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Edward Shevardnadze
Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze ( ka, ედუარდ ამბროსის ძე შევარდნაძე; 25 January 1928 – 7 July 2014) was a Soviet and Georgian politician and diplomat who governed Georgia for several non-consecutive periods from 1972 until his resignation in 2003 and also served as the final Soviet minister of foreign affairs from 1985 to 1991. Shevardnadze started his political career in the late 1940s as a leading member of his local Komsomol organisation. He was later appointed its Second Secretary, then its First Secretary. His rise in the Georgian Soviet hierarchy continued until 1961 when he was demoted after he insulted a senior official. After spending two years in obscurity, Shevardnadze returned as a First Secretary of a Tbilisi city district, and was able to charge the Tbilisi First Secretary at the time with corruption. His anti-corruption work quickly garnered the interest of the Soviet government and Shevardnadze was appointed ...
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GCMG
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince of Wales (the future King George IV), while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III. It is named in honour of two military saints, Michael and George. The Order of St Michael and St George was originally awarded to those holding commands or high position in the Mediterranean territories acquired in the Napoleonic Wars, and it was subsequently extended to holders of similar office or position in other territories of the British Empire. It is at present awarded to men and women who hold high office or who render extraordinary or important non-military service to the United Kingdom in a foreign country, and it can also be conferred for important or loyal service in relation to foreign and Commonwealth affairs. Description The three classes of appointment to the Order are, from highest grade to lowest grade: # Knight Grand ...
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Nikolai Tikhonov
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tikhonov ( – 1 June 1997) was a Soviet Russian-Ukrainian statesman during the Cold War. He served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1980 to 1985, and as a First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, literally First Vice Premier, from 1976 to 1980. Tikhonov was responsible for the cultural and economic administration of the Soviet Union during the late era of stagnation. He was replaced as Chairman of the Council of Ministers in 1985 by Nikolai Ryzhkov. In the same year, he lost his seat in the Politburo; however, he retained his seat in the Central Committee until 1989. He was born in the city of Kharkiv in 1905 to a Russian-Ukrainian working-class family; he graduated in the 1920s and started working in the 1930s. Tikhonov began his political career in local industry, and worked his way up the hierarchy of Soviet industrial ministries. He was appointed deputy chairman of the Gosplan in 1963. After Alexei Kosygin's resignation Ti ...
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Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
, image_flag = Flag of the Transcaucasian SFSR (variant).svg , flag_type = Flag(1925–1936) , image_coat = Emblem of the Transcaucasian SFSR (1930-1936).svg , symbol_type = Emblem(1930–1936) , national_anthem = "The Internationale" , image_map = Soviet Union - Transcaucasia.svg , image_map_caption = Location of the Transcaucasian SFSR (red) within the Soviet Union , status = Union Republic of the Soviet Union(1922–1936) , capital = Tiflis (Tbilisi) , common_languages = Armenian Azerbaijani Georgian Russian , ethnic_groups = 30.7% Georgians28.2% Azerbaijanis22.7% Armenians5.7% Russians5.2% Iranian peoples1.1% Jews1.0% Lezgic peoples1.0% Greeks1.0% Abkhazians3.4% Others , ethnic_groups_year = 1926 , demonym = Transcaucasian , government_type = Federal Soviet socialist republic , legislature = All-Caucas ...
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Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Georgia, the Georgian SSR, or simply Georgia, was one of the republics of the Soviet Union from its second occupation (by the Red Army) in 1921 to its independence in 1991. Coterminous with the present-day republic of Georgia, it was based on the traditional territory of Georgia, which had existed as a series of independent states in the Caucasus prior to the first occupation of annexation in the course of the 19th century. The Georgian SSR was formed in 1921 and subsequently incorporated in the Soviet Union in 1922. Until 1936 it was a part of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, which existed as a union republic within the USSR. From November 18, 1989, the Georgian SSR declared its sovereignty over Soviet laws. The republic was renamed the Republic of Georgia on November 14, 1990, and subsequently became independent before the dissolution of the Soviet Union on April 9, 1991, whereupon each f ...
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Guria
Guria ( ka, გურია) is a region (''mkhare'') in Georgia (country), Georgia, in the western part of the country, bordered by the eastern end of the Black Sea. The region has a population of 104,338 (2023), with Ozurgeti as the regional capital. Geography Guria is bordered by Samegrelo to the north-west, Imereti to the north, Samtskhe-Javakheti to the east, Ajaria to the south, and the Black Sea to the west. The province has an area of . Guria is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude. Administrative divisions Guria is divided into 4 entities (3 municipalities and 1 city), including: * Ozurgeti, City of Ozurgeti * Ozurgeti Municipality * Lanchkhuti Municipality * Chokhatauri Municipality History The territory that is now Guria was part of the kingdom of Colchis, best known in the West for the tale of the Golden Fleece. Following the collapse of the Colchian Kingdom it became part of the Kingdom of Lazica in the first century BC. In antiqu ...
