Revaz Gabashvili ( ka, რევაზ გაბაშვილი; November 6, 1882 – 1969) was a Georgian politician and writer involved in the independence movement and revolutionary journalism in the early 20th century. Gabashvili was born of a noble family in

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(Tbilisi). His mother was the popular writer Ekaterine Gabashvili. He abandoned his studies at the Montefiore Institute in

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, in 1905 to return to Georgia and take part in the

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against the

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rule. Briefly fleeing police persecution to

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, he returned in 1907 and enrolled in the

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, from where he was excluded on charges of being involved in students’ disorders in 1910. On his return to Georgia, Gabashvili engaged in opposition journalism; he founded and edited the newspaper ''klde'' (კლდე; "Rock"). A group of Georgians collaborating with ''klde'' formed the nucleus around which the Georgian National Democratic Party organized. The party held its founding congress in June 1917, in the aftermath of the 1917

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(2005), ''Socialism in Georgian Colors: The European Road to Social Democracy, 1883-1917'', p. 354.

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, . After Georgia’s

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(May 26, 1918), Gabashvili was elected to the

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for the National Democratic Party. The 1921

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forced Gabashvili into exile to

where he wrote for local press on the politics and society of Georgia and the book ''L’apport de la race caucasienne dans la civilisation mondiale'' (Paris, 1967). His resonant memoirs რაც მახსოვს (''rats’ maxsovs''; "What I Remember") – published in

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in 1959 – was highly critical of the Social Democratic leadership whom Gabashvili accused of incompetence and inability to respond Georgians’ national demands.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gabashvili, Revaz 1882 births 1969 deaths Journalists from Tbilisi Memoirists from Georgia (country) National Democratic Party (Georgia) politicians Politicians from Tbilisi 20th-century journalists 20th-century memoirists Georgian exiles