Elena Machabeli ( ka, ელენე მაჩაბელი; 2 February 1906 – 1987) was a Georgian

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and aristocrat from the

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family. A heroic

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to her design was erected in

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, in 1949. In 1960, she was awarded the title Honored Artist of Georgia.

References

*John Milner, ''A Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Artists 1420–1970''. Woodbridge, Suffolk; Antique Collectors' Club, 1993. 1906 births 1987 deaths Soviet sculptors Artists from Tbilisi {{USSR-bio-stub