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1 day ago · In March 1953, Stalin died. “My father died a difficult and terrible death,” wrote Svetlana. She was there at his bedside for days, as doctors applied leeches. Reportedly, he died raising his fist in anger. “The death agony was terrible. He literally choked to death as we watched,” Svetlana wrote.
6 days ago · They were all love letters between Lev and Svetlana written while he was a prisoner in Pechora, one of Stalin's most notorious labour camps in the Far North of Russia. The first was written by Svetlana in July 1946, the last by Lev in November 1954.
13 hours ago · In 1953, Stalin died after suffering a stroke, and was succeeded as leader of the Soviet Union by Nikita Khrushchev, who in 1956 denounced Stalin's rule and initiated the " de-Stalinisation " of Soviet society.
Oct 5, 2024 · Lana Peters, 84, is the only daughter of Josef Stalin, the brutal dictator of the Soviet Union who died in 1953. Her defection to the United States in 1967 - when she was known as Svetlana Alliluyeva - made headlines around the world.
Oct 5, 2024 · Lana Peters — who was known internationally by her previous name, Svetlana Alliluyeva — died of colon cancer Nov. 22 in Wisconsin, where she lived off and on after becoming a U.S. citizen, Richland County Coroner Mary Turner said Monday.
2 days ago · While former prisoners could start working for the repressive system, one of the designers of the Gulag system was Naftali Frenkel, who was a former prisoner of the Solovetsky camp (SLON). In addition, the problem is that it became possible to address the memory of the Gulag only a few decades after Stalin’s death, in the late 1980s.
3 days ago · Joseph Stalin died on March 5, 1953, in Moscow. His death triggered a leadership scramble within the Soviet Communist Party, and Nikita Khrushchev ultimately emerged as Stalin’s successor.
