Stalin's grandson Yevgeny Dzhugashvili dies in Moscow
MOSCOW. Dec 22 (Interfax) - The grandson of Joseph Stalin, Yevgeny Dzhugashvili has died in Moscow aged 80, a spokesperson for Moscow ambulance told Interfax.
Dzhugashvili was a Soviet military scientist, engineer and historian, Russian and Georgian public figure and politician. He held a candidate's degree in military sciences and history, was a professor and a retired colonel (since 1991).
Dzhugashvili was a dual Russian-Georgian citizen and shared his time between Moscow and Tbilisi. He became widely known as a participant in legal proceedings in defense of the honor and dignity of his grandfather Stalin. He also featured in a number of films about the Soviet leader.
Dzhugashvili was born in Uryupinsk on January 10, 1936, to Stalin's elder son Yakov Dzhugashvili and Olga Golysheva.
After studying at the Kalinin Suvorov military school he worked in the military representation system for over ten years and was involved in the spacecraft pre-launch preparations and launches. He taught at several military academies and specialized in launch vehicles and spacecraft, participated in space launches at Baikonur Cosmodrome.
In the 1990s, Dzhugashvili went into Russian politics and was a candidate from the Viktor Anpilov bloc. In 1999 he was number three on the federal list of the Stalin Bloc-For the USSR in State Duma elections. In August 1999 Dzhugashvili was elected as head of the People's Patriotic Union of Georgia.
