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Yevgeny Dzhugashvili | |
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Евге́ний Я́ковлевич Джугашви́ли | |
Born | Yevgeny Yakovlevich Golishev 10 January 1936 |
Died | 22 December 2016 | (aged 80)
Citizenship | Russian, Georgian |
Education | Candidate of Military Sciences Candidate of Historical Sciences |
Alma mater | Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy The Lenin Military-Political Academy |
Political party | Stalin Bloc – For the USSR, Communist Party of Georgia |
Children | 2 sons |
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Relatives | Galina Dzhugashvili (sister) Joseph Stalin (paternal grandfather) Kato Svanidze (paternal grandmother) |
Yevgeny Yakovlevich Dzhugashvili (Russian: Евге́ний Я́ковлевич Джугашви́ли; 10 January 1936 – 22 December 2016) was a Soviet Air Force colonel. He was the son of Yakov Dzhugashvili, the eldest son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, and gained notice as a defender of his grandfather's reputation. In the 1999 elections of the Russian State Duma, he was one of the faces of the Stalin Bloc – For the USSR, a league of communist parties. He resided in Georgia, his grandfather's homeland. He was found dead close to his home in Moscow in December 2016.[1]