for those who are interested, an article upon her death

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...2S68.DTL&tsp=1

I remember very well when she defected, but I had no idea she denounced the US later and went back to the USSR, then came here a year later. Nice of us to take her back...

Dayenu, thank you for sharing that historical tidbit. As I recall Svetlana was dark haired and rather attractive when she landed in the US, lo those many years ago.

The COLD WAR now is such a distant memory...

I remember when she arrived in the US and that arrival caused an absolute sensation in the media. Along with the smuggling out of "Dr. Zhivago" a few years prior we were all entranced with the Russian menace.

My son sent me a link to a more interesting version

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/wo...5.html?_r=1&hp

Yes today's lengthy article in the NYTimes was spellbinding - what a life with so many turns - a movie in the waiting - I did not find her that admirable but rather self-serving in many of her actions (like disavowing her pop and Communism then writing two autobiographies dwelling on Stalin's life) but the story as a whole was riveting.