Svetlana Alliluyeva

Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva (Russian: Светла́на Ио́сифовна Аллилу́ева, Georgian: სვეტლანა ალილუევა; 28 February 1926 – 22 November 2011), later known as Lana Peters (Georgian: ლანა პეტერსი), 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 furor when she defected and became a naturalized citizen of the United States until 1984 when she returned to the Soviet Union and had her Soviet citizenship returned. She later went back to the United States and also spent time in the United Kingdom. At the time of her death she was the last surviving child of Stalin.

Personal facts

Svetlana Alliluyeva
Alias (AKA)Lana Peters
Birth dateFebruary 28, 1926
Birth nameSvetlana Alliluyeva
Birth place
Soviet Union , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Nationality
Soviet Union
Naturalization
Date of deathNovember 22, 2011
Place of death
Richland Center Wisconsin
Parents
Nadezhda Alliluyeva
Spouse
Yuri Zhdanov
William Wesley Peters
Grigory Morozov
Children
Joseph Alliluyev

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