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Dzhugashvili

American  
[joo-guhsh-vee-lee, joo-guh-shvyee-lyi] / ˌdʒu gəʃˈvi li, dʒu gʌˈʃvji ljɪ /
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 Jan. 18, 2024

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

From BBC Jan. 11, 2024

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 Mar. 3, 2023

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 Feb. 3, 2023

Among potent U. S. business friends of Josef Vissarionovitch Dzhugashvili are: Standard Oil, whose famed Ivy Ledbetter Lee is commonly said in Wall Street to be "the Soviet publicity man in the U. S."

From Time Magazine Archive

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