Vasily Stalin

Vasily Stalin
Vasily Stalin
	Stalin in 1943
Birth name	Vasily Iosifovich Stalin
Born	21 March 1921; Moscow, Russian SFSR
Died	19 March 1962 (aged 40); Kazan, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service/branch	Soviet Air Forces
Years of service	1938–1953
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	1st Baltic Front; 1st Belorussian Front;
Battles/wars	World War II Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Berlin; ;
Awards	Order of the Red Banner
Spouse(s)	Galina Burdonskaya; Yekaterina Timoshenko; Kapitolina Vasilyeva; Mariya Nusberg;
Children	Alexander Burdonsky
Relations	Joseph Stalin (father); Nadezhda Alliluyeva (mother); Svetlana Alliluyeva (sister); Yakov Dzhugashvili (half-brother); Artyom Sergeyev (adoptive brother);

Vasily Iosifovich Stalin Dzhugashvili (Georgian: ვასილი იოსების ძე სტალინი ჯუღაშვილი, Russian: Василий Иосифович Сталин Джугашвили; 21 March 1921 – 19 March 1962) was the youngest son of Joseph Stalin, born from his second wife, Nadezhda Alliluyeva. He joined the Air Force when Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, in 1941. After the war, he held a few command posts, one of them being Commander of the Air Forces of the Moscow Military District in 1948. After his father died in 1953, Vasily lost his authority, developed a severe alcohol problem, and was ultimately arrested and sent to prison. He was later granted clemency, though he spent the remainder of his life between imprisonment and hospitalization until he died in 1962.