Alexander Vasilyevich Burdonsky (; October 14, 1941 – May 23, 2017) was a Russian theater and film director and grandson of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin. He directed more than 20 plays at The Moscow Theater, and also directed films including Playing On the Keys of The Soul and This Madman Platanov. In 1996, Burdonsky was awarded the People's Artist of Russia Award for his works.

Burdonsky died of cancer on May 23, 2017, at the age of 75. He was predeceased in 2006 by his wife, , a Lithuanian teacher and theatre director.

Alexander Burdonsky

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Биография на сайте Театра Российской армии

Внук Иосифа Сталина Александр Бурдонский: Дед был настоящим тираном…

1941 births

2017 deaths

Soviet theatre directors

Russian theatre directors

People's Artists of Russia

Joseph Stalin

Deaths from cancer in Russia

Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni

Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery

Russian people of Georgian descent

Alexander Burdonsky