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    Samanta Smith’s visit to the Soviet Union was a sensation! (VIDEO)

    Gateway to Russia
    Mar 17 2026
    Lifestyle
    The 10-year-old U.S. schoolgirl wrote a letter to Soviet leader Andropov and was invited by him personally to come to Moscow in 1982.

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