Samson Mamulia ( ka, სამსონ მამულია; russian: Самсон Мамулия; 1892–1937) was a
Georgian Soviet politician and the
First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party from November 20, 1930 to October 13, 1931.
In June 1937 he was imprisoned on the orders of
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secreta ...
in
Tbilisi
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a month after his son's birth. Samson Mamulia was executed and his wife died in the Gulag. His son
Guram Mamulia was an activist for
Meskhetian rights.
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1892 births
1937 deaths
People from Kutais Governorate
First Secretaries of the Georgian Communist Party
Deaths by firearm in Russia
Executed politicians
Great Purge victims from Georgia (country)
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