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Ilia Chavchavadze
Tavadi (Prince) Ilia Chavchavadze was a Georgian journalist, publisher, writer and poet who spearheaded the revival of Georgian nationalism during the second half of the 19th century in the period of Tsarist rule. To this day, he has been called Georgia's "most universally revered hero" and the "Father of the Nation" of the modern Georgia.
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culture · Georgian poet and politician; Georgian Orthodox Church saint (1837–1907) · politician · poet · publisher · philosopher · writer · historian · opinion journalist · also Ilia Chavchavadze, Prince Ilia Chavchavadze, Saint Ilia the Righteous, Čavčavaże, Ilia, tʻavadi, 1837-1907, Chavchavadze, I., 1837-1907, Chavchavadze, Ilya, 1837-1907
Born 27 October 1837 · Died 30 August 1907 · Q333411
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2006· 1 entry
Ilia State University was named after Ilia Chavchavadze
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1998· 1 entry
Stephen Kinzer wrote: "Today leftists in Georgia embrace Chavchavadze for his hatred of injustice, centrists love him for his nonviolent humanism, and right-wing nationalists have adopted his slogan Motherland, Language,
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1987· 1 entry
Chavchavadze was formally canonized by the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church, as "Saint Ilia the Righteous
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1936· 1 entry
The investigation was launched against him for participating the murder of Ilia Chavchavadze
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1921· 1 entry
And worked in the various positions within the Soviet Georgian government
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1909· 1 entry
According to the decision of the Stolypin tribunal, the entire gang was sentenced to capital punishment
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1907· 3 entries
Died 1907-08-30.
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The Tsarist authorities launched investigation into Chavchavadze's death and arrested four suspects: Giorgi Khizanishvili, Ivane Inashvili, Gigola Modzghvrishvili and Tedo Labauri
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Where he advocated for a religious Georgian national identity
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1848· 1 entry
After the death of his mother, he was sent to Tbilisi by his father to begin his secondary education
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1837· 1 entry
Born 1837-10-27.
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