Shota (Georgian Given Name)
Shota ( ka, შოთა) is a Georgian masculine given name that may refer to * Shota Abkhazava (born 1971), Georgian racing driver, race cars designer and businessman * Shota Arveladze (born 1973), Georgian association football player * Shota Bibilov (born 1990), Russian association football player *Shota Chochishvili (1950–2009), Georgian judoka *Shota Chomakhidze (born 1978), Georgian association football player * Shota Grigalashvili (born 1986), Georgian association football player *Shota Iatashvili (born 1966), Georgian writer, translator, and art critic * Shota Khabareli (born 1958), Georgian judoka * Shota Khinchagashvili (born 1951), Russian association football player * Shota Kveliashvili (1938–2004), Georgian Olympic shooter * Shota Kviraia (1952–2011), Georgian security and police official * Shota Laperadze (1930–1995), Georgian film producer * Shota Lomidze (1936–1993), Georgian wrestler * Shota and Margarita Metreveli (1913-1983/84), Georgian artists * Sho ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shota Abkhazava
Shota Abkhazava (russian: Шота Абхазава, born 12 August 1971) is a Georgian-Russian Auto racing, racing driver, race car designer, businessman, and owner of three race track, race tracks in Russia, Georgia (country), Georgia and Latvia. Racing In 1993 Abkhazava graduated from the Moscow State Automobile and Road Technical University (MADI) trained as race cars engineer. While studying, he was involved into the "Astrada" and "Gardarika" open-wheel car, single seater projects. He worked in the MADI Laboratory of Sport Cars, a famous Soviet and Russian car design bureau. In 1998 he established his first race cars design company and a team named "Pilot F3 Engineering". In 1999 the team competed in the very front in the Formula Three Championship of Russia, with Italian driver Fabio Babini at the wheel of the most up-to-date Formula 3 car "Dallara F399". A year after, the team has changed its name to "ArtLine Racing, ArtLine Engineering", and in 2001 another Italian pilot, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shota Kveliashvili
Shota Kveliashvili (1 January 1938 – 25 April 2004) was a Georgian sports shooter. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... In the 300 metre rifle event at the 1964 Olympics, he won a silver medal. References 1938 births 2004 deaths Soviet male sport shooters Male sport shooters from Georgia (country) Olympic shooters for the Soviet Union Shooters at the 1964 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tbilisi {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shota Shamatava
Shota Nikolaevich Shamatava (russian: Шота Николаевич Шаматава; 17 July 1936 – 28 October 2013) was an Abkhaz politician who served in the People's Assembly of Abkhazia from 1996 to 2002. A member of the second convocation of the People's Assembly, he was elected in the Chuburkhindji constituency (Constituency 33) in November 1996 after the citrus farm Apsny had nominated his candidacy. Prior to entering parliament, he had been mayor of the village of Okum in the Tkvarcheli District. Shamatava died on 28 October 2013 in Sukhumi Sukhumi (russian: Суху́м(и), ) or Sokhumi ( ka, სოხუმი, ), also known by its Abkhaz name Aqwa ( ab, Аҟәа, ''Aqwa''), is a city in a wide bay on the Black Sea's eastern coast. It is both the capital and largest city of .... References 2nd convocation of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia Abkhazian politicians 1936 births 2013 deaths {{Abkhazia-poli-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shota Rustaveli
Shota Rustaveli ( ka, შოთა რუსთაველი, c. 1160 – after c. 1220), Mononymous person, mononymously known simply as Rustaveli, was a medieval Georgia (country), Georgian poet. He is considered to be the pre-eminent poet of the Georgian Golden Age and one of the greatest contributors to Georgian literature. Rustaveli was the author of ''The Knight in the Panther's Skin'', a Georgian national epic poetry, epic poem. Biography Little, if anything, is known about Rustaveli from contemporary sources. Shota Rustaveli was born in 1166. He started serving Tamar_of_Georgia, Queen Tamar as a Minister of Finance in 1191. His poem itself, namely the prologue, provides a clue to his identity: the poet identifies himself as "a certain Rustveli." "Rustveli" is not a surname, but a territorial epithet that can be interpreted as "of/from/holder of Rustavi". Later Georgian authors from the 15th through 18th centuries are more informative; they are almost unanimous in ident ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shota And Margarita Metreveli
Shota Metreveli (October 25, 1913 – April 5, 1983) ( ka, შოთა მეტრეველი) and Margarita Metreveli (June 22, 1913 – July 22, 1984) ( ka, მარგარიტა მეტრეველი) were artists from Georgia. Biography Shota Metreveli was a 20th-century Georgian realist artist. He was born in Borjomi on October 25, 1913 into the family of a small manufacturer. In 1927 his family moved to Tbilisi and in 1928 he met Margarita Atskvereli (later Metreveli, his wife) for the first time at their secondary school and they became friends. Margarita Metreveli was born in Tbilisi on June 22, 1913 into a family of a blacksmiths called Atskvereli. Their meeting in 1928 was the beginning of a long creative partnership based on mutual passion for art and lasted over 50 years until their deaths in the 1980s. In 1938 they both graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, where they studied under Professor Mose Toidze, the Georgian artist a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shota Lomidze
Shota Lomidze (20 January 1936 – 23 October 1993) was a Georgian wrestler who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References 1936 births 1993 deaths Olympic wrestlers of the Soviet Union Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country) Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Champions World Wrestling Championships medalists {{Georgia-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shota Laperadze
