Yakov Dzhugashvili

Yakov Dzhugashvili იაკობ ჯუღაშვილი (Georgian) Яков Джугашвили (Russian)
Born	Iakob Iosebis dze Jugashvili (1907-03-18)March 18, 1907 Baji, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	April 14, 1943(1943-04-14) (aged 36) Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Oranienburg, Nazi Germany
Cause of death	Shot in the head (failed); other sources, Suicide.
Resting place	Unknown
Nationality	Soviet Georgian
Other names	Patsana, Yasha
Occupation	Soldier
Title	Lieutenant
Spouse(s)	Yulia Meltzer
Children	Yevgeny Dzhugashvili Galina Dzhugashvili
Parent(s)	Joseph Stalin and Kato Svanidze
Relatives	Svetlana Alliluyeva, Vasily Dzhugashvili, Alexander Svanidze

Yakov Iosifovich Jugashvili (Georgian: იაკობ იოსების ძე ჯუღაშვილი, Iakob Iosebis dze Jugashvili, Russian: Я́ков Ио́сифович Джугашви́ли; 18 March 1907 – 14 April 1943) was the eldest of Joseph Stalin's three children, the son of Stalin's first wife, Kato Svanidze. His younger half-siblings were Svetlana Alliluyeva and Vasily Dzhugashvili. He served in the Red Army during the Second World War, and was captured, or surrendered, in the initial stages of the German invasion of the Soviet Union. While there has been dispute over the circumstances of his death, historians currently believe that he died in Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

Dzhugashvili was born in the village of Baji, in the Kutais Governorate, then part of Imperial Russia, and was baptised in the local church. His mother died of typhus when he was less than a year old. Until the age of 14, Dzhugashvili was raised by his aunts and grandmother in Tiflis. In 1921, Dzhugashvili's uncle Alexander Svanidze urged him to leave for Moscow to acquire a higher education. Dzhugashvili spoke only Georgian, so, after his arrival in Moscow, he commenced with learning the Russian language, aiming to apply for university studies.

Dzhugashvili and his father, Stalin, never got along. Allegedly once Stalin referred to Dzhugashvili as a "mere cobbler". Their tense relationship was exacerbated when Dzhugashvili and his Jewish fiancée, Zoya Gunina, attempted to inform Stalin of their engagement. According to Dzhugashvili's stepmother Nadezhda Alliluyeva, she saw a young woman running away from the family's Moscow dacha in tears. When Alliluyeva entered the house, she saw a despairing Dzhugashvili, who immediately left to his bedroom. It was revealed that when Dzhugashvili and Gunina told Stalin of their engagement, he became enraged. Stalin's rage caused Gunina's flight from the dacha, and Dzhugashvili to attempt suicide in his room via firearm. He missed his heart and hit his lung instead; while his stepmother Alliluyeva tended to his wound and called the doctor, his father is quoted as saying, "He can't even shoot straight".