Iosif (Joseph) Dzhugashvili was born in Gori, then part of the Russian Empire, to a working-class Georgian family. The commonly publicized Soviet birthday was 21 December 1879; parish-register evidence supports 18 December 1878, so the discrepancy should remain visible.
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Which birth date does the archival evidence discussed here support?
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The commonly publicized Soviet date differs from parish-register evidence; the distinction is noted rather than erased.
Stalin was born in Gori, which was part of the Russian Empire at the time.
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Gori was then within the Russian Empire; Stalin was ethnically Georgian.