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Victoria Fyodorova (formerly Pouy; January 18, 1946 – September 5, 2012)^[1]^[2] was a Russian-American actress and author. She was born shortly after World War II to Jackson Tate (1898–1978), then a captain in the United States Navy, and Russian actress Zoya Fyodorova (1909–1981), who had a brief affair before Tate was expelled from Moscow by Joseph Stalin. Victoria Fyodorova wrote the 1979 book, The Admiral's Daughter, which was about her experience attempting to reunite with her father.

Early life

Fyodorova's mother, Zoya Fyodorova, was a well-known Soviet actress starting in the 1930s. In 1945, she met United States Navy Captain Jackson R. Tate (died 1978), a State Department deputy attaché stationed in Moscow; and they had an affair. Tate was warned to end the relationship by the Soviet Secret Police.^[3] Victoria was allegedly fathered on the day of World War II end celebration May 9, 1945.^[4]

When Stalin (or Lavrenty Beria) learned of the affair, Tate was declared persona non grata and expelled from Russia. Zoya Fyodorova was arrested and sent to Siberia for eight years. Their daughter, Victoria, was named for V-E Day. Victoria lived with her mother's sister in the Kazakh SSR until she was 8 years old, when her mother was released, not long after Stalin's death in 1953.

Victoria was also an actress in Russia, as her mother had been. She appeared in a number of well-received films, including a 1970 adaptation of Crime and Punishment. She was married briefly and divorced.^[3]

Reunion

University of Connecticut professor Irene Kirk learned of Victoria's story in 1959 and spent years trying to find Tate in the United States.^[3] Tate was unaware of having a daughter and of his former lover's arrest and imprisonment. When Kirk found Tate in 1973,^[5] she carried correspondence back and forth between the two.

In 1974, Tate began a campaign to convince the Soviet government to allow his daughter to travel to see him. She was granted permission and arrived in the United States in March 1975 on a three-month travel visa. She spent several weeks in seclusion with her father in Florida. While in the United States, she met Frederick Pouy, a pilot for Pan American World Airways; and they married on June 7, 1975, in Stamford, Connecticut, days before her visa was to expire.^[3]^[5]^[6] Their son, Christopher Alexander Fyodor Pouy, was born on May 3, 1976.^[6] Zoya Fyodorova petitioned the Soviet government and was allowed to travel to the U.S. to be with her daughter for the birth. Zoya died from a gunshot wound in 1981 under suspicious circumstances.^[7] The murder case was not solved and perpetrator was not found.^[7] Some alleged that KGB was behind it.^{[citation needed]}

Later life

Victoria Fyodorova settled in Stamford, Connecticut. She appeared as a Russian doctor in an episode of Medical Center in 1975,^[8] and in the 1985 movie Target. She and Pouy divorced in 1990.^[6] Fyodorova died from lung cancer on September 5, 2012 in Greenwich Township, Pennsylvania.^[9]^[10]

Selected filmography

1964 — Goodbye, Boys as Zhenya
1965 — Two in Love as Natasha
1970 — Crime and Punishment as Avdotya Romanovna
1970 — About Love as Galina
1980 — Yulya’s Diary as Julia Voznesenskaya
1985 — Target as Lise
1986 — MacGyver as Victoria Tomanova

Bibliography

Fyodorova, Victoria; Frankel, Haskel (1979). The Admiral's Daughter. Delacorte Press. p. 372. ISBN 0-440-00366-0.

References

^ "Soviet Actress Was Figure in Incident of Wartime Romance". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 1981-12-14. p. C2.
^ "Актриса Виктория Федорова скончалась в США". 14 September 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Clarity, James F. (1975-01-27). "A Soviet Child of War Wants to Visit U.S. Father". New York Times. p. 8.
^ Fyodorova, Victoria (1996). Dochʹ admirala. Haskel Frankel. Smolensk: "Rusich". ISBN 5-88590-531-2. OCLC 36120341.
^ ^a ^b "Adm. Jackson Tate Dies, Won Fight For Russian-Born Daughter to Visit". Washington Post. 1978-07-21. p. B4.
^ ^a ^b ^c Victoria F. Pouy v. Frederick Pouy, FA89 0101955 S (Superior Court of Connecticut, Judicial District of Stamford/Norwalk, at Stamford 1990-06-25).
^ ^a ^b Victoria Fyodorova profile, nytimes.com, November 29, 1985; accessed September 8, 2015.
^ Thomas, Bob (1975-11-28). "Another Page in Fyodorova Saga". Los Angeles Times. p. E31.
^ Strickland, Sandy (2014-06-30). "Call Box: Admiral's daughter came from Russia with love and stayed in U.S. until her death". Retrieved 2016-12-28.
^ Russkiy Mir Foundation Information Service (2012-09-14). "Daughter of Famous Soviet Actress Dies in the US". Retrieved 2016-12-28.

