Alexander Yakovlevich Davydov (

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: Александр Яковлевич Давыдов; Kureika, November 6th 1917 – 1987) was a

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and the illegitimate third son of

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Biography

Early life

Stalin resided in the

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village of Kureika during his exile. Here, he had an affair with 14-year-old Lidiya Platonovna Pereprygina while he was 35, and whom he promised he would marry once she became an adult. Pereprygina allegedly became pregnant with Stalin's child. The child was born in December 1914, but died soon after. At the age of 16, Pereprygina became pregnant again and gave birth to Alexander on 6 November 1917. Stalin went out of exile and left Siberia before he was born. Pereprygina later married Yakov Semyonovich Davydov, a peasant fisherman who adopted Alexander. Stalin knew of Davydov's existence and allegedly tried twice to bring him to

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. However, they never met.

World War II

Davydov was drafted into the

in August 1940. He participated in the Manchurian Campaign against the

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between March and August 1945. He achieved the rank of major.

Later life

Davydov fathered a son named Eduard. Around 1948–1949, Davydov fathered another son named Yuri. In interviews with NTV and '' The Siberian Times'', Yuri stated that in the early 1970s Davydov and his wife "invited

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to a room for a 'serious conversation'", in which Yuri was informed of their relation to Stalin, but advised his son to not speak of it due to the influence of Stalin's cult of personality. Davydov died in 1987. In 2016, Yuri Davydov took a DNA test that confirmed Alexander's father was Stalin, with a reported 99.98% accuracy. Alexander Burdonsky, Stalin's grandson through his son

Vasily Stalin Vasily Iosifovich Stalin Dzhugashvili ( ka, ვასილი იოსების ძე სტალინი ჯუღაშვილი, ; 21 March 1921 – 19 March 1962) was the youngest son of Joseph Stalin, born from his second wife, ...

, provided the genetic material to confirm the relation.

Awards and honors

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* Medal "For Battle Merit" *

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“Давыдов Александр Яковлевич”
at ''Pamyat-naroda.ru'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Davydov, Alexander 1917 births 1987 deaths Soviet military personnel of World War II Russian people of World War II Children of Joseph Stalin