Nikolai Svanidze

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Nikolai Svanidze
Николай Сванидзе
Svanidze in 2019
Born
Nikolai Karlovich Svanidze

(1955-04-02) April 2, 1955 (age 69)
CitizenshipRussia
EducationMoscow State University
(Faculty of History, 1977)
Occupations
Years active1991–present
EmployerRussian State University for the Humanities

Nikolay Karlovich Svanidze (

Public Chamber of Russia
.

Biography

Nikolai Karlovich Svanidze is named after his paternal grandfather Nikolai Samsonovich Svanidze.

The grandfather, Nikolai Samsonovich Svanidze, was a distant relative of

Jewish origin who worked at the Zhenotdel structure.[1][2] In 1937 he was arrested and executed among other Georgian officials who promoted exclusive rights for the Georgian SSR, including xenophobic laws for non-Georgian residents.[3] The mother of Nikolay Karlovich was Adelaida (Ada) Anatolievna Svanidze (born Kryzanowskaya), a Soviet and Russian historian, professor and doctor of sciences.[4]

Nikolai Karlovich Svanidze graduated from the History Department of

Russia TV channel, in 1996–2007 authoring and hosting the weekly analytical program "Zerkalo" ('Mirror'). Both of his grandfathers were executed under Stalin's regime in 1937. The rest of his family, during the repressions of 1939, was sent to the Gulag
.

In February 1997 - May 1998 Svanidze was the chairman of the company, appointed by President

Public Chamber of Russia
. In 2008 together with his wife Marina Svanidze, he published the book Medvedev based on interviews with the Russian president Dmitry Medvedev.

References

  1. ^ "Любимые женщины николая сванидзе" [Nikolai Svanidze's Beloved Women]. Kommersant (in Russian). Ogoniok. July 25, 2001. Archived from the original on Dec 3, 2022.
  2. ^ "Стимул у нас простой – это сама жизнь!" [We Have a Simple Stimulus — Our Own Life!] (in Russian). Entourage.
  3. ^ Wasserman, Anatoly; Dmitry, Puchkov (July 6, 2016). "Разведопрос: Анатолий Вассерман про интеллектуалов и политику". YouTube (in Russian). Archived from the original on Nov 14, 2021.
  4. ^ "Сванидзе Аделаида Анатольевна" [Svanidze Adelaida Anatolievna]. Moscow State University. Archived from the original on Feb 22, 2020.
  5. ^ Крюкова Антонина (2000). "Николай сванидзе: мой стиль - свою позицию не скрывать". Trud. Archived from the original on Aug 5, 2016.

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