Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I te 18 o Poutu-te-rangi 1907, i whanau a Svanidze ki tetahi tama, a Iakob, me Jughashvili me tona whaea i te whanautanga. I haere tonu a Jughashvili ki tana mahi i muri i te whanautanga o Yakov, ahakoa ka takaro ia ia i etahi wa, ka karanga i te tamaiti "Patsan" (laddie). He marama torutoru i muri i te whanautanga o Iakob, i uru a Jughashvili ki te tahae nui o te peeke o Tiflis
, a ka rere te tokotoru o ratou ki Baku kia kore ai e hopukina. I riihi rātau i tētahi "whare Tatar me tētahi tuanui iti i runga i te Bailov Peninsula" i waho tonu o te taone i te taha o te moana. I whakamatau a Svanidze ki te rapu mahi, engari me te tamaiti iti hei tiaki, kaore e taea te mahi.