Alexander Svanidze

Alexander Svanidze
ალექსანდრე სვანიძე (Georgian)
Александр Сванидзе (Russian)
Svanidze in 1915
Born1886
Died20 August 1941(1941-08-20) (aged 54–55)
NationalityGeorgian
Soviet
Alma materUniversity of Jena
Occupation(s)Old Bolshevik
historian
Known forBrother-in-law of Joseph Stalin
SpouseMaria Korona
ChildrenIvan Svanidze
Parent(s)Svimon Svanidze
Sipora Dvali
RelativesKato Svanidze (sister)

Alexander Semyonovich "Alyosha" Svanidze (Georgian: ალექსანდრე სვანიძე; Russian: Александр Семёнович Сванидзе) (1886 – 20 August 1941) was a Georgian Old Bolshevik, politician and historian. He was a personal friend of Joseph Stalin and a brother of Stalin's first wife Kato. Nevertheless, he was arrested during the Great Purge in 1937 and he was shot in prison in 1941.