Benia Chkhikvishvili
Benia Chkhikvishvili | |
|---|---|
| ბენია ჩხიკვიშვილი ( Republic of Guria | |
| In office 1905–1906 | |
| Preceded by | Post Created |
| Succeeded by | Post Abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1881 Georgian |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Georgia |
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Beniamin "Benia" Chkhikvishvili (also spelled Bénia Tchkhikvichvili,
Gurian Republic"),[1] a Georgian province on the Black Sea. He became a de facto head of the peasant government, sometimes described by the contemporary observers as a "Gurian president" or even "Gurian king".[2]
During the short-lived independent Democratic Republic of Georgia, he served as a mayor of Tiflis, the capital of Georgia (1919–1920). After the Soviet invasion of Georgia, he immigrated to France, where he became an official owner of the Leuville chateau, a residence of the Georgian government-in-exile.[3]
He returned to Georgia in 1923 to take part in the preparations for a general uprising against the Bolshevik regime. He was arrested, however, and executed.
References
- ^ "La République auto-proclamée de Gourie (1905–1906)" [The self-proclaimed Republic of Guria (1905–1906)] (in French). 14 January 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ISBN 0-674-01902-4.
- ^ "Géorgie, France et Géorgie : Bénia Tchkhikvichvili, président de la République auto-proclamée de Gourie (1905–1906)" [Georgia, France and Georgia: Benia Tchkhikvichvili, President of the self-proclaimed Republic of Guria (1905–1906)] (in French). 14 January 2014. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
External links
- (French) Ière République de Géorgie.
- (French) Ière République de Géorgie en exil Archived 21 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine.
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