Twenty Letters to a Friend

E45163
book memoir

"Twenty Letters to a Friend" is a memoir by Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin’s daughter, in which she reflects on her life inside the Soviet elite and her complex relationship with her father.

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Twenty Letters to a Friend canonical 4
Twenty Letters to a Friend: A Memoir 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
author Svetlana Alliluyeva ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
describes Stalin’s family life ⓘ
Stalin’s personality ⓘ
childhood of Svetlana Alliluyeva ⓘ
emotional impact of Stalin’s rule on his family ⓘ
life inside the Soviet elite ⓘ
personal relationship with Joseph Stalin ⓘ
political climate in the Stalin era ⓘ
privileges of the Soviet nomenklatura ⓘ
repression under Stalin ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
political memoir ⓘ
hasCentralTheme complex relationship between father and daughter ⓘ
disillusionment with Soviet ideology ⓘ
memory and trauma ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
literaryForm letters ⓘ
literaryStyle confessional ⓘ
reflective ⓘ
mainSubject Joseph Stalin ⓘ
Soviet elite ⓘ
Stalin family ⓘ
Svetlana Alliluyeva ⓘ
life in the Soviet Union ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableFor critical reflection on Stalin’s legacy ⓘ
insider view of Stalin’s household ⓘ
personal account by Stalin’s daughter ⓘ
originalLanguage Russian ⓘ
portrays Joseph Stalin as a political leader ⓘ
Joseph Stalin as a private person ⓘ
publicationPeriod 1960s ⓘ
relatedPerson Joseph Stalin ⓘ
Nadezhda Alliluyeva ⓘ
members of the Soviet leadership ⓘ
relatedWork Only One Year ⓘ
structure twenty letters ⓘ
targetAudience general readers ⓘ
readers interested in Soviet history ⓘ
readers interested in biographies of political figures ⓘ
timeSpanDescribed Stalin era ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
post-Stalin Soviet Union ⓘ

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Svetlana Alliluyeva → notableWork → Twenty Letters to a Friend ⓘ
The Faraway Music: A Memoir of My Father, Joseph Stalin → relatedWork → Twenty Letters to a Friend ⓘ
Svetlana Iosifovna Stalina → notableWork → Twenty Letters to a Friend ⓘ
Svetlana Iosifovna Stalina → notableWork → Twenty Letters to a Friend ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twenty Letters to a Friend: A Memoir
Lana Peters → notableWork → Twenty Letters to a Friend ⓘ