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The Resource Stalin's daughter : the extraordinary and tumultuous life of Svetlana Alliluyeva, Rosemary Sullivan

Stalin's daughter : the extraordinary and tumultuous life of Svetlana Alliluyeva, Rosemary Sullivan

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Summary
  • A painstakingly researched, revelatory portrait of the Soviet dictator's daughter traces her formative years in the Kremlin, the losses of numerous loved ones and her controversial defection to the United States
  • "The award-winning author of Villa Air-Bel returns with a painstakingly researched, revelatory biography of Svetlana Stalin, a woman fated to live her life in the shadow of one of history's most monstrous dictators--her father, Josef Stalin. Born in the early years of the Soviet Union, Svetlana Stalin spent her youth inside the walls of the Kremlin. Communist Party privilege protected her from the mass starvation and purges that haunted Russia, but she did not escape tragedy--the loss of everyone she loved, including her mother, two brothers, aunts and uncles, and a lover twice her age, deliberately exiled to Siberia by her father. As she gradually learned about the extent of her father's brutality after his death, Svetlana could no longer keep quiet and in 1967 shocked the world by defecting to the United States--leaving her two children behind. But although she was never a part of her father's regime, she could not escape his legacy. Her life in America was fractured; she moved frequently, married disastrously, shunned other Russian exiles, and ultimately died in poverty in Spring Green, Wisconsin. With access to KGB, CIA, and Soviet government archives, as well as the close cooperation of Svetlana's daughter, Rosemary Sullivan pieces together Svetlana's incredible life in a masterful account of unprecedented intimacy. Epic in scope, it's a revolutionary biography of a woman doomed to be a political prisoner of her father's name. Sullivan explores a complicated character in her broader context without ever losing sight of her powerfully human story, in the process opening a closed, brutal world that continues to fascinate us. Illustrated with photographs"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xviii, 741 pages
Contents
  • Family Tree
  • Preface: Stalin's Daughter
  • The Defection
  • Part I: The Kremlin Years
  • That Place of Sunshine
  • A Motherless Child
  • The Hostess and the Peasant
  • The Terror
  • The Circle of Secrets and Lies
  • Love Story
  • A Jewish Wedding
  • The Anti-Cosmopolitan Campaign
  • Everything Silent, As Before A Storm
  • The Death of the Vozhd
  • PART II: The Soviet Reality
  • The Ghosts Return
  • The Generalissimo's Daughter
  • Post-Thaw
  • The Gentle Brahmin
  • On the Banks of the Ganges
  • PART III: Flight to America
  • Italian Comic Opera
  • Diplomatic Fury
  • Attorneys at Work
  • The Arrival
  • A Mysterious Figure
  • Letters to a Friend
  • "Scoundrely" Behavior
  • Only One Year
  • The Taliesin Fiasco
  • The Montenegran's Courtier
  • Stalin's Daughter Cutting the Grass
  • A KGB Stool-Pigeon
  • Lana Peters, American Citizen
  • The Modern Jungle of Freedom
  • Part IV: Learning to Live in the West
  • Chaucer Road
  • Back in the USSR
  • Tbilisi Interlude
  • The American Reality
  • Never Wear A Tight Skirt If You Intend to Commit Suicide
  • My Dear, They Haven't Changed a Bit
  • Final Return
Isbn
9780062206107
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http://static.harpercollins.com/harperimages/isbn/large/7/9780062206107.jpg
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Stalin's daughter : the extraordinary and tumultuous life of Svetlana Alliluyeva
Title
Stalin's daughter
Title remainder
the extraordinary and tumultuous life of Svetlana Alliluyeva
Statement of responsibility
Rosemary Sullivan
Title variation
Stalins daughter
Title variation remainder
the extraordinary and tumultuous life of Svetlana Alliluyeva
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • A painstakingly researched, revelatory portrait of the Soviet dictator's daughter traces her formative years in the Kremlin, the losses of numerous loved ones and her controversial defection to the United States
  • "The award-winning author of Villa Air-Bel returns with a painstakingly researched, revelatory biography of Svetlana Stalin, a woman fated to live her life in the shadow of one of history's most monstrous dictators--her father, Josef Stalin. Born in the early years of the Soviet Union, Svetlana Stalin spent her youth inside the walls of the Kremlin. Communist Party privilege protected her from the mass starvation and purges that haunted Russia, but she did not escape tragedy--the loss of everyone she loved, including her mother, two brothers, aunts and uncles, and a lover twice her age, deliberately exiled to Siberia by her father. As she gradually learned about the extent of her father's brutality after his death, Svetlana could no longer keep quiet and in 1967 shocked the world by defecting to the United States--leaving her two children behind. But although she was never a part of her father's regime, she could not escape his legacy. Her life in America was fractured; she moved frequently, married disastrously, shunned other Russian exiles, and ultimately died in poverty in Spring Green, Wisconsin. With access to KGB, CIA, and Soviet government archives, as well as the close cooperation of Svetlana's daughter, Rosemary Sullivan pieces together Svetlana's incredible life in a masterful account of unprecedented intimacy. Epic in scope, it's a revolutionary biography of a woman doomed to be a political prisoner of her father's name. Sullivan explores a complicated character in her broader context without ever losing sight of her powerfully human story, in the process opening a closed, brutal world that continues to fascinate us. Illustrated with photographs"--
