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Alexander Svanidze

1886 - 1941

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Svanidze is the 259th most popular historian (up from 276th in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 130th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Georgian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Alexander Svanidze ranks 259 out of 561. Before him are Iryna Melnykova, Richard G. Hovannisian, Hisham ibn al-Kalbi, Heinrich Graetz, Régine Pernoud, and Zeev Sternhell. After him are William H. Prescott, Lucius Coelius Antipater, Philistus, Hermann Conring, Thomas the Archdeacon, and Peter Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Alexander Svanidze ranks 146. Before him are Siegfried Sassoon, Takuboku Ishikawa, Max Vasmer, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, Fred Quimby, and Radhabinod Pal. After him are Florence Lawrence, Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Constant Permeke, Itzhak Katzenelson, Rebecca Clarke, and John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort. Among people deceased in 1941, Alexander Svanidze ranks 108. Before him are James Stephenson, Grigory Shtern, Maurice Bavaud, Karl Neukirch, Giuseppe Amisani, and Otto Strandman. After him are Vilmos Aba-Novák, Olga Kameneva, Dimitrios Golemis, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Mario García Menocal, and George Minne.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Alexander Svanidze ranks 124 out of 406. Before him are Reşid Mehmed Pasha (1780), George XI of Kartli (1651), Nino Burjanadze (1964), Irakli Kobakhidze (1978), Solomon II of Imereti (1772), and Benjamin Markarian (1913). After him are Mikheil Chiaureli (1894), Koca Yusuf Pasha (1730), Kosta Khetagurov (1859), Galaktion Tabidze (1891), Revaz Dzodzuashvili (1945), and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (2001).

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Among HISTORIANS In Georgia

Among historians born in Georgia, Alexander Svanidze ranks 2. Before him are Ivane Javakhishvili (1876). After him are Vakhushti of Kartli (1696), and Ekvtime Takaishvili (1863).

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