The youngest son of Joseph Stalin, Vasily was married 4 times. His inconsistent, quick-tempered and nonliving nature did not allow creating normal family relations and sooner or later led to a break. Drinking, which gradually turned into chronic alcoholism, also interfered with life together. Vasily died alone, before he reached the age of 50, the personal life of his ex-wives after separation was also not happy.
First marriage: Galina Bourdonskaya
Early motherless Vasily Stalin was brought up exclusively in a male environment. The father indulged his son, but did not have much love for him, preferring the youngest daughter Nadezhda. Basil grew up in an atmosphere of permissiveness and an acute shortage of maternal affection. Maybe. That is why he has been looking all his life for the unattainable - a woman who will love him unconditionally. With all the cons, flaws and problems. By the way, the leader’s son had more than enough problems, getting along with him was not easy.
The first wife of Vasily was the blonde beauty Galina Bourdonskaya. Slender athletic blonde with the appearance of a movie star was the daughter of a driver from the Kremlin garage. Its origin is shrouded in mystery: one of the ancestors of Galina was an officer of the Napoleonic army. Such a pedigree was not considered ideal for the daughter-in-law of the Kremlin leader, but there was no particular crime in origin. Galina's parents belonged to the workers and the intelligentsia, she herself received a good education and upbringing.
Vasily married very early. He was barely 20 years old, the young bride was a year younger. The marriage was concluded in 1940, the couple lived together for 4 years, and then broke up by mutual agreement. There were several reasons. Among the main ones are Basil’s unsociable nature and incipient alcoholism. However, some historians believe that there was no official divorce, the couple broke up, but in fact Vasily and Galina remained husband and wife. This state of affairs put the remaining three wives at a disadvantage in the informal ones.
Over the years of marriage, two children were born: son Alexander and daughter Nadezhda. Newspapers and magazines published photographs of happy parents with a puffy-born first-born; apparently the family seemed completely prosperous. However, even after the separation, the information about life together remained a secret, Galina preferred not to share her personal memories. It is known that she left the family, leaving children with her father. A woman could see them only after the death of Stalin.
Second wife: Yekaterina Timoshenko
After the departure of his first wife, Vasily lived on the position of a single father for no more than a year. Already in 1946, he married Yekaterina Timoshenko, daughter of Marshal, ally of Joseph Stalin. Life together was traditionally short, the marriage broke up already in 1949.
Catherine gave birth to two children, whose fate was sad. The daughter did not live to be 50 years old, and the son committed suicide at 23 years old. Contemporaries noted that he was very similar to his father, but did not suffer from alcoholism, but from drug addiction. Probably, the decision to die was made by him under the influence of illegal drugs.
Third marriage: Kapitolina Vasilyeva
With a bright brunette, who wore the exotic name of Capitoline, Vasily met immediately after another divorce. The girl was the USSR champion in swimming, was distinguished by a spectacular appearance and strong character. Kapitolina was 2 years older than Vasily, by the time she met she had been married, divorced and had a young daughter.
Vasily adopted the baby Lina, giving her the name Dzhugashvili. At first, the relationship between the spouses was not bad, but after a while Capitolina began to get tired of endless feasts. Frequent absences of the husband and ongoing problems with alcohol. The marriage predictably exhausted itself after 4 years and ended in divorce.