[1] "Soviet Actress Was Figure in Incident of Wartime Romance". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 1981-12-14. p. C2.

[2] "Актриса Виктория Федорова скончалась в США". 14 September 2012.

[jclarity-3] Clarity, James F. (1975-01-27). "A Soviet Child of War Wants to Visit U.S. Father". New York Times. p. 8.

[4] Fyodorova, Victoria (1996). Dochʹ admirala. Haskel Frankel. Smolensk: "Rusich". ISBN 5-88590-531-2. OCLC 36120341.

[tateobit-5] "Adm. Jackson Tate Dies, Won Fight For Russian-Born Daughter to Visit". Washington Post. 1978-07-21. p. B4.

[divorce-6] Victoria F. Pouy v. Frederick Pouy, FA89 0101955 S (Superior Court of Connecticut, Judicial District of Stamford/Norwalk, at Stamford 1990-06-25).

[:0-7] Victoria Fyodorova profile, nytimes.com, November 29, 1985; accessed September 8, 2015.

[medcenter-8] Thomas, Bob (1975-11-28). "Another Page in Fyodorova Saga". Los Angeles Times. p. E31.

[9] Strickland, Sandy (2014-06-30). "Call Box: Admiral's daughter came from Russia with love and stayed in U.S. until her death". Retrieved 2016-12-28.

[10] Russkiy Mir Foundation Information Service (2012-09-14). "Daughter of Famous Soviet Actress Dies in the US". Retrieved 2016-12-28.

