Ethnic
Georgians
The Georgians, or Kartvelians (; ka, ქართველები, tr, ), are a nation and indigenous Caucasian ethnic group native to Georgia and the South Caucasus. Georgian diaspora communities are also present throughout Russia, Turkey, ...
in
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...
number around 34,199.
Notable Georgians that lived/worked in Ukraine includes famous poet
David Guramishvili
Prince Davit Guramishvili ( ka, დავით გურამიშვილი) (1705 – 21 July 1792) was a Georgian poet of pre- Romantic Georgian literature. He is known for writing ''Davitiani'', an autobiographical book of poetry that re ...
,
Mikhail Saakashvili, who was the governor of the Odessa Oblast from May 2015 until November 2016, and
Georgiy Gongadze
Georgiy Ruslanovych Gongadze ka, გიორგი რუსლანის ძე ღონღაძე, Giorgi Ruslanis dze Ghonghadze (21 May 1969 – 17 September 2000) was a Georgian-Ukrainian journalist and film director who was kid ...
, a journalist and film director who was kidnapped and murdered in September of 2000 near Kyiv.
See also
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Georgia–Ukraine relations
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Ukrainians in Georgia
References
{{Portal bar, Georgia (country), Ukraine
Georgian diaspora
Ethnic groups in Ukraine