Yevgeny Dzhugashvili

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{{Expand Russian|topic=bio|Джугашвили, Евгений Яковлевич|date=March 2014}}

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| native_name = Евге́ний Я́ковлевич Джугашви́ли

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| birth_name = Yevgeny Yakovlevich Golishev

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1936|01|10}}

| birth_place = Uryupinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

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| death_place = Moscow, Russia

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| citizenship = Russian, Georgian

| education = Candidate of Military Sciences
Candidate of Historical Sciences

| alma_mater = Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy
The Lenin Military-Political Academy

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| party = Stalin Bloc – For the USSR, Communist Party of Georgia

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| children = 2 sons

| father = Yakov Dzhugashvili

| mother = Olga Pavlovna Golysheva

| relatives = Galina Dzhugashvili (sister)
Joseph Stalin (paternal grandfather)
Kato Svanidze (paternal grandmother)

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Yevgeny Yakovlevich Dzhugashvili ({{langx|ru|Евге́ний Я́ковлевич Джугашви́ли}}; 10 January 1936 – 22 December 2016) was a Soviet Air Force colonel. He was the son of Yakov Dzhugashvili, the eldest son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, and gained notice as a defender of his grandfather's reputation. In the 1999 elections of the Russian State Duma, he was one of the faces of the Stalin Bloc – For the USSR, a league of communist parties. He resided in Georgia, his grandfather's homeland. He was found dead close to his home in Moscow in December 2016.{{Cite news |date=22 December 2016|title=Russia Josef Stalin: Outspoken grandson is 'found dead' |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38410731|access-date=3 June 2020}}

Dzhugashvili vs. ''Novaya Gazeta''

In September 2009, Dzhugashvili made international headlines when he sued the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta after the magazine published an article claiming his grandfather personally signed execution orders against civilians.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE57U4WH20090831?rpc=64|title=Grandson sues to clear Stalin over killings |work=Reuters|date=31 August 2009}} On 13 October 2009, the Russian court rejected Dzhugashvili's case, stating that its reasons would be made public at a later date.{{cite news |title=Russian court rejects Stalin case|work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8305759.stm | date=13 October 2009}} Dzhugasvili was given five days to appeal.{{update-inline|date=June 2023}}

Criticism of Putin

In January 2015, responding to Russian President Vladimir Putin's macho acts in a video, where he appears shirtless and is seen taming and riding a horse, Dzhugashvili said it is "all a publicity stunt and only showed how the president was leading the country without brains".{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/yevgeny-dzhugashvili-2h07f5nll|title=Yevgeny Dzhugashvili (obituary)|work=The Times |location=London|date=28 December 2016|access-date=29 December 2016}} {{subscription required}} The Independent additionally stated he had said "the mess in Russia would have been avoided if Stalin had lived for five more years".[http://au.ibtimes.com/stalins-grandson-flays-putin-calls-him-brainless-1416466 Stalin’s Grandson Flays Putin, Calls Him “Brainless”]. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.