Stalin, Svetlana
1926-
1926-
| Stalin never took a single holiday in his whole life, and he was one of the men who ruled longest. And when his daughter, Svetlana, once asked him…. He must have been in a very good mood, which was rare. Svetlana was married to an Indian. She has told the story to me herself. Stalin said that he cannot take any holiday because the holiday will make the whole country feel that the country can go perfectly well without him. And the truth is, the country will go perfectly well without him! He has to remain in the chair to make the country feel that, without him, everything is going to collapse... --Osho The Osho Upanishad, ch. 24 |
aka: Svetlana Alliluyeva, Lana Peters
Joseph Stalin's daughter
became famous by "defecting" to US in 1967
her mother was Stalin's 2nd wife, who died, possibly
by suicide, when Svetlana was 6 years.
married 3x, twice in Russia, and once in US--all
divorced
2 children
came to India in 1966 to bury her Indian communist
companion's ashes, and at that time asked the US
Consulate in Dehli for asylum to US
married Frank Lloyd Wright's right-hand man, and
changed her name to Lana Peters.
returned to Soviet Union and again became a citizen.
came back to West--England and US.
Joseph Stalin's daughter
became famous by "defecting" to US in 1967
her mother was Stalin's 2nd wife, who died, possibly
by suicide, when Svetlana was 6 years.
married 3x, twice in Russia, and once in US--all
divorced
2 children
came to India in 1966 to bury her Indian communist
companion's ashes, and at that time asked the US
Consulate in Dehli for asylum to US
married Frank Lloyd Wright's right-hand man, and
changed her name to Lana Peters.
returned to Soviet Union and again became a citizen.
came back to West--England and US.
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