Comments | ontd_political: Stalin's daughter Lana Peters dies

the_gabih in ontd_political

Nov 29, 2011 12:39

The only daughter of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin has died of colon cancer in a US care home, aged 85 ( Read more... )

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screamingintune November 29 2011, 18:18:19 UTC

I had no idea Stalin had a daughter that defected to the US. History fail on my part. Interesting article.

brewsternorth November 30 2011, 00:09:27 UTC

Ditto, though under the circumstances it's not surprising that either side would be hesitant to talk about it. RIP indeed.

beoweasel November 29 2011, 20:42:39 UTC

He sent her first love, a Jewish filmmaker, to Siberia.

Holy shit.

akashasheiress November 29 2011, 20:57:01 UTC

Yeah, no wonder they grew 'distant'...

beoweasel November 29 2011, 21:04:25 UTC

Well, he did kill her mother.

ravenalegria13 November 29 2011, 22:17:59 UTC

I was actually sad when I heard about this. She always seemed nice in her interviews.