Alexander Nikuradse (Aleksandre Nikuradze; Georgian: ალექსანდრე ნიკურაძე), also known by his pseudonym Al. Sanders, (November 10, 1900 – June 13, 1981) was a Georgian-German physicist and Nazi political scientist.
Born in Samtredia, Georgia, Russian Empire, he was sent by the Georgian government to complete his studies in Berlin.
Since their common days as Soviet exiles in Munich in the early 1920s, he had been on friendly terms with Alfred Rosenberg whose views on the Caucasus were largely shaped under Nikuradse's influence.
[1]: 89 He tried to lobby for an independent Georgia, and enlist German support for anti-Soviet Georgian political emigration.
[1]: 228 During World War II, he used his prestige and influence to save many Georgians from Nazi repression.