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Joseph Stalin's adopted son (1921?2008)
Artyom Fyodorovich Sergeyev
(
Russian
:
Артём Фёдорович Сергеев
; 5 March 1921 ? 15 January 2008) was the adopted son of
Joseph Stalin
. He became a
major general
in the
Soviet military
.
Sergeyev's biological father,
Fyodor Sergeyev
, a close friend of Stalin, died in an
Aerowagon
train derailment in 1921.
Lenin
initiated the following adoption by Stalin.
His military service began in 1938 at the age of 17 and he was active in fighting against German troops in
World War II
. He was appointed
lieutenant colonel
at the age of 23 and continued serving in the military after the war.
[1]
In 1960, Sergeyev was given charge of air defenses surrounding weapons factories in
Dnepropetrosk
.
[2]
He wrote two books about war and Stalin. His first wife was Amaya Ruiz Ibarruri, the daughter of Spanish Communist politician
Dolores Ibarruri
.
[3]
Sergeyev died in 2008.
He is buried at
Kuntsevo Cemetery
in
Moscow
.
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