Yakov Dzhugashvili
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His father, then a young revolutionary in his late 20s, left the child to be raised by his late wife's family. In 1921, when Dzhugashvili had reached the age of 14 he was brought to Moscow, where his father had become a leading figure in the [[Bolshevik]] government, eventually becoming head of the [[Soviet Union]]. Disregarded by Stalin, Dzhugashvili was a shy, quiet child who appeared unhappy and attempted suicide several times as a youth. Married twice, Dzhugashvili had three children, two of whom reached adulthood. |
His father, then a young revolutionary in his late 20s, left the child to be raised by his late wife's family. In 1921, when Dzhugashvili had reached the age of 14 he was brought to Moscow, where his father had become a leading figure in the [[Bolshevik]] government, eventually becoming head of the [[Soviet Union]]. Disregarded by Stalin, Dzhugashvili was a shy, quiet child who appeared unhappy and attempted suicide several times as a youth. Married twice, Dzhugashvili had three children, two of whom reached adulthood. |
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Dzhugashvili studied to become an engineer, then – on his father's insistence – he enrolled in training to be an artillery officer. He finished his studies weeks before |
Dzhugashvili studied to become an engineer, then – on his father's insistence – he enrolled in training to be an artillery officer. He finished his studies weeks before [[Operation Barbarossa|Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941]]. Sent to the front, he was captured and imprisoned by the Germans and died at the [[Sachsenhausen concentration camp]] in 1943 after his father refused to make a deal to secure his release. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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