Besarion Ivanovich Jughashvili (Georgian: ბესარიონ ჯუღაშვილი; Russian: Виссарион Иванович Джугашвили;) (born ca. 1850 – August 25, 1909) was Joseph Stalin's father. His surname means son of Juga, and is derived from either the Ossetian Juga (of unknown meaning) or the Georgian for 'herd' djogi.
Besarion Jughashvili was the grandson of Zaza Jughashvili from the village of Geri, north of Gori. In the mid-19th century, Zaza took part in a peasant up...
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Besarion Ivanovich Jughashvili (Georgian: ბესარიონ ჯუღაშვილი; Russian: Виссарион Иванович Джугашвили;) (born ca. 1850 – August 25, 1909) was Joseph Stalin's father. His surname means son of Juga, and is derived from either the Ossetian Juga (of unknown meaning) or the Georgian for 'herd' djogi.
Besarion Jughashvili was the grandson of Zaza Jughashvili from the village of Geri, north of Gori. In the mid-19th century, Zaza took part in a peasant uprising in Ananuri, a small county seat near Ger on the Aragva River. The uprising was crushed by Tsarist soldiers, and Zaza was captured with nine other rebels. Zaza escaped and hid in Gori, where he was recaptured and remanded as a serf to Prince Eristavi. He became involved in another uprising on the Eristavi estate. It is unknown who his wife was, or the exact number of children he sired. Vano Djughashvili, Besarion's father, tended the vineyards of Georgian Prince Badur Machabeli in the village of Didi-Lilo. Besarion is known to have been...
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