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Pushinka

Dog given to John F. Kennedy by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev

Field	Value
name	Pushinka (Пушинка)
othername	"Fluff"
parents	* Strelka
* Pushok<ref>{{Cite web	date	2006-08-22	title=Pets - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum	url=http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Pets.htm	access-date=2023-10-13	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822052209/http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Pets.htm	archive-date=2006-08-22 }}
nationality	Soviet Union
children	*The pupniks
mate	Charlie
owners	* Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
gender	Female
image	Pushinka, USSR "Immigration" Photo.jpg
breed	Mixed
species	Canis familiaris
birth_date

Pushok
- Butterfly
- Streaker
- White Tips
- Blackie
John F. Kennedy

Pushinka () was a dog given by the Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to the President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, in 1961. Pushinka was the daughter of Strelka, who had travelled into space aboard Korabl-Sputnik 2.

Pushinka arrived at the Kennedy White House after Jacqueline Kennedy had spoken to Khrushchev about Strelka at a state dinner in Vienna. Mrs. Kennedy asked about Strelka's puppies, and one was subsequently sent by Khrushchev to the White House. Pushinka was examined by the Central Intelligence Agency at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center over fears that she might be concealing an implanted listening device. Pushinka was x-rayed, screened with a magnetometer, and inspected by sonogram. She was found to be free of subversive devices.

The White House electrician and kennel manager, Traphes Bryant, trained Pushinka with peanuts to climb up a ladder to Caroline Kennedy's playhouse and slide down the other side.

Descendants

Pushinka became pregnant by one of the Kennedys' dogs, Charlie, and gave birth to four puppies, whom the president jokingly called pupniks. The White House received 5,000 requests from members of the public asking for Pushinka's puppies. Two of the puppies, Butterfly and Streaker, were given away to children in the Midwest. The other two puppies, White Tips and Blackie, stayed at the Kennedy home on Squaw Island and later were given away to family friends, one puppy to Patricia Kennedy and her husband, Peter Lawford. Pushinka subsequently became irascible, and "a little nippy" according to Caroline Kennedy, which she attributed to her upbringing in a scientific laboratory.

Descendants of Pushinka are living in 2024. File:John F. Kennedy Jr. with puppy. Hyannisport, MA, Squaw Island - NARA - 194256.jpg|John F. Kennedy Jr. with one of Pushinka's puppies at Squaw Island, Hyannis Port, 14 August 1963 File:Photograph of Kennedy Family with Dogs During a Weekend at Hyannisport - NARA - 194258.jpg|President John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy Jr. with two of Pushinka's puppies and their other family dogs, at Squaw Island, Hyannis Port, 14 August 1963

References

(1961–1963). "Subject Files: Dog records: Pushinka".
(2006-08-22). "Pets - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum".
(5 July 2007). "Animals in Space: From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle". Springer Science & Business Media.
Alison Gee. (6 January 2014). "Pushinka: A Cold War puppy the Kennedys loved". [[BBC News]].
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"John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum Reference Desk: Pets". [[JFK Library]].
Mosher, Dave. "I traveled to Russia and met the first dogs to ever survive space in this rare museum".

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