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Kato Svanidze

1885 - 1907

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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. Born in Racha, in western Georgia, Svanidze eventually moved to Tiflis with her two sisters and brother, and worked as a seamstress. Her brother Alexander was a confidant of Stalin, then still known by his birth name of Ioseb Jughashvili, and introduced him to Svanidze in 1905. They were married in 1906 and she gave birth to son Yakov a few months later. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kato Svanidze is the 2,153rd most popular politician (up from 3,125th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 25th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Georgian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kato Svanidze ranks 2,153 out of 19,576. Before her are Willi Stoph, Amenhotep II, Alexander Helios, Abdurrahman Wahid, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, and Humayun. After her are Mengistu Haile Mariam, Theresa May, Olof Skötkonung, Magnus IV of Norway, Elizabeth of Luxembourg, and Cynric.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Kato Svanidze ranks 28. Before her are Ernst Busch, Heinrich Hoffmann, Mikhail Frunze, Heinrich Brüning, Vladimir Tatlin, and Chester W. Nimitz. After her are Sonia Delaunay, Yakov Sverdlov, George Minot, Sabina Spielrein, Tomoyuki Yamashita, and Karl Radek. Among people deceased in 1907, Kato Svanidze ranks 13. Before her are Henri Moissan, Giosuè Carducci, Asaph Hall, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Hector Malot, and Alfred Jarry. After her are Marcellin Berthelot, Pierre Janssen, Jean Casimir-Perier, Robert I, Duke of Parma, Joseph Joachim, and Paula Modersohn-Becker.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Kato Svanidze ranks 15 out of 406. Before her are Tigran Petrosian (1929), Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939), Yakov Dzhugashvili (1907), Sergei Parajanov (1924), Niko Pirosmani (1862), and Sayat-Nova (1712). After her are Aleksei Brusilov (1853), Mikheil Saakashvili (1967), Rusudan of Georgia (1194), David IV of Georgia (1073), Nona Gaprindashvili (1941), and Sergei Witte (1849).

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Among POLITICIANS In Georgia

Among politicians born in Georgia, Kato Svanidze ranks 7. Before her are Joseph Stalin (1879), Darius the Great (-550), Attila (406), Eduard Shevardnadze (1928), Tamar of Georgia (1166), and Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939). After her are Mikheil Saakashvili (1967), Rusudan of Georgia (1194), David IV of Georgia (1073), Sergei Witte (1849), Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886), and Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326).

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