Zaza Jughashvili
Zaza Dzhugashvili | |
|---|---|
| ზაზა ჯუღაშვილი | |
| Born | 1780 |
| Died | 1847 (aged 66–67) |
| Other names | Zaza Dzhugashvili |
| Occupation | Serf |
| Years active | 1800–1847 |
| Employer(s) | Prince Badur Machabeli, Eristavi princes |
| Known for | being the great-grandfather of Joseph Stalin |
| Father | Vissarion Jughashvili (1740–?) |
Zaza Vissarionovich Jughashvili (Georgian: ზაზა ჯუღაშვილი, Russian: Заза Джугашвили; 1780–1847) was a Georgian serf in Geri, Georgia and the paternal great-grandfather of Joseph Stalin.[1]
Biography
Zaza was born sometime around 1780 possibly in Geri, but lived in the village of Ananuri and worked as a serf.[1][2] Zaza was involved in the 1804 Mtiuleti rebellion against the Russian Empire and was imprisoned in Metekhi Castle on December 8, 1805.[1][3][4][5] During his imprisonment, he escaped and fled to the Gori district where he worked as a serf for the Eristavi princes. During his employment under the Eristavi, he organized another peasant revolt and was forced to flee to Didi-Lilo. During his time in Didi-Lilo, he worked as a serf in a vineyard for Prince Machabeli and married an unknown woman and had a child Vano Zazovich Jughashvili, who in turn had two sons: Giorgi, and Besarion Jughashvili who were both born around 1850, 3 years after Zaza's death.[1][5][6][7]
References
- ^ a b c d Montefiore, Simon Sebag (2007), Young Stalin, London: Phoenix, p. 19, ISBN 978-0-297-85068-7
- ^ Suny, Ronald Grigor (2020), Stalin: Passage to Revolution, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-18203-2. pp. 17–18.
- ^ Stalin in the memoirs of contemporaries and documents of the era / Comp. M. Lobanov. - Moscow: Novaya book, 1995. - P. 13. - 736 p. - ISBN 5-8474-0234-1 .
- ^ Dzhugashvili, Zaza // Around Stalin: Historical and biographical reference / Authors and compilers: Valery Aleksandrovich Torchinov, Aleksey Mikhailovich Leontyuk. -St. Petersburg: Philological Faculty of St. Petersburg State University, 2000. - P. 187. - 608 p. - ISBN 5-8465-0005-6 .
- ^ a b Rayfield, Donald (31 March 2005). Stalin and His Hangmen: An Authoritative Portrait of a Tyrant and Those Who Served Him. Penguin UK. ISBN 978-0-14-191419-0.
- ^ Kotkin, Stephen (2014), Stalin, Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878–1928, New York City: Penguin Press, ISBN 978-1-59420-379-4 p. 15.
- ^ Evgeny Guslyarov. Stalin in Life. A Systematized Collection of Memories of Contemporaries, Documents of the Era, and Historians' Versions. Moscow: Olma-Press, 2003. P. 15. 749 p. ISBN 5-94850-034-9 .