalins daughter was a spiritual orphan the star. Stalins daughter is a captivating tale of intrigue, tragedy and survival. A rare photo of marshal josef stalin holding his daughter, svetlana. The strongest proof that svetlana alliluyeva was joseph stalins daughter is that this small, demurelooking redhead scared people and not. This biography examines the life of joseph stalin using easytoread, compelling text. Joseph stalin 18781953 was the dictator of the union of soviet socialist republics ussr from 1929 to 1953.
After the autopsy, stalins body was given to the embalmers to prepare it for the three days it would lie in state. Stalins daughter, by rosemary sullivan the new york times. Svetlana alliluyeva, daughter of josef stalin, 1970. The first sentence of svetlana alliluyevas obituary was set from her birth in 1926, for she was the only daughter of joseph stalin, the notorious soviet dictator, and one of the worst mass. Sullivan spent 3 12 years researching and writing the book. The red daughter, by john burnham schwartz, is a rich and layered reimagining of svetlana alliluyevas life as the only daughter of joseph stalin. When svetlana alliluyeva, josephs stalins only daughter, took the impulsive decision on 6 march, 1967, to enter the american embassy in new delhi and request political asylum, she took the world by surprise. A writer reimagines the life of joseph stalins daughter after she defected to the u. The red daughter does exactly what good historical. Rosemary sullivan is an extraordinary writer and researcher. Svetlana alliluyeva biography facts, childhood, family.
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