Ekaterina Svanidze

Ekaterina "Kato" Svanidze (Georgian: ეკატერინე "კატო" სვანიძე; April 2, 1885 – December 5, 1907) was the Georgian first wife of Joseph Stalin. They were married in 1906. She was a daughter of Semon Svanadze and Sephora (née Dvali). Ekaterina, nicknamed Kato, was a tailor who worked for the ladies of the Russian army She had two sisters, Alexandra (nicknamed "Sashiko") and Maria ("Mariko"). She had at least one brother, but some sources claim she had more than one. Because her only known brother Alexander Svanidze spoke German and French and studied in Germany, it is unlikely that her family was poor. Alexander Svanidze was married to Maria Korona, a singer at the Tiflis Opera. Kato Svanidze married Joseph Stalin in St. David's church...