Alexander Svanidze
Alexander Svanidze | |
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| ალექსანდრე სვანიძე ( Old Bolshevik historian | |
| Known for | Brother-in-law of Joseph Stalin |
| Spouse | Maria Korona |
| Children | Ivan Svanidze |
| Parent(s) | Svimon Svanidze Sipora Dvali |
| Relatives | Kato Svanidze (sister) |
Alexander Semyonovich "Alyosha" Svanidze (
Kato. Nevertheless, he was arrested during the Great Purge
in 1937 and he was shot in prison in 1941.
Life and career
Born of a
and engaged in historical research of ancient civilizations.He joined the
Transcaucasian SFSR in the years 1921–1922. In 1924, he was appointed Soviet trade envoy to Germany and, upon his return to the Soviet Union, in 1935, he became Deputy Chairman of the Soviet State Bank. For most of the 1930s he was head of the Soviet Foreign Trade Bank
.
At the same time, Svanidze continued his scholarship; he founded the Journal of Ancient History, studied the Alarodian languages, and translated into Russian the medieval Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli.[2]
At the height of the Great Purge, he was arrested by the
heart attack upon being informed of the execution.[5] His son, Ivan (born Dzhonrid in honour of John Reed) was married to Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva from 1957 to 1959.[6]
References
- ^ Fitzpatrick 2015, p. 328
- ^ (in Russian) Сванидзе, Александр Семенович. Hrono.ru. Retrieved on 2008-06-14.
- ^ Fitzpatrick 2015, pp. 138–139
- ^ Montefiore 2007, pp. 311–312
- ^ Alliluyeva 1967, pp. 68–69
- ^ Fitzpatrick 2015, p. 317
Bibliography
- ISBN 0-06-010099-0
- ISBN 978-0-691-14533-4
- ISBN 978-0-297-85068-7
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