Svetlana Alliluyeva is the daughter of Joseph Stalin, her fate is not like the life of other children of major political figures. She constantly sought to get rid of the shadow of an influential father. The memoirs of Svetlana Iosifovna, where she gave details about Stalin and life in the Kremlin, are very popular.
early years
Svetlana was born on February 28, 1926. At the age of 6 she was left without a mother, and Stalin was too busy to pay enough attention to children. Alexandra Andreevna was engaged in upbringing, earlier she worked in the family of Nikolai Evreinov, a playwright, philosopher.
Under her influence, Svetlana became interested in literature. The girl studied excellently. Childhood and school years cannot be called happy. Svetlana was forbidden to communicate with other children, so in her free time she studied English, watched films on a movie projector.
After school, the girl wanted to study at the Literary Institute, but her father did not approve of this. He considered the work of a writer unworthy for his daughter. Alliluyeva graduated from Moscow State University (Faculty of History), then became a graduate student of the Academy of Social Sciences. In 1954 she was awarded the title of candidate of sciences.
Creative activity
Svetlana Alliluyeva worked at the Institute of World Literature. She began to study the work of Soviet writers, made translations.
After the death of her father, her life changed dramatically. Svetlana began to live in a civil marriage with the Hindu Brajesh Singh. In 1966 he died, Alliluyeva decided to bury him at home. She was allowed to leave, but she did not want to return and asked for asylum in the United States. There was a scandal, Alliluyeva was deprived of her citizenship.
However, in 1984 Svetlana decided to return to the Union. She was greeted kindly, given housing. But Alliluyeva came under the supervision of the KGB, which she did not want to put up with. Later she lived in Georgia for some time.
These 2 years were not happy, Svetlana decided to emigrate to America again. She was helped by Gorbachev, he gave the order to allow unhindered exit.
For a long time, Svetlana lived in a nursing home (Madison), where she continued to write her memoirs. Alliluyeva wrote them for life. In her essays, she recounted memories of her father, life in the Kremlin.
Her first book was called "20 Letters to a Friend" (1967). The work brought Alliluyeva world fame, she received a fee of $ 2.5 million. Then her other books were published. Svetlana Iosifovna died in 2011, she was 85 years old.
Personal life
Alliluyeva got married 5 times. In addition, she also had novels, each of which caused a resonance in society.
In the forties, Svetlana had a relationship with Alexei Kapler, a writer. He was almost twice the age of the girl. Three years later, Alexei was arrested, wrapped in espionage, and sent to Vorkuta.
Kapler was released in 1948 and went to the capital, Moscow, to see Svetlana. He was arrested again for "violation of the regime of stay" Alexei was released only in 1954.
As a student, Svetlana married Grigory Morozov, he was a classmate of her brother. Stalin did not like Grigory, he avoided communicating with his son-in-law. The young couple had a boy Joseph. The marriage broke up in 1949.
Then Alliluyeva was married to Yuri Zhdanov, the son of the secretary of the CPSU Central Committee. The groom was chosen by Stalin himself. Before the wedding, the young did not meet. Alliluyeva gave birth to a daughter, Catherine, but then immediately divorced.
In 1957, Ivan Svanidze, a scientist, became Alliluyeva's husband. The marriage broke up after 2 years. Then there were numerous novels, which completely ruined Svetlana's reputation.
The longest relationship was with a Hindu named Brajesh Singh, the marriage was civil. Singh died in the arms of Svetlana due to a serious illness.
In 1970, William Peters, an architect, became her husband. Svetlana has a daughter, Olga. But the marriage broke up when Alliluyeva spent money on her husband's projects for publishing her memoirs. Peters abandoned her and the baby.
Later, Svetlana's children did not want to hear anything about their mother. Joseph became a cardiologist, he died in 2008. Ekaterina was a volcanologist in Kamchatka, Svetlana left her daughter during her first emigration.
Alliluyeva sent her second daughter to a boarding school in Cambridge. As she grew up, she took the name Chris. She has a small shop where she sells vintage and second-hand items.
