Vasily Stalin | |
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 Stalin in 1943 | |
| Birth name | Vasily Iosifovich Stalin |
| Born | 21 March 1921 Moscow, Russian SFSR |
| Died | 19 March 1962 (aged 40) Kazan, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Service | Soviet Air Forces |
| Years of service | 1938–1953 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
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| Awards | Order of the Red Banner |
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| Children | Alexander Burdonsky |
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Vasily Iosifovich Stalin Dzhugashvili (Georgian: ვასილი იოსების ძე სტალინი ჯუღაშვილი, Russian: Василий Иосифович Сталин Джугашвили; 21 March 1921 – 19 March 1962) was the youngest son of Joseph Stalin, born from his second wife, Nadezhda Alliluyeva. He joined the Air Force when Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, in 1941. After the war, he held a few command posts, one of them being Commander of the Air Forces of the Moscow Military District in 1948. After his father died in 1953, Vasily lost his authority, developed severe alcohol dependency, and was ultimately arrested and sent to prison. He was later granted clemency, though he spent the remainder of his life between imprisonment and hospitalization until he died in 1962.