Ivan Svanidze

Ivan Svanidze
Born
Ivan Alexandrovich Svanidze

(1927-10-15)15 October 1927
Died3 August 1987(1987-08-03) (aged 59)
Other namesDzhonrid, Dzhonik, Vano
Alma materMoscow State University, USSR Academy of Sciences
Occupation(s)writer, academic, historian
SpouseSvetlana Alliluyeva (1962–63)
ParentAlexander (1886–1941)
RelativesKato Svanidze (aunt)

Ivan "Dzhonrid" Alexandrovich Svanidze (Russian: Иван "Джонрид" Александрович Свани́дзе; Georgian: ივანე ალექსანდრეს ძე სვანიძე; Ivane Aleksandres dze Svanidze; 1927–1987), was a Soviet academic who specialized in agriculture and African Studies. He was the nephew of Joseph Stalin through his first wife, Ketevan Svanidze, and the third husband of Stalin's youngest daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva.[1]

  1. ^ Светлана Аллилуева и ее мужчины [Svetlana Alliluyeva and Her Men] (in Russian). Russia-1. Retrieved 9 February 2015.