Daughter of the Kremlin
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Daughter of the Kremlin is a memoir by Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin’s daughter, recounting her life inside the Soviet leadership’s inner circle and her eventual break with the regime.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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memoir → |
| author |
Svetlana Alliluyeva
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Svetlana Alliluyeva →
surface form:
Svetlana Stalina
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| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union → |
| describes |
Joseph Stalin’s family life
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Soviet political elite → Soviet propaganda → Soviet secret police climate of fear → Stalin’s domestic life → Stalin’s personality → Svetlana Alliluyeva’s break with the Soviet regime → Svetlana Alliluyeva’s childhood → Svetlana Alliluyeva’s decision to leave the USSR → Svetlana Alliluyeva’s disillusionment with communism → Svetlana Alliluyeva’s family relationships → Svetlana Alliluyeva’s youth → inner workings of the Kremlin → life inside the Soviet leadership’s inner circle → privileges of the Soviet ruling class → repression under Stalin → |
| genre |
autobiography
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political memoir → |
| hasTheme |
conflict between private life and state ideology
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family and power → ideological disillusionment → life under Stalin → political repression → totalitarianism → |
| language |
English
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Russian → |
| literaryForm | prose → |
| mainSubject |
Joseph Stalin
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Soviet Union → Svetlana Alliluyeva → |
| narrativeForm | retrospective account → |
| narrativePerspective | first-person → |
| portrays |
Joseph Stalin as a dictator
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Joseph Stalin as a father → |
| setting |
Moscow Kremlin
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surface form:
Kremlin
Moscow → Soviet Union → |
| timePeriodCovered |
Stalin era
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early Soviet period → |
| workAbout |
Joseph Stalin’s inner circle
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Soviet leadership → Stalin family → |
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