Yevgeny Yakovlevich Dzhugashvili (russian: Евге́ний Я́ковлевич Джугашви́ли; 10 January 1936 – 22 December 2016) was a
Soviet Air Force
The Soviet Air Forces ( rus, Военно-воздушные силы, r=Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily, VVS; literally "Military Air Forces") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces ...
colonel. He was the son of
Yakov Dzhugashvili
Yakov Iosifovich Dzhugashvili, ', russian:
Яков Иосифович Джугашвили, ' ( – 14 April 1943) was the eldest child of Joseph Stalin, the son of Stalin's first wife, Kato Svanidze, who died nine months after his birth. Hi ...
, the eldest son of Soviet leader
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secreta ...
, and gained notice as a defender of his grandfather's reputation. In the
1999 elections
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* 1999 electoral calendar
Africa
* 1999 Algerian presidential election
* 1999 Botswana general election
* 1999 Beninese parliamentary election
* 1999 Central African Republic presidential elect ...
of the Russian
State Duma
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, he was one of the faces of the
Stalin Bloc – For the USSR, a league of
communist parties
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. He resided in
Georgia
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, his grandfather's homeland. He was found dead close to his home in
Moscow
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in December 2016.
Dzhugashvili vs. ''Novaya Gazeta''
In September 2009, Dzhugashvili made international headlines when he sued the Russian newspaper ''
Novaya Gazeta
''Novaya Gazeta'' ( rus, Новая газета, t=New Gazette, p=ˈnovəjə ɡɐˈzʲetə) is an independent Russian newspaper known for its critical and investigative coverage of Russian political and social affairs. It is published in Mo ...
'' after the magazine published an article claiming his grandfather personally signed execution orders against civilians. On 13 October 2009, the Russian court rejected Dzhugashvili's case, stating that its reasons would be made public at a later date. Dzhugasvili was given five days to appeal.
Criticism of Putin
In January 2015, responding to Russian President
Vladimir Putin
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’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". ''
The Independent
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'' additionally stated he had said "the mess in Russia would have been avoided if Stalin had lived for five more years".
Stalin’s Grandson Flays Putin, Calls Him “Brainless”
31 January 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
See also
*Stalinism
Stalinism is the means of governing and Marxist-Leninist policies implemented in the Soviet Union from 1927 to 1953 by Joseph Stalin. It included the creation of a one-party totalitarian police state, rapid industrialization, the theory ...
*Neo-Stalinism
Neo-Stalinism (russian: Неосталинизм) is the promotion of positive views of Joseph Stalin's role in history, the partial re-establishing of Stalin's policies on certain issues and nostalgia for the Stalin period. Neo-Stalinism overl ...
*Politics of Russia
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References
1936 births
2016 deaths
People from Uryupinsk
Neo-Stalinists
Communists from Georgia (country)
Russian communists
Anti-revisionists
Stalin family
New Communist Party of Georgia politicians
Soviet Air Force officers
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