Shota Laperadze (1929-1995) was a Georgian film producer who produced twenty films between 1959 and 1995. From 1959 to 1991 he worked as a film producer at Georgian Film Studio. Later, from 1991 to 1995, Laperadze was a head of the film unions - “Aisi” and “Caucasus.” He has been a member of the Film-makers' Union of Georgia since 1978. In 1974 he received an award as a best film producer for the film ''Mze Shemodgomisa'' ''(Autumn Sun)''. Especially fruitful was Laperadze's cooperation with Georgian film director Rezo Chkheidze; together they made eight films, including ''Father of a Soldier'' (1964), which was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival and ''The Saplings'' (1972); the film was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Diploma. At the same time Laperadze successfully worked with other outstanding film directors such as Otar Iosseliani, Georgiy Shengelaya and Temur Babluani. In 1975 Laperadze produced Otar Iosseli ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shota Kviraia
Shota Kviraia ( ka, შოთა კვირაია) (June 5, 1952 – January 10, 2011) was a Georgian security and police official and lieutenant-general of the state security service. A former KGB officer, he was an influential member of Eduard Shevardnadze's government in the mid-1990s. Born in Tskhakaia (now Senaki), then-Soviet Georgia, Kviraia was educated as an engineer at the Tbilisi State Polytechnical Institute and then as a jurist at the Tbilisi State University. He joined the ranks of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia in 1977. He served as an officer in the unit for fighting corruption in Sukhumi (1977–1984) and then in Tbilisi (1984–1990). During the Georgian Civil War, he was chief of police in Zugdidi, where he was involved in combat operations against the supporters of the ousted President Zviad Gamsakhurdia. He became Minister of Internal Affairs in the government of Eduard Shevardnadze in 1993 and succeeded his rival, the disgraced Igor Giorgadze ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shota Khinchagashvili
Shota Yuriyevich Khinchagashvili ( ka, შოთა ხინჩაგაშვილი; born 9 January 1951 in Dusheti) is a retired Georgian football player. Honours * Soviet Top League winner: 1978. * Soviet Cup winner: 1976, 1979. * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner: 1981. International career Khinchagashvili made his debut for USSR on 28 November 1976 in a friendly against Argentina. He played in 1978 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1980 The 1980 UEFA European Football Championship finals tournament was held in Italy. This was the sixth UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. It was the first European Championship to feature eight teams i ... qualifiers (USSR did not qualify for the final tournament for either). External links *Profile 1951 births Living people Footballers from Georgia (country) Soviet footballers Soviet Union international footballers Soviet Top League players FC Metalurgi Rustavi players FC Dinamo Tbilisi p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shota Arveladze
Shota Arveladze ( ka, შოთა არველაძე; born 22 February 1973) is a Georgian professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of EFL Championship club Hull City. Arveladze played at Dinamo Tbilisi, Trabzonspor, Ajax, Rangers, AZ and Levante. He is Georgia's all-time top scorer with 291 goals in his 410 league games for his clubs and 26 goals in his 61 games for the national team.Bibileishvili, Tiko (9 June 2008Arveladze Quits Football. The Georgian Times. Retrieved on 11 July 2008. His 27 goals scored in the UEFA Cup competition, including qualifiers ranks him third in the tournament's history before it became the Europa League. He has the best strike record of independent Georgian Football. He was nominated as the best player of Georgia as well as the best player by the Georgian Professional Football league survey. Club career Tbilisi and Trabzonspor Arveladze played at Dinamo Tbilisi, Trabzonspor, and Ajax, and f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shota Khabareli
Shota Khabareli ( ka, შოთა ხაბარელი; born 26 December 1958) is a Georgian judoka who competed for the Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he won the gold medal in the half-middleweight class. Khabareli was a bronze medallist in the 1983 World Championships in Moscow and two times silver medalist in the European Championships; first in Brussels 1979 and again in Rostock 1982. Khabareli also won continental bronze medals in Debrecen 1981 and Paris 1983. Khabareli was a champion of the international tournaments in Warsaw in 1978 and Hungary in 1979. He was also a silver medalist in Budapest in 1985 and bronze medallist of the Jigoro Kano Cup in Tokyo in 1982. Khabareli is famous for the knee lift throw, also known in sumo is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a '' rikishi'' (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring ('' dohyō'') or into touching the ground with any body part other than the s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shota Iatashvili
Shota Iatashvili ( Georgian: შოთა იათაშვილი; born September 2, 1966) is a Georgian poet, prose writer, translator, and art critic. The winner of the "Saba" literary prize in 2005, in the nomination of the best poetry collection of the year. Biography Shota Iatashvili was born on September 2, 1966, in Tbilisi. He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Tbilisi State University in 1988, and in 1990 he graduated from the film directing courses of the Faculty of Public Professions. In 1989–1990, he was a mathematics teacher at the 46th secondary school. In 1990–1991, assistant director of the film studio. In 1992, he became the director of "Ibervision" TV station. In 1993, his poetic debut "Wings of Death" was published. From 1993 to 1997, he worked as an editor of the literary newspapers "Rubikon" and "Third Way". From 1994 to 1996, he was the director and actor of the Tbilisi Performance Theater; From 1995 to 1997, the editor-in-chief ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |