Charlie and Pushinka, Kennedy Dogs, 1961

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Kennedy family dogs Charlie and Pushinka on the South Lawn of the White House, June 22,1961. Pushinka, Russian for "Fluffy," was a puppy of Strelka, a Soviet space dog that orbited the planet aboard Sputnik 2 in 1960 and given to Caroline Kennedy by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. Pushinka and Caroline Kennedy's Welsh terrier Charlie had four puppies together.

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