March 6, 1967: Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States

Today is the 45th anniversary of the defection to the U.S. of Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of Joseph Stalin. For more information about Svetlana and this historical account, check out these resources...

Telegram From Secretary of State Rusk to the Ambassador to the Soviet Union (Foreign Relations of the U.S., 1964–1968: Volume XIV, Soviet Union, Document 205), Office of the Historian, U.S. Dept of State

Meeting Svetlana, 200th Anniversary of U.S.-Russian Diplomatic Relations, Embassy of the U.S. in Russia

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December 8, 1991: Soviet Union is dissolved, Commonwealth of Independent States is established

Today is the ten year anniversary of dissolution of the Soviet Union. On December 8, 1991, leaders of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine sign an agreement that dissolved the Union and instead established the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Commonwealth of Independent States, CIA Maps and Publications

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