Yevgeny Dzhugashvili

Russian politician

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Yakov Dzhugashvili (father)
Olga Pavlovna Golysheva (mother)

RelativesGalina 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]

Dzhugashvili vs. Novaya Gazeta

In September 2009, Dzhugashvili made international headlines when he sued the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta after the magazine published an article claiming his grandfather personally signed execution orders against civilians.^[2] On 13 October 2009, the Russian court rejected Dzhugashvili's case, stating that its reasons would be made public at a later date.^[3] Dzhugasvili was given five days to appeal.^{[needs update]}

Criticism of Putin

In January 2015, responding to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s macho acts in a video, where he appears shirtless and is seen taming and riding a horse, Dzhugashvili said it is "all a publicity stunt and only showed how the president was leading the country without brains".^[4] The Independent additionally stated he had said "the mess in Russia would have been avoided if Stalin had lived for five more years".^[5]

References

^ "Russia Josef Stalin: Outspoken grandson is 'found dead'". BBC. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ "Grandson sues to clear Stalin over killings". Reuters. 31 August 2009.
^ "Russian court rejects Stalin case". BBC News. 13 October 2009.
^ "Yevgeny Dzhugashvili (obituary)". The Times. London. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016. (subscription required)
^ Stalin’s Grandson Flays Putin, Calls Him “Brainless”. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

Joseph Stalin

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1952)
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1946–1953)

History
and politics

Overviews	Early life Russian Revolution, Russian Civil War, Polish–Soviet War Rise Rule as Soviet leader Political views Cult of personality Personal life Death and state funeral Death toll
Chronology	August Uprising Anti-religious campaign (1921–1928)/(1928–1941) Collectivization Kolkhoz Sovkhoz Chinese Civil War First five-year plan Sino-Soviet conflict (1929) 16th / 17th Congress of the Communist Party 1931 Menshevik Trial Spanish Civil War Soviet invasion of Xinjiang Soviet–Japanese border conflicts 1937 Islamic rebellion in Xinjiang 1937 legislative election 18th Congress of the Communist Party Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact World War II Invasion of Poland Winter War Moscow Peace Treaty Occupation of the Baltic states German–Soviet Axis talks Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact Great Patriotic War Tehran Conference Yalta Conference Potsdam Conference Soviet atomic bomb project Ili Rebellion Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance 1946 legislative election Cold War 1946 Iran crisis Turkish Straits crisis First Indochina War Eastern Bloc Comecon Cominform Greek Civil War 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état Berlin Blockade Korean War Sino-Soviet Treaty Tito–Stalin split 1950 legislative election 19th Congress of the Communist Party

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