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Yakov Iosifovich Dzhugashvili (31 March [O.S. 18 March] 1907 – 14 April 1943) was the eldest son of Joseph Stalin, the only child of Stalin's first wife, Kato Svanidze, who died nine months after his birth. His father, then a young revolutionary in his mid-20s, left the child to be raised by his late wife's family.
Aug 30, 2022 · Updated August 31, 2022. The oldest son of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, Yakov Dzhugashvili's life was marked with tragedy, ultimately culminating in his gruesome death in a German concentration camp.
Apr 4, 2023 · Joseph Stalin’s son, Yakov Dzhugashvili, following his capture, on a German airfield, 1941. Alamy. Shortly after the defeat of Nazi Germany in May 1945, Allied military intelligence agents unearthed a container of top secret files in the garden of a senior German diplomat.
Nov 23, 2021 · Yakov Dzhugashvili captured by the Germans, 1941. Yakov Dzhugashvili, Stalin’s elder son, served in the Red Army during the Second World War, and was captured, or surrendered, in the initial stages of the German invasion of the USSR.
Apr 13, 2023 · Yakov's story sheds light on the complex and tragic personal lives of the leaders of the Soviet Union during the 20th century. Yakov Dzhugashvili, Joseph Stalin’s eldest child, was born in March 1907 to Stalin’s first wife, Ekaterina Svanidze.
Sep 14, 2021 · On 14 September 1946, Ivan Serov, Deputy Commissar of the NKVD, reported to Joseph Stalin the results of the investigation into the death of Stalin’s son Yakov Dzhugashvili. Since 27 June 1941, Yakov Dzhugashvili had been in the army as a commander of the artillery with the rank of senior lieutenant. He vanished near the city of Liozna in ...
Jan 27, 2024 · Stalin’s son, Yakov Dzhugashvili, had a tragic childhood that left lasting effects on his life. Born in 1907, he suffered from the pressure and expectations of being the son of one of the most powerful and feared leaders in history.