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Mamati
Mamati () is a small village in Lanchkhuti Municipality, region Guria, western Georgia with the population of 254 (2014). Since the 2nd President of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze was born there on 25 January 1928, it has gained prominence. See also * Guria Guria ( ka, გურია) is a region (''mkhare'') in Georgia (country), Georgia, in the western part of the country, bordered by the eastern end of the Black Sea. The region has a population of 104,338 (2023), with Ozurgeti as the regional cap ... References Populated places in Lanchkhuti Municipality {{Georgia-geo-stub ...
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Minister Of Internal Affairs Of Georgia
Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia ( ka, შინაგან საქმეთა მინისტრი, tr) is the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. The position is equivalent to the interior minister in other countries, like the Home Secretary in the United Kingdom, the Minister of Public Safety in Canada, or similar to a combination of the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security in the United States. Leaders Minister of Internal Affairs of the Democratic Republic of Georgia * Noe Ramishvili, May 26, 1918 – March 17, 1921 People's Commissars of Internal Affairs of the SSR of Georgia * David Kiladze, July 15 – November 11, 1934 * Sergo Goglidze, November 11, 1934 – November 14, 1938 * Avksenti Rapava, November 19, 1938 – February 26, 1941 * Varlam Kakuchaia, February 26 – July 31, 1941 * Avksenti Rapava, July 31, 1941 – May 7, 1943 * Grigori Karanadze, May 7, 1943 – April 8, 1952 * Vakhtang Loladze, May 29, 19 ...
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27th Politburo Of The Communist Party Of The Soviet Union
The Politburo of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was in session from 1986 to 1990. Composition Members Candidates References {{Communist Party of the Soviet Union Politburo of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ...
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26th Politburo Of The Communist Party Of The Soviet Union
The Politburo of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was in session from 1981 to 1986. Composition Members Candidates References {{Communist Party of the Soviet Union Politburo of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ...
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Jumber Patiashvili
Jumber Patiashvili ( ka, ჯუმბერ პატიაშვილი; born 5 August 1939) is a Georgian politician. He was the Communist leader of the Georgian SSR from 1985 to 1989. Biography Born in Lagodekhi, Kakheti (eastern Georgia), he graduated from Tbilisi Agricultural Institute. From 1966, he worked for Komsomol and subsequently from Communist Party. Patiashvili, a nondescript party loyalist, succeeded Eduard Shevardnadze as the First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party in 1985. Under Patiashvili, most of Shevardnadze's initiatives atrophied, and no new policy innovations were undertaken. Patiashvili removed some of Shevardnadze's key appointees, although he could not dismiss his predecessor's many middle-echelon appointees without seriously damaging the party apparatus. By isolating opposition groups, Patiashvili forced reformist leaders into underground organizations and confrontational behavior. By the end of 1988, Georgian national movement became more ...
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Vasil Mzhavanadze
Vasil Pavlovich Mzhavanadze ( ka, ვასილ მჟავანაძე; – 31 August 1988) was a Georgian Soviet politician who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Georgian SSR from September 1953 to September 28, 1972 and a member of the CPSU's Politburo from June 29, 1957 to December 18, 1972. Dismissed after a corruption scandal, he was replaced by Eduard Shevardnadze. Career Vasili Mzhavanadze was born in Kutaisi. He left school at the age of 12 and was a factory worker for ten years. In 1924, he joined the Red Army. There is no record of his holding an office of any kind in his native Georgia during the next 29 years. He joined the Communist Party in 1927, and after graduating from the Leningrad Military-Political Academy, served as a political commissar during World War II. After the war, he became deputy commander for political affairs in the Kiev military district in the Ukrainian SSR, under the administration of Ukrainian Communist ...
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First Secretary Of The Georgian Communist Party
The First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party (; ) was the leading position in the Georgian Communist Party during the Soviet era. Its leaders were responsible for many of the affairs in Georgia and were considered the leader of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. Many of its leaders were prominent outside of the country and were noted Soviet leaders, including Lavrentiy Beria and Eduard Shevardnadze. List of First Secretaries of the Georgian Communist Party * Mamia Orakhelashvili (March 1921–April 1922) * Mikheil Okujava (April–22 October 1922) * Vissarion Lominadze (25 October 1922 – August 1924) * Mikheil Kakhiani (August 1924–May 1930) * Levan Gogoberidze (May–19 November 1930) * Samson Mamulia (20 November 1930 – 11 September 1931) *Lavrenty Kartvelishvili (11 September–14 November 1931) *Lavrenti Beria (14 November 1931 – 18 October 1932) (1st time) * Petre Agniashvili (18 October 1932 – 15 January 1934) *Lavrentiy Beria (15 January 1934 – 31 Aug ...
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