Konstantine Abkhazi
| Konstantine (Kote) Abkhazi | |
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Prince Konstantine Abkhazi, 1896
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| Born |
November 17, 1867 Kardenakhi, Kakheti, Russian Empire (now Georgia) |
| Died | May 20, 1923 (aged 55) Tbilisi |
| Nationality | Georgian |
| Alma mater |
Cadet Corps in Tbilisi. St. Petersburg's Military Academy |
| Occupation | Commander, Politician and Public figure |
| Known for | General-major of Artillery in the Tsar's army (1916) and in the national army of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918). Chairman of the Georgian National-Democratic Party. |
Cadet Corps in Tbilisi.
Prince Konstantine (Kote) Abkhazi (Georgian: კონსტანტინე (კოტე) აფხაზი) (November 17, 1867—May 20, 1923), was a notable Georgian military officer, politician and public figure. During the Imperial Russian rule, he was a General-major of Artillery in the tsar's army (1916) and in the national army of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918), and a recognized leader of the liberal nobility of Georgia. After the Soviet Occupation of Georgia, he emerged as one of the leaders of an underground anti-Soviet, national-liberation movement. One of the founders of the Tbilisi State University in 1918 and Chairman of the Georgian National-Democratic Party in 1921-1923. In 1923, he was arrested and executed by the Soviet security police (so-called "Cheka").
Konstantine (Kote) Abkhazi was born in the village of Kardenakhi, Kakheti (Eastern Georgia), to a wealthy aristocratic family, the son of the General-major of the tsarist Russian army, Prince Nikoloz (Niko) Abkhazi and Princess Nino née Chavchavadze, the sister of the outstanding Georgian writer and public figure Ilia Chavchavadze.
Abkhazi graduated from the Tbilisi Cadet Corps and the St. Petersburg Military Academy and joined the Russian army in 1890. Later, he was actively involved in Georgia's public life and sponsored several social and economic projects, including the construction of the Kakhetian railway between 1906 and 1913. In 1913, he was elected the marshal of nobility of the Tiflis Governorate, but he was called to an active army service with the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Being promoted to major general in 1916, he commanded an artillery brigade from 1914 to 1916. In 1916, he was elected to the State Duma of the Russian Empire for Tiflis.
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