Biography
Few people know that, besides their native children, Joseph Stalin brought up a foster son - Artem Sergeeva. Artem was one of the few whom the leader loved. The adoptive son answered him the same: he remained devoted to Stalin's case, until the last day he did not pass the party card, believing in the state, which was created with the participation of both his fathers - the native and reception.Childhood and youth
Artem was born in Moscow on March 5, 1921. His mother was the Reline Elizabeth Lvovna, in his youth - a member of the Kharkov revolutionary events, after the death of her husband - the chief physician founded by her anti-tuberculosis sanatorium, located near Nalchik, then the head of the medical department of hospitals.
Native father of the boy is a revolutionary, Bolshevik Sergeev Fyodor Andreevich, underground nickname - "Artem". After the Great October Revolution founded and headed the Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic. The biography of Fedor was tragically broken: he died in the trials of the railway aero station on July 24, 1921, when his son was only 3 months. Fedor Andreevich was buried at the Kremlin Wall on Red Square.
Joseph Stalin and Fyodor Sergeev became acquainted in 1906 at the IV Congress of the RSDLP. After both policies, they survived the arrests and links, re-crossed on the VI party congress in 1917 and since that time they communicated. Relations turned into friendship, Stalin and Sergeev rested together in Tsaritsyno with his wives. Sons Nadezhda Allilueva and Elizaveta Repelian gave birth in one maternity hospital at almost one time.
After the birth of Artem, as if prechanting Bed, Fyodor somehow asked Stalin to look after the family, if something happens. Four days after Sergeyev's death, a police meeting was held, one of themes was "providing the family of Comrade Artem". Artist chose Stalin. Elizabeth after the loss of her husband was depressed and sick, and the little Artem Joseph took a family.
After the government moved from St. Petersburg to Moscow, the highest ranks worked so hard that there was not enough time on sons and daughters. In 1923 it was decided to create a house for children of party leaders. Allerueva and Widow Sergeeva made co-founders.
The house was located at the address of Small Nikitskaya, 6 - later there was settled M. Gorky. In total, 50 children lived here: 25 party offspring and 25 streets who were brought from the street. This step went to not grow "golden youth." The house did not matter what your last name and who is your father - everyone was in equal conditions.
Artem was determined in a children's house with the native Son of Stalin, Vasya, when the boys were 2.5 years old. The main focus in the institution was for labor education: the children swept away, they duty on the dining room, removed from the tables. It was home to the weekend: most often to Stalin, but sometimes at Mother Artem. The summary brothers shared one room for two, were friendly - no water.
Artem recalled that Stalin brought up children although in rigor, but with the mind. Once, they drank champagne and brother, about which his father told his father. Stalin called them, but did not scold, only asked whether the head did not hurt. This act father beat off a further desire to try alcohol.
Sergeev is one of the few who saw the leader in ordinary, home conditions. So he tried to show him in his book "Memories of Stalin". The author depicts the adoptive father by caring, gentle, ascetic and loyal homeland.
Military Service and Career
In 1938, Artem graduated from an artillery ten-year school and entered into the ranks of the Red Army. In 1940 he became party, he received the title of Lieutenant and was appointed commander of the 13th Artillery Regiment of the 1st Rifle Division.
At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War was a commander of an artillery battery on the Western Front, then drove the rifle rotary in the 175th rifle of the shelf of the same division. In the first year of the fighting, he was captured, from where he made escape, organizing a sabotage partisan detachment.
During the war, it was wounded 24 times, 2 injured almost led to death. After the hospitals, he returned to the front line. He was a participant in battles in the Baltic States, Czechoslovakia, Saxony and East Prussia. On the victory of the commander of the Artillery Brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Artem Sergeev, found out on May 12, 1945. By this time Sergeyev was a cavalier of eight combat orders.
After the end of the Great Patriotic War continued to serve, became a graduate of the Military Artillery Academy. He served in several positions: Head of Staff, Deputy Commander and Division Commander.
Major Major Major Artem Sergeyev completed the service, voluntarily leaving in 1981. After engaged in public activities, he was a member of the Bureau of the Commission on Youth Affairs, wrote Memoirs. Artem loved to work on a homely plot, make the house.
Artem Sergeev never took advantage of related relations with Generalissimus in his life: neither in war or in order to benefit in peacetime. At the time of the antistalin company, the more preferred to be silent. He began to give a few interview only before his death, after the release of the book "Conversations about Stalin".
Personal life
The first wife of the adopted son Stalin is the daughter of the secretary of the Spanish Communist Party, revolutionary Dolores Ibarrury, Amaya Ruiz Ibarrury. Young people introduced the brother of Ruben - Artem was his fellow soldier. Three children were born in marriage: Daughter Dolores, Sons Fedor and Ruben. Marriage broke up, the sons remained to live in Moscow, and Dolores and Amaya returned to Spain.
The Second Union of Artem was a childless, the elect, an alumni of the 1st Moscow Medical Institute became the elect. Sergeev said that the relationship was gentle and calm. The spouse died in 2006, the only written book Artem devoted to her.
Death
The last years of the life of Stalin's adoptive son lived in the village of Zhukovka near Moscow, in the house that the mother bought back in 1937.
Artem Sergeevich died on January 15, 2008, the cause of death is an old age, he was 87 years old. Major's general buried on the metropolitan kuntsevsky cemetery.
Awards
- 08/11/1942 - Order of the Red Banner
- 06/30/1943 - Medal "For Defense of Stalingrad"
- 08/17/1943 - Red Star Order
- 10/14/1943 - Order of Alexander Nevsky
- 04/20/1944 - Order of the Patriotic War I degree
- 05.02.1945 - Medal "For the Defense of Moscow"
- 03/29/1945 - Order of the Red Banner
- 08/29/1946 - Order of the Red Banner
- 04/06/1985 - Order of the Patriotic War I degree
- 1996 - Order of Zhukova