 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakukwirira kweKutsvaira Kukuru, Stalin akarayira kusungwa kwaSvanidze muna 1937. Svanidze akaramba kureurura kuva musori weGermany mukutsinhana, sezvo NKVD yakamupa, nokuda kwoupenyu hwake. Kuzvikudza kwakadaro kwouchangamire, anodaro Stalin. Svanidze nehanzvadzi yake Mariko vakaurayiwa muna 1941, sezvo vaGermany vakanga vachienderera mberi. Mudzimai wake Maria née Korona; 18891941, muimbi weTbilisi Opera House, akatongerwa makore gumi muDolinskoye, musasa wevasungwa vevakadzi muKazakhstan. Akafa nechirwere chomwoyo paakaudzwa nezvokuurayiwa kwacho. 