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+{{short description|American actress}}
 {{for|the retired Russian high jumper|Viktoriya Fyodorova}}
 [[File:Victoria Fyodorova - 1980.jpg|thumb|Fyodorova in ''Yulya's Diary'' (1980)]]
-'''Victoria Fyodorova''' (formerly '''Pouy'''; January 18, 1946 – September 5, 2012)<ref>{{cite news|title=Soviet Actress Was Figure in Incident of Wartime Romance|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1981-12-14|page=C2|author=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref>[http://ria.ru/culture/20120914/749658903.html]</ref> was a Russian-American actress and author. She was born shortly after [[World War II]] to U.S. Admiral [[Jackson Tate]] (1898–1978) and Russian actress [[Zoya Fyodorova]] (1909–1981) had a brief affair before Tate was expelled from Moscow by [[Joseph Stalin]]. Victoria Fyodorova wrote the 1979 book, ''[[The Admiral's Daughter]]'', which was about her experience attempting to reunite with her father.
+'''Victoria Fyodorova''' (formerly '''Pouy'''; January 18, 1946 – September 5, 2012)<ref>{{cite news|title=Soviet Actress Was Figure in Incident of Wartime Romance|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1981-12-14|page=C2|agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://ria.ru/culture/20120914/749658903.html | title=Актриса Виктория Федорова скончалась в США | date=14 September 2012 }}</ref> was a Russian-American actress and author. She was born shortly after [[World War II]] to [[Jackson Tate]] (1898–1978), then a captain in the [[United States Navy]], and Russian actress [[Zoya Fyodorova]] (1909–1981), who had a brief affair before Tate was expelled from Moscow by [[Joseph Stalin]]. Victoria Fyodorova wrote the 1979 book, ''[[The Admiral's Daughter]]'', which was about her experience attempting to reunite with her father.
 ==Early life==
-Fyodorova's mother, Zoya Fyodorova, was a well-known [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] actress starting in the 1930s. In 1945, she met [[United States Navy]] [[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]] Jackson R. Tate (died 1978), a [[State Department]] deputy [[attaché]] stationed in Moscow; and they had an affair. Tate was warned to end the relationship by the Soviet [[Secret Police]].<ref name=jclarity>{{cite news|title=A Soviet Child of War Wants to Visit U.S. Father|date=1975-01-27|work=[[New York Times]]|page=8|author=Clarity, James F.}}</ref>
+Fyodorova's mother, Zoya Fyodorova, was a well-known [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] actress starting in the 1930s. In 1945, she met [[United States Navy]] [[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]] Jackson R. Tate (died 1978), a [[State Department]] deputy [[attaché]] stationed in Moscow; and they had an affair. Tate was warned to end the relationship by the Soviet [[Secret Police]].<ref name=jclarity>{{cite news|title=A Soviet Child of War Wants to Visit U.S. Father|date=1975-01-27|work=[[New York Times]]|page=8|author=Clarity, James F.}}</ref> Victoria was allegedly fathered on the day of World War II end celebration May 9, 1945.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fyodorova |first=Victoria |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36120341 |title=Dochʹ admirala |date=1996 |publisher="Rusich" |others=Haskel Frankel |isbn=5-88590-531-2 |location=Smolensk |oclc=36120341}}</ref>
-When Stalin learned of the affair, Tate was declared [[persona non grata]] and expelled from Russia. Zoya Fyodorova was arrested and sent to [[Siberia]] for eight years. Their daughter, Victoria, was named for [[V-E Day]]. Victoria lived with her mother's sister in [[Kazakhstan]] until she was 8 years old, when her mother was released, after Stalin's death. Victoria was also an actress in Russia, as her mother had been. She appeared in a number of well-received films, including [[Crime and Punishment (1970 film)|a 1970 adaptation of ''Crime and Punishment'']]. She was married briefly and divorced.<ref name=jclarity/>
+When Stalin (or [[Lavrentiy Beria|Lavrenty Beria]]) learned of the affair, Tate was declared [[persona non grata]] and expelled from Russia. Zoya Fyodorova was arrested and sent to [[Siberia]] for eight years. Their daughter, Victoria, was named for [[V-E Day]]. Victoria lived with her mother's sister in the [[Kazakh SSR]] until she was 8 years old, when her mother was released, not long after Stalin's death in 1953.
+Victoria was also an actress in Russia, as her mother had been. She appeared in a number of well-received films, including [[Crime and Punishment (1970 film)|a 1970 adaptation of ''Crime and Punishment'']]. She was married briefly and divorced.<ref name="jclarity" />
 ==Reunion==
-[[University of Connecticut]] professor Irene Kirk learned of Victoria's story in 1959 and spent years trying to find Tate in the United States.<ref name=jclarity/> Tate was unaware of having a daughter and of his former lover's arrest and imprisonment. When Kirk found Tate in 1973,<ref name=tateobit>{{cite news|title=Adm. Jackson Tate Dies, Won Fight For Russian-Born Daughter to Visit|date=1978-07-21|work=[[Washington Post]]|page=B4}}</ref> she carried correspondence back and forth between the two.
+[[University of Connecticut]] professor Irene Kirk learned of Victoria's story in 1959 and spent years trying to find Tate in the United States.<ref name=jclarity/> Tate was unaware of having a daughter and of his former lover's arrest and imprisonment. When Kirk found Tate in 1973,<ref name=tateobit>{{cite news|title=Adm. Jackson Tate Dies, Won Fight For Russian-Born Daughter to Visit|date=1978-07-21|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|page=B4}}</ref> she carried correspondence back and forth between the two.
