Yakov's Dad in a Nutshell

Vasily lived to the ripe old age of 41 when he died of rampant alcoholism. As far as I can tell Yakov was actually a pretty solid dude. He did try to kill himself after a failed romance. Stalin also had Yakov's family locked up after he was captured because he'd issued a decree saying that the families of captured soldiers had to be punished and he did not exempt his own family from that.