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I've been reading recently books on the former Soviet Union. "Beria, my Father" by Sergo Beria, "Krushcev" by William Taubman, "Conversations with Molotov" by Feliks Ciuev...

Then tried "Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva" by Rosemary Sullivan but could't finish it. Compared with the 'bad guys' her biography is just dull.

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She had an autobiography. "20 letters to a friend" or something like this, I liked reading it a lot just because of how short and personal it was.

Apparently this was read out in some radio program and is now available for listening at https://archive.org/details/20LettersToaFriend

edit: nevermind, seems to be an excerpt only. Recorded by BBC in 2017 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dd3t9

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