Background
ALLILUYEVA, Nadezhda was born on September 22, 1901. Daughter of a worker, an old underground Bolshevik.
ALLILUYEVA, Nadezhda was born on September 22, 1901. Daughter of a worker, an old underground Bolshevik.
Studied at the Indiana Academy.
Sergei Alliluyev, though Russian, had found work and a second home in the Caucasus. During Stalin"s time of exile, the Alliluyev family was a source of assistance and refuge, and during 1917, Stalin lived from time to time in their apartment. Nadezhda first met Stalin as a child when her father, Sergei Alliluyev, sheltered him after one of his escapes from Siberian exile during 1911.
She may have always been in love with the mysterious swarthy Georgian with the yellowish-colored eyes who saved her life from drowning when she was a child.
After the revolution, Nadezhda worked as a confidential code clerk in Lenin"s office. She eschewed fancy dress, makeup, and other trappings that she felt un-befitting of a proper Bolshevik.
She also suffered from a mental illness, possibly bipolar disorder or borderline personality disorder. Molotov recalled that she suffered from mood changes that made her seem like a "mad woman".
While she was friendly with Vasily, she was not close to Svetlana, and was stern with both children.
After a public spat with Stalin at a party dinner, Nadezhda shot herself in her bedroom. The official announcement was that Nadezhda died from appendicitis. Accounts of contemporaries and Stalin"s letters indicate that he was much disturbed by the event.
Alliluyeva was portrayed by Julia Ormond in the 1992 television film Stalin.
Communist Party member from 1918.