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Kato Svanidze was the first wife of Joseph Stalin and the mother of his eldest son, Yakov Dzhugashvili. She died in 1907, likely from typhus or tuberculosis, and Stalin abandoned his family to focus on his revolutionary activities.
Kato Svanidze was the first wife of Russian dictator Joseph Stalin. Her untimely demise is considered a significant event in world history as some historians believe that it led to Stalin’s ruthlessness and inhumane ways.
Learn about the two women who married the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin: his first wife, Ekaterina Svanidze, who died of typhus, and his second wife, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, who committed suicide. Discover their stories, their children, and their tragic fates.
Dec 5, 2014 · Ekaterina Svanidze, nicknamed Kato, was a Georgian revolutionary who married Stalin in 1906. She died of typhus in 1907 and Stalin later claimed she was the only woman he loved. Her family and son were persecuted and executed by Stalin.
Ekaterine "Kato" Svanidze (2 April 1885 – 22 November 1907) was the first wife of Joseph Stalin and the mother of his eldest son, Yakov Dzhugashvili.
According to Simon Montefiore’s biography Young Stalin, the future ruler adored his first wife Kato Svanidze whom he married in Georgia in 1906 and who died of to typhus 16 months later.
As a young man, Stalin married Ekaterina “Kato” Svanidze, a local Georgia girl. They had one son together (Yakov). She died in 1907, after a short illness. He married Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901-32) in 1919. They had a son (Vasily) and a daughter (Svetlana). Stalin was often abusive to her and she showed signs of being a manic-depressive.