-In 1974, Tate began a campaign to convince the Soviet government to allow his daughter to travel to see him. She was granted permission and arrived in the United States in March 1975 on a three-month [[Visa (document)#Types|travel visa]]. She spent several weeks in seclusion with her father in [[Florida]]. While in the United States, she met Frederick Pouy, a pilot for [[Pan American World Airways]]; and they married on June 7, 1975, in [[Stamford, Connecticut]], days before her visa was to expire.<ref name=jclarity/><ref name=tateobit/><ref name=divorce>{{cite case|litigants=Victoria F. Pouy v. Frederick Pouy|court=Superior Court of Connecticut, Judicial District of Stamford/Norwalk, at Stamford|date=1990-06-25|opinion=FA89 0101955 S}}</ref> Their son, Christopher Alexander Fyodor Pouy, was born on May 3, 1976.<ref name=divorce/> Zoya Fyodorova petitioned the Soviet government and was allowed to travel to the U.S. to be with her daughter for the birth. Zoya died from a gunshot wound in 1981 under circumstances never fully explained.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/29/movies/new-face-victoria-fyodorova-happy-new-beginning-for-a-storybook-life.html Victoria Fyodorova profile], nytimes.com, November 29, 1985; accessed September 8, 2015.</ref>
+In 1974, Tate began a campaign to convince the Soviet government to allow his daughter to travel to see him. She was granted permission and arrived in the United States in March 1975 on a three-month [[Visa (document)#Types|travel visa]]. She spent several weeks in seclusion with her father in [[Florida]]. While in the United States, she met Frederick Pouy, a pilot for [[Pan American World Airways]]; and they married on June 7, 1975, in [[Stamford, Connecticut]], days before her visa was to expire.<ref name=jclarity/><ref name=tateobit/><ref name=divorce>{{cite court|litigants=Victoria F. Pouy v. Frederick Pouy|court=Superior Court of Connecticut, Judicial District of Stamford/Norwalk, at Stamford|date=1990-06-25|opinion=FA89 0101955 S}}</ref> Their son, Christopher Alexander Fyodor Pouy, was born on May 3, 1976.<ref name=divorce/> Zoya Fyodorova petitioned the Soviet government and was allowed to travel to the U.S. to be with her daughter for the birth. Zoya died from a gunshot wound in 1981 under suspicious circumstances.<ref name=":0">[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/29/movies/new-face-victoria-fyodorova-happy-new-beginning-for-a-storybook-life.html Victoria Fyodorova profile], nytimes.com, November 29, 1985; accessed September 8, 2015.</ref> The murder case was not solved and perpetrator was not found.<ref name=":0" /> Some alleged that KGB was behind it.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
 ==Later life==
-Victoria Fyodorova settled in [[Stamford, Connecticut]]. She appeared as a Russian doctor in an episode of ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]'' in 1975,<ref name=medcenter>{{cite news|title=Another Page in Fyodorova Saga|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1975-11-28|page=E31|author=Thomas, Bob}}</ref> and in the 1985 movie ''[[Target (1985 film)|Target]]''. She and Pouy divorced in 1990.<ref name=divorce/> Fyodorova died from lung cancer on September 5, 2012 in [[Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania|Greenwich Township]], [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://jacksonville.com/reason/call-box/2014-06-30/story/call-box-admirals-daughter-came-russia-love-and-stayed-us-until-her|title=Call Box: Admiral's daughter came from Russia with love and stayed in U.S. until her death|last=Strickland|first=Sandy|date=2014-06-30|work=|access-date=2016-12-28|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.russkiymir.ru/en/news/129811/|title=Daughter of Famous Soviet Actress Dies in the US|last=Russkiy Mir Foundation Information Service|first=|date=2012-09-14|website=|publisher=|access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref>
+Victoria Fyodorova settled in [[Stamford, Connecticut]]. She appeared as a Russian doctor in an episode of ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]'' in 1975,<ref name=medcenter>{{cite news|title=Another Page in Fyodorova Saga|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1975-11-28|page=E31|author=Thomas, Bob}}</ref> and in the 1985 movie ''[[Target (1985 film)|Target]]''. She and Pouy divorced in 1990.<ref name=divorce/> Fyodorova died from lung cancer on September 5, 2012 in [[Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania|Greenwich Township]], [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://jacksonville.com/reason/call-box/2014-06-30/story/call-box-admirals-daughter-came-russia-love-and-stayed-us-until-her|title=Call Box: Admiral's daughter came from Russia with love and stayed in U.S. until her death|last=Strickland|first=Sandy|date=2014-06-30|access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.russkiymir.ru/en/news/129811/|title=Daughter of Famous Soviet Actress Dies in the US|last=Russkiy Mir Foundation Information Service|date=2012-09-14|access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref>
+==  Selected filmography==
+* 1964 — ''[[Goodbye, Boys]]'' as Zhenya
+* 1965 — ''[[Two in Love]]'' as Natasha
+* 1970 — ''[[Crime and Punishment (1970 film)|Crime and Punishment]]'' as Avdotya Romanovna
+* 1970 — ''[[About Love (1970 film)|About Love]]'' as Galina
+* 1980 — ''[[Yulya’s Diary]]'' as [[Julia Voznesenskaya]]
+* 1985 — ''[[Target (1985 film)|Target]]'' as Lise
+* 1986 — ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]'' as Victoria Tomanova
 ==Bibliography==
-*{{cite book|isbn=0-440-00366-0|title=The Admiral's Daughter|year=1979|publisher=Delacorte Press|author=Fyodorova, Victoria|author2=Frankel, Haskel|page=372|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/admiralsdaughter00fyod}}
+*{{cite book|isbn=0-440-00366-0|title=The Admiral's Daughter|year=1979|publisher=Delacorte Press|author=Fyodorova, Victoria|author2=Frankel, Haskel|page=[https://archive.org/details/admiralsdaughter00fyod/page/372 372]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/admiralsdaughter00fyod/page/372}}
 ==See also==
 *{{IMDb name|id=0299538|name=Victoria Fyodorova}}
-* [http://lifeactor.ru/5748-viktoriya-fedorova.html Victoria Fyodorova bio] at [http://lifeactor.ru/ Lifeactor.ru] {{ru icon}}
+* [http://lifeactor.ru/5748-viktoriya-fedorova.html Victoria Fyodorova bio] at [http://lifeactor.ru/ Lifeactor.ru] {{in lang|ru}}
 *{{cite web |title=Vicky, the Admiral's Daughter, Comes from Russia with Love|date=1975-05-05|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|volume=3|number=17|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20065207,00.html}}
 ==References==
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-[[Category:Place of death missing]]
 [[Category:Writers from Stamford, Connecticut]]
 [[Category:Soviet people of American descent]]
+[[Category:21st-century American women]]

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