Stalin’s daughter a political prisoner to the end

Capitol Newspapers ^ | November 29, 2011 | Doug Moe

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The telephone call came in August. I recognized the voice immediately. There was the accent, of course, and the fact that we'd spoken half a dozen times in the past year and a half.

"I want to talk about events of 44 years ago," she said. "They were important events that I've never talked about."

"OK, Lana," I said.

"The other thing is, I don't want it published until my death."

Lana Peters, the only daughter and last surviving child of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, died of colon cancer Nov. 22 in Richland County. Peters was 85 and had lived in Richland Center for the past several years. She had previously lived in Spring Green.

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An interesting obit...

[Nateman]

Wherever I go," she had said, "here, or Switzerland, or India, or wherever. Australia. Some island. I always will be a political prisoner of my father's name."

Not anymore. I am disappointed. It does not seem to reveal anything of significance. She waited under she was dead for this?