Source: Tom 17

April 9, 1928

Tell Yasha from me that he has behaved like a hooligan and a blackmailer, with whom I have nothing and can have nothing more in common. Let him live where he wants and with whom he wants.

J. Stalin

1928. April 9.

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Source: Joseph Stalin in the Embrace of His Family. From the Personal Archive. P. 22. AP RF. F. 45. Op. 1. D. 1550. L. 5.

NOTE: The reference is to the suicide attempt of Stalin's eldest son, Ya.I. Dzhugashvili. After this, he left for Leningrad to stay with his grandfather, S.Ya. Alliluyev.