33 Facts About Nadezhda Alliluyeva

Nadezhda Alliluyeva was born in Baku to a friend of Stalin, a fellow revolutionary, and was raised in Saint Petersburg.

Nadezhda Alliluyeva had health issues, which had an adverse impact on her relationship with Stalin.

Nadezhda Alliluyeva suspected he was unfaithful, which led to frequent arguments with him.

On several occasions, Nadezhda Alliluyeva reportedly contemplated leaving Stalin, and after an argument, she fatally shot herself early in the morning of 9 November 1932.

Nadezhda Alliluyeva moved to the Caucasus, where he worked as an electrician for the rail depot and first became familiar with working conditions in the Russian Empire.

Nadezhda Alliluyeva's godfather was Avel Yenukidze who was a Georgian "Old Bolshevik" and associate of Stalin.

Nadezhda Alliluyeva, born in Baku on 22 September 1901, was the youngest of four children, following Anna, Fyodor, and Pavel.

Nadezhda Alliluyeva had known Alliluyeva since she was a child, reportedly having saved her from drowning when they were both in Baku.

Nadezhda Alliluyeva did not stay long there and returned to Moscow, though Stalin's involvement in the Civil War meant he was rarely at home.

Not wanting to be dependent on Stalin, Nadezhda Alliluyeva transferred positions and joined Lenin's secretariat.

In 1921, a few months after the birth of their first child, Vasily, Nadezhda Alliluyeva was expelled from the Bolshevik Party; according to historian Oleg Khlevniuk she had trouble managing family life, professional work, and party work, and was considered "ballast with no interest in the life of the party whatsoever".

Nadezhda Alliluyeva was concerned that if she did not work outside the home, she would not be taken seriously.

Nadezhda Alliluyeva desired to be qualified for any role she took up.

Tired of her work and not happy in her role as the "First Lady", Nadezhda Alliluyeva looked for something else to do with herself.

Nadezhda Alliluyeva frequently took the tram from the Kremlin to the academy, joined by Dora Khazan, the wife of Andrey Andreyev, a leading Bolshevik and associate of Stalin.

At the academy, Nadezhda Alliluyeva interacted with students from across the Soviet Union.

Some have speculated that Nadezhda Alliluyeva learned of the issues the population was facing as a result of the collectivization of agriculture, including the famine in Ukraine, and argued with Stalin about this.

Nadezhda Alliluyeva's letters give the impression that she, like the rest of the Bolshevik elite, was completely isolated from the suffering of tens of millions outside the Kremlin walls.

Nadezhda Alliluyeva was only six years older than her step-son, Dzhugashvili, with whom she developed a friendly relationship.

Interested in pursuing a professional career, Nadezhda Alliluyeva did not spend much time with her children, and instead hired a nanny, Alexandra Bychokova, to watch the children.

When Nadezhda Alliluyeva dealt with her children, though, she was quite strict: Svetlana would later recall that the only letter she received from her mother scolded her for "being terribly naughty", despite Svetlana's being only four or five at the time.

Nadezhda Alliluyeva would recall that the only person Stalin feared was Alliluyeva.

On several occasions, Nadezhda Alliluyeva reportedly considered leaving Stalin and taking the children with her, and in 1926 she left for a short time, moving to Leningrad.

In November 1932, Nadezhda Alliluyeva was only a few weeks away from finishing her course at the academy.

Things became even worse between the two, and Montefiore suggested that when Stalin "toasted the destruction of the Enemies of the State", he saw Nadezhda Alliluyeva did not raise her glass as well and became annoyed.

Nadezhda Alliluyeva used a small Mauser pistol only recently given to her by her brother Pavel Alliluyev, who brought it as a gift from his time in Berlin.

Nadezhda Alliluyeva had asked him to do so, noting that it could be dangerous alone in the Kremlin at times, and she wanted protection.

Stalin and the other leaders decided it would not be appropriate to say Nadezhda Alliluyeva had killed herself, so when her death was announced the next day, the cause of death was given as appendicitis.

Nadezhda Alliluyeva's death had a profound impact on her children and family.

Nadezhda Alliluyeva remained distant from Stalin until his death and took up her mother's maiden name in 1957 to further distance herself from him.

Nadezhda Alliluyeva ultimately defected from the Soviet Union in 1967 and died in the United States in 2011.

Nadezhda Alliluyeva wrote memoirs which were published in 1946 after heavy editing.

Several of Nadezhda Alliluyeva's relatives were arrested and imprisoned in 1940, including her sister Anna, and Anna's husband, Stanislav Redens, who was shot in January that year.