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Dzhugashvili

American  
[joo-guhsh-vee-lee, joo-guh-shvyee-lyi] / ˌdʒu gəʃˈvi li, dʒu gʌˈʃvyi lyɪ /
Or Dzugashvili

noun

  1. Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin, Joseph.


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Stalin was born Iosif Dzhugashvili in the town of Gori, in the east of Georgia, in 1878.

From BBC

He was born Iosif Dzhugashvili in the town of Gori, in the east of the country, in 1878.

From BBC

Born Ioseb Dzhugashvili to a humble family in 1878, the young Stalin spent his childhood in Gori, before studying in the nearby Georgian capital Tbilisi.

From Reuters

Mr. Perel became an interpreter, at one point interpreting for Stalin’s son, Yakov Dzhugashvili, who had been taken prisoner by the Germans.

From Washington Post

Dzhugashvili mentions neither the Great Terror nor the gulags, instead hailing Stalin as “an example of those who serve others.”

From Washington Post