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Stalin’s 3 most SECRET affairs (PHOTOS) Public domain; Nikolai Khorunzhiy, Anatoly Garanin/Sputnik; MAMM/MDF/russiainphoto.ru/ The “leader of the peoples” was officially married twice and both his wives tragically died quite young. For the last 21 years of his life, he was a widower. A lover of music, theater and opera, he was believed to have had affairs with many famous performers. Here are three of the most racy stories.
1. Opera singer Vera Davydova
Vera Davydova, a soloist of the Bolshoi Theater, was described as “Stalin’s last love” and the two were believed to have had an affair lasting 19 years, according to a book by Russian émigré Leonid Gendlin. He had worked in the Bolshoi orchestra and in the 1980s published a book titled ‘Confessions of Stalin’s Lover’. In it, the author claimed to be recounting what the mezzo soprano herself had told him. The book proved to be a global bestseller. Davydova had a fit when she found out about it.