Noe Zhordania

Noe Zhordania
Zhordania in 1918
Prime Minister of Georgia
In office 24 June 1918 – 18 March 1921
Personal details
Born	(1868-01-14)January 14, 1868 Lanchkhuti, Guria, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Georgia)
Died	January 11, 1953(1953-01-11) (aged 84) Paris, France
Resting place	Leuville Cemetery, near Paris
Nationality	Georgian
Political party	Social Democratic (Menshevik) Party of Georgia
Spouse(s)	Ina Koreneva
Children	4
Alma mater	Theological Seminary of Tbilisi, Warsaw Veterinarian Institute
Profession	Politician
Religion	Eastern Orthodox, later none (atheist)
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Noe Zhordania (also transliterated as Noah Jordania; Georgian: ნოე ჟორდანია; Russian: Ной Никола́евич Жорда́ния) born January 14 [O.S. 2 January] 1868 (according to other sources: 21 March [O.S. 9 March] 1869) and dead January 11, 1953, was a Georgian journalist and Menshevik politician.

He played an eminent role in the socialist revolutionary movement in the Russian Empire, and later chaired the government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia from July 24, 1918 until March 18, 1921, when the Bolshevik Russian Red Army invasion of Georgia forced him into exile to France. There Zhordania led the government-in-exile until his death in 1953.

Zhordania was born on 14 January [O.S. 2 January] 1868, to a petty landowner family living in the village of Lanchkhuti in Guria, western Georgia, then part of the Kutaisi Governorate of Imperial Russia.

According to the Radjeb Zhordania, grandson of Noe Zhordania, his lineage traces back to three Italian friends who emigrated from Genova to Georgia. One of them was a gardener and the others were merchants. One moved in Samegrelo and became the ancestor of the Zhordanias from the Tsaishi (Georgian: ცაიში). Another moved in Arkhaveti (Georgian: არხავეთი) and his descendants are the Zhordanias from Arkhaveti . The third was granted serfs and estates from the House of Gurieli in Lanchkhuti, and so remained in Guria. He was the ancestor of the Zhordanias from Lanchkhuti (Georgian: ლანჩხუთი), including Radjeb Zhordania, grandfather of Noe Zhordania. In his early years Radjab became an orphan and he was taken in Samegrelo by his uncles. Later he returned in his hometown Lanchkhuti, but he was not welcomed by the relatives. Thus, after moving in Shukhuti(Georgian: შუხუთი) he demanded his share of the property from the relatives. He was given the land, where he built the Oda (Georgian: ოდა) (typical house in the region of Guria), married the daughter of Apakidze and remained there during 1825-30. Later he participated in the Crimean War, where he received the rank of captain and where he was later killed. He had four sons: Butchu, Potine, Niko and Iosef. Niko, father of Noe and Gulchino Zhordania, was the village scriber, and lawyer and mediator in court. Kristine Chikovani, mother of Noe, was from the Samegrelo.