Summary
A biography of Joseph Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva who spent her youth inside the walls of the Kremlin and ultimately defected to the United States in 1967.
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Writing style
Award
  • ALA Notable Book, 2016.
  • Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction (Canada), 2016.
  • British Columbia Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, 2016.
  • Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize, 2015.
  • New York Times Notable Book, 2015
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Provided by publisher
Biography type
individual biography
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
10426978
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DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1947-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Sullivan, Rosemary
Dewey number
  • 947.084/2092
  • B
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
DK275.A4
LC item number
S85 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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True
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Allilueva, Svetlana
  • Children of heads of state
  • Stalin, Joseph
  • Stalin, Joseph
  • Soviet Union
  • Immigrants
  • Defectors
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  • HISTORY
  • Allilueva, Svetlana
  • Stalin, Joseph
  • Children of heads of state
  • Defectors
  • Families
  • Immigrants
  • Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Soviet Union
  • United States
Target audience
adult
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the extraordinary and tumultuous life of Svetlana Alliluyeva
Label
Stalin's daughter : the extraordinary and tumultuous life of Svetlana Alliluyeva, Rosemary Sullivan
Link
http://static.harpercollins.com/harperimages/isbn/large/7/9780062206107.jpg
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [697]-703) and index
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volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Family Tree -- Preface: Stalin's Daughter -- The Defection -- Part I: The Kremlin Years -- That Place of Sunshine -- A Motherless Child -- The Hostess and the Peasant -- The Terror -- The Circle of Secrets and Lies -- Love Story -- A Jewish Wedding -- The Anti-Cosmopolitan Campaign -- Everything Silent, As Before A Storm -- The Death of the Vozhd -- PART II: The Soviet Reality -- The Ghosts Return -- The Generalissimo's Daughter -- Post-Thaw -- The Gentle Brahmin -- On the Banks of the Ganges -- PART III: Flight to America -- Italian Comic Opera -- Diplomatic Fury -- Attorneys at Work -- The Arrival -- A Mysterious Figure -- Letters to a Friend -- "Scoundrely" Behavior -- Only One Year -- The Taliesin Fiasco -- The Montenegran's Courtier -- Stalin's Daughter Cutting the Grass -- A KGB Stool-Pigeon -- Lana Peters, American Citizen -- The Modern Jungle of Freedom -- Part IV: Learning to Live in the West -- Chaucer Road -- Back in the USSR -- Tbilisi Interlude -- The American Reality -- Never Wear A Tight Skirt If You Intend to Commit Suicide -- My Dear, They Haven't Changed a Bit -- Final Return
Control code
20399432
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xviii, 741 pages
Isbn
9780062206107
Lccn
2014045982
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn883146297
  • (OCoLC)883146297
Label
Stalin's daughter : the extraordinary and tumultuous life of Svetlana Alliluyeva, Rosemary Sullivan
Link
http://static.harpercollins.com/harperimages/isbn/large/7/9780062206107.jpg
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [697]-703) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Family Tree -- Preface: Stalin's Daughter -- The Defection -- Part I: The Kremlin Years -- That Place of Sunshine -- A Motherless Child -- The Hostess and the Peasant -- The Terror -- The Circle of Secrets and Lies -- Love Story -- A Jewish Wedding -- The Anti-Cosmopolitan Campaign -- Everything Silent, As Before A Storm -- The Death of the Vozhd -- PART II: The Soviet Reality -- The Ghosts Return -- The Generalissimo's Daughter -- Post-Thaw -- The Gentle Brahmin -- On the Banks of the Ganges -- PART III: Flight to America -- Italian Comic Opera -- Diplomatic Fury -- Attorneys at Work -- The Arrival -- A Mysterious Figure -- Letters to a Friend -- "Scoundrely" Behavior -- Only One Year -- The Taliesin Fiasco -- The Montenegran's Courtier -- Stalin's Daughter Cutting the Grass -- A KGB Stool-Pigeon -- Lana Peters, American Citizen -- The Modern Jungle of Freedom -- Part IV: Learning to Live in the West -- Chaucer Road -- Back in the USSR -- Tbilisi Interlude -- The American Reality -- Never Wear A Tight Skirt If You Intend to Commit Suicide -- My Dear, They Haven't Changed a Bit -- Final Return
Control code
20399432
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xviii, 741 pages
Isbn
9780062206107
Lccn
2014045982
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn883146297
  • (OCoLC)883146297

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