His father , Michael Plisetski ( 1899 – 1938 ) , was Consul General of the USSR at the island of Spitsbergen , where he managed the coal concessions ( trust " Arctic - carbon " ) . In 1938 he was purged , charged with espionage and executed . He was rehabilitated on 3 March 1956
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Great Purge
Alexander Plisetski