Двадцать писем к другу

by Svetlana Alliluyeva, Светлана Аллилуева

Двадцать писем к другу, которые представила читателю Светлана Иосифовна Аллилуева, раскрывают жизнь И.В. Сталина, его отношения с родными и близкими.
"Эти письма были написаны летом 1963 года в деревне Жуковке, недалеко от Москвы, в течение тридцати пяти дней. Свободная форма писем позволила мне быть абсолютно искренней, и я считаю то, что написано - исповедью.

216 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1967

About the author

Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva (Russian: Светлана Иосифовна Аллилуева, Georgian: სვეტლანა ალილუევა, later known as Lana Peters (Georgian: ლანა პეტერსი), was the youngest child and only daughter of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Stalin's second wife. In 1967, she caused an international furor when she defected and became a naturalized citizen of the United States until 1984 when she returned to the Soviet Union and had her Soviet citizenship returned. She later went back to the United States and also spent time in the United Kingdom. At the time of her death she was the last surviving child of Stalin.