Svetlana Alliluyeva

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained

9 Obscure Literary Terms

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Periods of American Literature

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Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?

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Why Was Nazi Germany Called the Third Reich?

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7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

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Were the Nazis Socialists?

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6 Questions About the History of Money and Banking Answered

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Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

9 Mind-Altering Plants

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How Deadly Is Quicksand?

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Also Known As	Svetlana Allilueva • Lana Peters • Svetlana Iosifovna Stalina
Born	February 28, 1926 • Moscow • Soviet Union
Died	November 22, 2011 (aged 85) • Wisconsin
Notable Family Members	father Joseph Stalin

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