Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13

Kremlin.
leaders. Out of it all, have man
aged to winnow grains which are
probably true and from these to
create a picture of life behind the
grim walls of the Kremlin.
Little scandal ever touches
Stain. however. The No. l ex-
ponent of Marxist asceticism
seems to practice what he
breaches. And although he has
been married three times. it is to
his credit that he was never di-
vorced: he was thrice a widower.
Little is known of Stains first
wife, save that she was Georgian,
died young and gave the dictator
his first son, Yasha. A Soviet
naval officer during the recent
war, Yasha was taken prisoner by
the Germans and is no longer
welcomed in Russia. In fact, in
Inmates know better than even to
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hearing. 1t is known also that
Stains first wife was simple
soul, who had scarcely any idea of
his work and Importance. Much
more is known about his second
wife, Nadia Aliluyeva.
A handsome, big woman with
dark hair and ample curves, she
was well educated, had studied
chemistry and worked in the lab
oratory of a Synthetic-silk factory
before the war. Stain never ap-
peared in public with her-be-
cause she was at least two inches
taller than the dictator. A modest.
silent woman, few If any of her
laboratory colleagues knew that
she was the wife of the ruler of
them all.
1t is worth noting that Stain
doesn't like little women. Fat or
ugly ones are also anathema to
him. He can be unpleasantly rude
to such women, and it is a matter
of record that he once had to
write a letter of apology to Lenin's
wife, Krupskaya, because of his
boorish behavior to her during the
lifetime of his precursor.
1t is common knowledge in
Moscow that Stain treats Olga
Molotova, wife of the deputy
premier, with barely disguised
Scorn. However, this probably
passes pretty we'll unnoticed, for
the dictator is far from being a
ladies man and generally pays
no notice to representatives of
the fairer sex.
Third Wife Killed in Action.
Aliluyeva gave Stain two chill
dren, VASTLY and Svetlana, now
80 and 81 years old respectively.
VASTLY is now an air force gen.
eral, assigned to the pride of the
Red air force. the new jet planes.
Aliluyeva died suddenly in 1885.
The circumstances and cause of
her death are not known and
rumors of foul play have arisen,
linked to various feminine names,
one American; but none can be
verified with any accuracy.
Stains third wife was Mariana
Roskova, also much taller than
the dictator, a slim woman with
straight blond hair who carried
herself like an Amazon and was
reputedly very clever. Often wear
ing mems clothes, she was a
famous war pilot and commanded
women's squadron.
Stain used to spend every
morning with Mariana in their
little four room apartment in the
Kremlin. His secretaries were sent
away at 6 am. and they break
tasted alone together on Stalin's
favorite diSh-Caucasian shaslik,
grilled spiced mutton in pieces.
There was nothing feminine
about Mariana, however. She de-
spised housework and made war
and flying her life. She was shot
down by the Germans and killed
in 1943.
Stain was "a at the time, and
if any woman can be said to have
had influence over him, that
woman was Roskova. Those who
have known him closely say that
during the years of his marriage
to her his political fanaticism
increased noticeably.
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