Svetlana Alliluyeva, also known as Lana Peters, had a strong connection with India.
She was what is known as the common law wife of Brajesh Singh, one of the many Indian Communists who made Moscow their home in the 1930s and thereafter.
In early 1967 Mr Singh died. Svetlana saw to it that he was cremated according to Hindu rites and then decided to bring his ashes to India to consign them to the Ganges river, held sacred by Hindus.
This took time because Soviet leaders tried hard to dissuade her from making that journey.
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