Ketevan Geladze ("Ekaterina" in Russian, and familiarly known as "Keke") (Georgian: ქეთევან გელაძე; February 5, 1858 – June 4, 1937) was the mother of Joseph Stalin. She was born to a family of Georgian Orthodox Christian serfs in Gambareuli, Imperial Russia (now in Georgia), in 1858. She married Besarion Jughashvili when she was 17. The marriage bore three sons, but only Joseph (Ioseb) lived to adulthood. Besarion was an abusive alcoholic, routinely beating Ketevan and Joseph. He finally left before Joseph was 10.