Fyodor died four months after the birth of Artyom in an accident, so the boy was raised in the Stalin household. Vasili Iosifovich Stalin (b. Dzhugashvili) was born on March 21, 1921, in Moscow, Russia. Family life wasn’t easy. As his mother was interested in pursuing a professional career, a Starting from the death of Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin ceased to visit his children; only the nursemaid and head of Stalin's security guards looked after Vasily and his sister. He had an older half-brother, Yakov Dzhugashvili (born 1907), from his father's first marriage to Kato Svanidze, and a younger sister, Svetlana, was born in 1926. Vasily arrived shortly after the death of his father, and in a drunken rage claimed his father had been poisoned.Vasily Stalin died on 19 March 1962, due to chronic alcoholism, two days before his 41st birthday, In 1925 the son said he wanted to get married, but his father forbade it. Vasily Iosifovich Stalin was the son of Soviet revolutionary and politician Joseph Stalin, who ruled the Soviet Union for over three decades. Brought to Moscow in 1921, Yakov disappointed Stalin, as he considered him weak, and … A few months after Dzhugahshvili's birth, his father was involved in a high-profile Tiflis bank robbery, and the three of them fled to Baku to avoid arrest. If using any of Russia Beyond's content, partly or in full, always provide an active hyperlink to the original material. He was transferred to the front in August 1941, and given the surname Ivanov in an attempt to conceal his identity. Stalin and Nadezhda constantly had fights. Stalin’s youngest son Vasily. Left on his own, the young man started to drink, which would be his downfall. Your Joseph,” he used toIt remains unclear why Nadezhda killed herself in 1932.Vasily Stalin (left) with his father and sister. Vasily was, in Svetlana’s words, Stalin’s prince. When Russia entered WWII in 1941, Yakov, an artillery officer, joined the Red Army (under his father’s real surname) and was captured after a month. They married when Vasily was 19. Inconsolable, he jumped into her grave during the funeral and guests struggled to get him out. Unlike Svetlana, Vasily didn't enjoy father's tenderness much.

Nevertheless, closeness to such a paramount figure didn’t bring happiness to his nearest relatives.

He lived less than a year after release and died from alcohol poisoning in 1962.Joseph Stalin holding his daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva. Oleg Yegorov

Like most children of the Soviet elite members of society, Vasily became a pilot. Stalin isNevertheless, after the episode Stalin let Yakov live his own life. His father, Ioseb Dzhugashvili, was from Gori and was a Bolshevik revolutionary. “I kiss my Tatka (short for Nadezhda) so hard. He was a renowned drunkard who often tried to use his position as Stalin’s son to get extra privileges. Here he met Galina Burdonskaia, his future wife. When Svetlana’s 4Svetlana Alliluyeva gives a press conference in New York City, USA. We've got more than 1,7 million followers on Facebook. Both children would face severe fateStalin's first son Yakov Jugashvili was captured by Germans during WWII and did not get back alive. When he was 11, his mother Nadezhda committed suicide.

Yakov attempted suicide, wounding himself with a gunshot. Starting from this moment, Joseph Stalin ceased to visit his children; only the nursemaid and head of Stalin's security guards looked after Vasily and his sister, Svetlana. Svetlana became one of the most famous Soviet defectors who fled to the West.Alliluyeva led a long life, dying in 2011. The death of Vasily's mother in 1932 (eight years after his father ascended to General Secretary) represented a major change in Vasily's life. Vasily was born on March 24 1921 and he was the child of Stalin’s marriage to his second wife – Nadezhda Alliluyeva. Here he is portrayed surrounded by German officers. Vasily was born from Joseph Stalin’s second marriage with Nadezhda Alliluyeva. With Gela Meskhi, Vasiliy Prokopev, Anatoliy Dzivaev, Sergey Gazarov. The family also took in Artyom Sergeyev, the son of Fyodor Sergeyev, a close friend of Joseph. His son from Kato, Yakov, however, didn’t enjoy such love. Vasily was born on 21 March 1921, the son of Joseph Stalin and Nadezhda Alliluyeva. Joseph Stalin (1878 – 1953) was perhaps the most dominant man in the history of the USSR, a leader with absolute power. Brought to Moscow in 1921, Yakov disappointed Stalin, as he considered him weak, and the two were always bickering. Nevertheless, he was a talented pilot and served his country during WWII. Vasili grew up in Kremlin, where he had private governess, toys, and servants. His mother, Kato Svanidze, was from Racha and a descendant of minor Georgian nobility. As Vasily grew up, he began to exploit his status. The father-daughter relationship was ruined.After Stalin’s death, she dreamed of leaving the country. She published her memoirs on Stalin They rented a "Tartar house with a low ceiling on the BailovPen… Accordingto Simon Montefiore’s biographyYoung Stalin, the future ruler adored his first wife Kato Svanidze whom he married in Georgia in 1906 and who died of to typhus 16 months later. HeYakov was killed in 1943 when he ran from a guard. One officer, Sergei Efimov, was charged with continuously looking after the two children. He was afforded special care, and when Yakov was captured, Vasily was taken off flight duty to save Stalin from losing another son. His son from Kato, Yakov, however, didn’t enjoy such love. At the same time, there was love between them – at least according to the letters they exchanged. 18 March] 1907 in Baji, a village in the Kutais Governorate of the Russian Empire (now in Georgia). Stalin fired Vasily which only led to heavier drinking.Things went completely downhill after Stalin’s death in 1953. This is the story about the son of one of the greatest tyrants of the Twentieth Century- Joseph Stalin's flesh and blood, Vasily. One officer, Sergei Efimov, was charged with continuously looking after the two children.Vasily started his active military service in the 16th Fighter Aviation Regiment in Moscow.