"How does history better know Ioseb Jughashvili, who changed his surname to mean ""steel""?"
Besarion Jughashvili Besarion Jughashvili Besarion Ivanes dze Jughashvili commonly known as Beso ( – 25 August 1909) was the father of Joseph Stalin. Born into a peasant family of serfs in Didi Lilo in Georgia, he moved to Tbilisi at a young age to be a shoemaker, working in a factory. He was invited to set up his own shop in Gori, where met and married Ekaterine Geladze, and had three sons; only the youngest, Ioseb, lived. Once known as an "clever and "proud" man, Jughashvili's shop failed and he developed a serious drinking problem, so in 1884 he left his family
Besarion Jughashvili last real contact Jughasvhili had with his wife or son, as he cut off contact and financial support when Ioseb left Tiflis. Soon after Ioseb left Tiflis, Jughashvili seems to have left the Adelkhanov factory. He briefly made shoes in a stall at the Armenian bazaar in Tiflis, and his actions after that are uncertain. He did keep in contact with Ioseb, occasionally sending him hand-made shoes. Jughashvili also had one final role Ioseb's life: in January, 1900 he was arrested for the first time, on account of Jughashvili. When Jughashvili left Didi Lilo he was not removed from the