November 28, 2011

Death of the "Little Princess"

Svetlana Alliluyeva has died.

UPDATE: There's more here about Alliluyeva's connections to Wisconsin.

4 comments:

Patrick said...

This was a fascinating story. As a tour guide at Taliesin, I had heard only bits. Thanks for the NYT link - it filled in the blanks.

Irene said...

I remember the story of Svetlana's marriage to an American was the subject of a lot of conversation in our circle.

Circle! Everyone should read The First Circle.

Ralph L said...

Wow, the NYT admits that Stalin killed millions.

What a burden to be his daughter--to say nothing of the danger. Guess that's why she moved and divorced so often.

Irene said...

That was my first thought, too, Ralph L.

"Uncle Joe" also shipped her boyfriend off to Siberia.