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Was Stalin’s Housekeeper and Mistress Valentina Istomina Jewish?

Was Stalin’s Housekeeper and Mistress…

Karl
Feb 22
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Valentina Istomina – Stalin’s housekeeper and long-time mistress – isn’t very well known but her name has occasionally been bandied about as one of Stalin’s ‘jewish mistresses’ so I thought I’d address this issue here.

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Billy Thistle
Feb 22

retrousse-nosed https://remosince1988.com/cdn/shop/collections/Noses_thumb_25676746-999b-4742-8d69-ace50c7e4e77.jpg?v=1657348299 also pug or snub nosed

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