Josef Stalin
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| Born | Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili 1878-12-18 Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 5 March 1953 Kuntsevo Dacha, Kuntsevo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Cause of death | cerebral hemorrhage |
| Victim of | premature death? |
| Nationality | Soviet, Georgian |
| Religion | atheism, Georgian Orthodox |
| Parents | Besarion Jughashvili, Ketevan Geladze |
| Children | Yakov Dzhugashvili, Vasily Dzhugashvili, Svetlana Alliluyeva |
| Spouse | Ekaterina Svanidze |
| Party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Infamous Soviet dictator | |
Suspicions about FDR's death
In a 1946 conversation with Elliott Roosevelt, Stalin said "When your father died, I sent my ambassador with a request that he be allowed to view the remains and report to me of what he saw", but was denied access. Stalin wanted Andrei Gromyko to see the body because he believed FDR was poisoned by 'the Churchill gang,' and Stalin feared there were similar plans for himself. "They poisoned your father, and they continue to try to poison me," Stalin said. In a 1983 article, Elliott also described seeing his father's body lying in state at the White House after FDR died in Warm Springs, Georgia, on April 12, 1945. "I looked on father's face for the last time. I would hardly have known him...The cerebral hemorrhage that had caused his death also had caused extensive discoloration and distortion of his face."[1][2]
