On the 6th of March, 1967, Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, approached the US embassy in New Delhi and asked for political asylum.
She is seen below arriving in the United States the following month.
On the 6th of March, 1967, Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, approached the US embassy in New Delhi and asked for political asylum.
She is seen below arriving in the United States the following month.
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I remember her defection. Thanks for the memory!
Regards from Florida