Yakov Dzhugashvili

Soldier, Military Person

1907 – 1943

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Who was Yakov Dzhugashvili?

Yakov Iosifovich Dzhugashvili was one of Joseph Stalin's three children. Yakov was the son of Stalin's first wife, Ekaterina Svanidze. He 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. While there has been dispute over the circumstances of his death, historians currently believe that he was killed in a German camp.

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Born
Mar 18, 1907
Tbilisi
Also known as
  • Yakov Iosifovich Dzhugashvili
  • Яков Иосифович Джугашвили
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Nationality
  • Russia
  • Soviet Union
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Died
Apr 14, 1943
Sachsenhausen

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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