Samantha Reed Smith
Smith was a child actress as well as a peace activist from Maine, U.S.
She is well know as a schoolgirl who visisted USSR when she was ten years old, in Cold War era.
In 1982, Samantha wrote a letter to CPSU General Secretary Yuri Andropov, and Yuri Andropov invited her in response.
As a goodwill ambassador, she received the attention of both of the countries. Samantha wrote a book saying the episodes during the visit of Soviet Union and acted in TV series. Unfortunately, however, she lost her life in the airplane crash at the age of 13.
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