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11-28-2011, 09:57 PM #1
Stalin's daughter Lana Peters dies in US of cancer
28 November 2011 Last updated at 18:10 ET
Stalin's daughter Lana Peters dies in US of cancer
Svetlana was a Soviet celebrity as a child; her defection as an adult embarrassed the Communist party
The only daughter of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin has died of colon cancer in a US care home, aged 85.
Svetlana Alliluyeva, also known as Lana Peters, passed away in the state of Wisconsin on 22 November, US officials have confirmed to BBC Russian.
Her defection from the Soviet Union in 1967 was a propaganda coup for the US. She wrote four books, including two best-selling memoirs.
But she said she could not escape the shadow of her father.
'Little sparrow'
When Peters arrived in the US, she said she had come for the "self-expression that has been denied me for so long in Russia".
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