The Admiral's Daughter
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The Admiral's Daughter is a 1979 autobiography written by Victoria Fyodorova
with Haskel Frankel. It relates the story of Fyodorova's parents, Jackson Tate
and Zoya Fyodorova
, who had an affair in Moscow in 1945, her childhood in the Soviet Union
, and her later search for and reunion with her father in the United States
.
actress starting in the 1930s. In 1945, she met United States Navy Captain Jackson R. Tate, a deputy attaché
who was stationed in Moscow, and they had an affair. Tate was warned to end the relationship by secret police. When Soviet leader Joseph Stalin
learned of the affair, Tate was declared an unwelcome person and expelled from Moscow, and Zoya Fyodorova was arrested and sent to Siberia for 8 years. Their daughter, Victoria, was born January 8, 1946, and was named for V-E Day.
professor Irene Kirk learned of Victoria's story in 1959 and spent years trying to find Tate in the United States. Tate was unaware of having a daughter and of his former lover's arrest and imprisonment. When Kirk found Tate in 1973, she carried correspondence between the two back and forth to Moscow. In 1974, Tate began a campaign to convince the Soviet government to allow his daughter to travel to see him in the United States.
The story of Tate's attempts to reunite with his daughter gained worldwide attention and after a personal appeal by Leonid Brezhnev
, Victoria was granted permission to leave the Soviet Union
, arriving in the United States in March 1975 on a three-month travel visa
. She spent several weeks in seclusion in Florida
with Tate.
book critic Robert Kirsch called the book "padded beyond belief", and wrote that it was more suited for a magazine article or newspaper miniseries. Baltimore Sun critic Retta Blaney called it "incredible" and "interesting".
Victoria Fyodorova
Victoria Fyodorova is a Russian-born American actress who was born at the end of the World War II to Admiral Jackson Tate and Zoya Fyodorova , a Russian actress with whom he had a brief affair before being expelled from Moscow by Joseph Stalin.Fyodorova wrote the 1979 book The Admiral's Daughter...
with Haskel Frankel. It relates the story of Fyodorova's parents, Jackson Tate
Jackson Tate
Jackson Rogers Tate was a United States Navy admiral who began his naval career as an enlisted man and became one of the first naval aviators. He fathered a child, Victoria, during a brief love affair with Russian actress Zoya Fyodorova near the end of World War II, but did not know of her birth...
and Zoya Fyodorova
Zoya Fyodorova
Zoya Alekseyevna Fyodorova was a Russian film star who had an affair with American Navy captain Jackson Tate in 1945 and bore a child, Victoria Fyodorova in January 1946. As a result of the affair, she was imprisoned in Siberia by Joseph Stalin for eight years...
, who had an affair in Moscow in 1945, her childhood in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, and her later search for and reunion with her father in the United States
United States
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.
Background
Zoya Fyodorova was a well-known SovietSoviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
actress starting in the 1930s. In 1945, she met United States Navy Captain Jackson R. Tate, a deputy attaché
Attaché
Attaché is a French term in diplomacy referring to a person who is assigned to the diplomatic or administrative staff of a higher placed person or another service or agency...
who was stationed in Moscow, and they had an affair. Tate was warned to end the relationship by secret police. When Soviet leader Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
learned of the affair, Tate was declared an unwelcome person and expelled from Moscow, and Zoya Fyodorova was arrested and sent to Siberia for 8 years. Their daughter, Victoria, was born January 8, 1946, and was named for V-E Day.
Reunion
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professor Irene Kirk learned of Victoria's story in 1959 and spent years trying to find Tate in the United States. Tate was unaware of having a daughter and of his former lover's arrest and imprisonment. When Kirk found Tate in 1973, she carried correspondence between the two back and forth to Moscow. In 1974, Tate began a campaign to convince the Soviet government to allow his daughter to travel to see him in the United States.
The story of Tate's attempts to reunite with his daughter gained worldwide attention and after a personal appeal by Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev – 10 November 1982) was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union , presiding over the country from 1964 until his death in 1982. His eighteen-year term as General Secretary was second only to that of Joseph Stalin in...
, Victoria was granted permission to leave the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, arriving in the United States in March 1975 on a three-month travel visa
Visa
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. She spent several weeks in seclusion in Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
with Tate.
Reception
Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times
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book critic Robert Kirsch called the book "padded beyond belief", and wrote that it was more suited for a magazine article or newspaper miniseries. Baltimore Sun critic Retta Blaney called it "incredible" and "interesting".