Vissarion (Beso) Ivanovich Jughashvili (also transliterated as Dzhugashvili) (Виссарион (Бесо) Иванович Джугашвили in Russian; ბესარიონ ჯუღაშვილი Besarion Jughashvili in Georgian) (1853 or 1854 - 1909, other sources give a much later date for his death) 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.
Vissarion Jughashvili was the grandso...
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Vissarion (Beso) Ivanovich Jughashvili (also transliterated as Dzhugashvili) (Виссарион (Бесо) Иванович Джугашвили in Russian; ბესარიონ ჯუღაშვილი Besarion Jughashvili in Georgian) (1853 or 1854 - 1909, other sources give a much later date for his death) 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.
Vissarion Jughashvili was the grandson of Zaza Dzhugashvili from the village of Geri, north of Gori. He is known to have been born into an Orthodox Christian serf family from the village of Didi Lilo in Georgia, most likely in 1850. His father Vano tended the vineyards of Georgian Prince Badur Machabeli in the village of Didi-Lilo. Vissarion had a brother called Georgy who was murdered by bandits. According to the Arsoshvili family (Jughashvili's relatives and longtime residents of Didi Lilo), Jughashvili couldn't afford paying a three-ruble tax and had to move to Gori in search...
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