Vasily Stalin

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. After his father died in 1953, Vasily lost his authority, developed a severe alcohol problem, 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.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Iosifovich and the family name is Stalin.

Vasily Stalin
Stalin in 1943
Birth nameVasily Iosifovich Stalin
Born(1921-03-21)21 March 1921
Moscow, Russian SFSR
Died19 March 1962(1962-03-19) (aged 40)
Kazan, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
AllegianceSoviet Union
Service/branchSoviet Air Forces
Years of service1938–1953
RankLieutenant General
Unit
Battles/wars
AwardsOrder of the Red Banner
Spouse(s)
  • Galina Burdonskaya
  • Yekaterina Timoshenko
  • Kapitolina Vasilyeva
  • Mariya Nusberg
ChildrenAlexander Burdonsky
Relations
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