Konstantin Kuzakov
Konstantin Kuzakov | |
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Константин Кузаков | |
Leningrad University | |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, Politician |
Political party | CPSU (1939–1987) |
Parents | (father) |
Relatives |
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Konstantin Stepanovich Kuzakov (Russian: Константин Степанович Кузаков; 4 September 1911 – 12 September 1996)[1] was a Soviet journalist and politician and one of the organizers of Soviet television, radio and cinema. He was claimed to be the illegitimate second son of Joseph Stalin.
Biography
Kuzakov had publicly stated in 1995 that he was an illegitimate child of Joseph Stalin,[2] though there is no given proof of this.[3] Kuzakov alleged that his mother, Maria Kuzakova, had been Stalin's landlady and mistress during his 1911 exile in Solvychegodsk. One of Stalin's biographers, Simon Sebag Montefiore, supported Kuzakov's claims. According to Montefiore, Maria was still pregnant when Stalin left his exile.[4]
Konstantin was enrolled into
For a while, Kuzakov taught philosophy at the Leningrad Military Mechanical Institute. Afterward, he got a job in the
After Stalin's death and the arrest of Lavrentiy Beria, Kuzakov was restored in the Party and in Soviet apparat, holding various positions associated with culture, a member of the collegium of Gosteleradio, chief of a department in the Ministry of Culture and other posts.[1] He died in 1996.
References
- ^ a b Kuzakov Konstantin Stepanovich (in Russian)
- Аргументы и факты», № 39, 27 September 1995.
- ^ Khlevniuk, Oleg V. (2015), Stalin: New Biography of a Dictator, translated by Seligman Favorov, Nora, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, p. 251
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4000-4465-8.