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Well-Known People of Gori | GoriMaps
Pharmacist - Provisor, Triphon Gamsakhurdia, was born in 1896 in the village of Nosir of Senaki District. He lived in Gori from 1924 and worked as a pharmacy receptionist. From 1929 to August 23, 1937, he served as a deputy of the Gori City Council. In 1931, Gamsakhurdia was appointed the governor …
Prominent Member of the People’s Movement [“Narodnik”] and Writer - Sophrom Mgaloblishvili was born in the village of Dirbi, in Gori district, in 1867. In 1873 , he graduated from Tbilisi Theological Seminary and started working as a teacher at a theological school in Gori. He also engaged in polit…
Archaeologist - Sergo Nadimashvili, an honored archaeologist, historian, labor veteran, as well as a holder of an honorary certificate and honorary medals from socialist competitions, was born on 25 October 1917 in the village of Tkviav , raised by his mother and elder sister. In 1925, he entered t…
Popular Writer, Public Figure, and Teacher - Niko Lomouri was born in 1852 in the village of Arbo in Gori district. By 1881, he had begun working as a teacher in Gori educational seminarium and women's gymnasium . He also went by various pseudonyms such as "Levan Tsaveli," "Arboeli," and "Goreli." …
Public Figure, Publicist, and Philanthropist - Niko Diasamidze was born in 1845 in Gori district. In 1877, together with Agalo Tutaev, he rebuilt the old rotunda in Gori at his own expense and established a theater there. He also had salons in his own houses in Tbilisi and the villages of Sakasheti…
World-renowned Philosopher - Merab Mamardashvili was born in 1930 in the city of Gori. After living and studying there, he continued his studies at Tbilisi School No. 14. Later, in 1955, he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University, and went on to receive his doctoral degr…
"The Mother of Georgian Singing," Choir Leader, and Public Artist - Maro Tarkhnishvili was born on 21 December 1891 in the village of Kavtiskhevi, in Kaspi district. At the age of 12-13 years, Tarkhnishvili created a small team called "Maro's Lkhini" with her fellow villagers. In 1910, Tarkhnishvil…
Cinema and Theater Artist - Kote Kvaliashvili was born in 1906 in Baku. His family was originally from Gori though and returned to Georgia in 1918. Kvaliashvili received a stellar education in Tbilisi, taken under the wings of Moses Toidze and Valerian Sidamon-Eristavi. He channeled his vast creati…
Doctor - Kote Eliozishvili was born in 1874 in the village of Kvemo Nikosi. From 1900 onwards, he worked in Tbilisi as well as in various districts across Georgia. From 1924 , he held the position of head doctor at Gori Hospital. In 1906, the medical services of the villages of Gori district were …
Scenographer - One of the founders of Georgian theater art, Irakli Gamrekeli was born in 1894 in Gori. From 1920 onwards, he was actively involved in the artistic life of Tbilisi, and participated in exhibitions of Georgian artists. Gamrekeli was fascinated by modernism. After Kote Marjanishvili sa…
Soloist and Choreographer - Iliko Sukhishvili was born in 1907 in the village of Medjvriskhevi. Parallel with his studies, he went to the Perini Studio of the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theater. After graduating from the studio of Georgian folk dances in 1926, he became a dancer at the Tbilisi Opera…
Writer, Translator, and Publicist - An active participant of the 19th century national liberation movement, and one of the founders of the new Georgian literary language, Ivane Machabeli was born in 1854 in the village of Tamarasheni. In 1863, he entered the Tbilisi Gymnasium, from which he graduat…
Pilot - Tevdore Garsevanishvili was born in 1924 in the city of Gori. In 1941, he graduated from the aviation school and the next day the USSR entered the Second World War. He went with his classmates to the military school in Maikop to continue his studies. Garsevanishvili worked his way through…
Doctor, Public Figure, and Amateur Artist - Vakhtang Eliozishvili was born in 1909 in Gori. In 1933, he was the Governor of the Medical Center in the village of Garejvari, after which Eliozishvili served as a senior scientific employee of the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Clin…
Honored Artist and Actor - Vasil Kakhniashvili was born in 1910 in Gori. He studied at the four-year city school of Gori (1918), then at the first labor school of Gori. He continued his studies at K. Marjanishvili State Drama Studio on a scholarship. In 1939 he started his work at Gori Theater w…
Writer, Teacher, and Public Figure - One of the founders of the Georgian historical novel, Vasil Barnov (Barnaveli) was born in 1856 in the village of Koda in what today is known as Tetritskaro district. At the end of the 1880s, he was elected as a member of the Society for Spreading Literacy among…
Poet, Playwright, and Translator - Vazha Dadianidze was born in Gori on 9 December 1934. He worked as a senior scientist at the Gori Scientific Research Institute of Industrial Process Automation, and from 1978 onwards as chief designer in the Design Bureau of the Ministry of Food Industry in Tbili…
Public and Military Figure - Elizbar Eristavi studied artillery work in St. Petersburg. He served as lieutenant-general of the Russian army during 1823-30, and then in the 1850s, he participated in the Crimean War. By the end of his military career, he headed Gori district (Mazra). Decades beforeha…
Public Figure, Historian, Archaeologist, and Dramatist - Dimitri Megvinetkhutsesishvili was born in the village of Khidistavi in 1815. He went on to study law at the Tbilisi Gymnasium and worked in the Gori Court Chancellery. In 1852, he was elected as a member of the Geographical Society. Notably,…
Writer and Public Figure - Dimitri Bakradze was born in 1826 in the village of Khashmi, into the family of a priest. In 1852-1857, Bakradze worked at a school in Gori and in the same period, he published historical-ethnographic letters in Georgian and Russian periodicals. Under Bakradze’s initiativ…
Composer, Artist, Professor, Secretary of the Union of Composers of the former USSR, Chairman of the Union of Composers of Georgia (1962-1968), and Laureate of the Rustaveli Prize - Davit Machavariani was born in 1855 in Gori. Having learned the techniques of the printing business in France and Ger…
Composer, Artist, Professor, Secretary of the Union of Composers of the former USSR, Chairman of the Union of Composers of Georgia (1962-1968), and Laureate of the Rustaveli Prize - Davit Machavariani was born in 1855 in Gori. Having learned the techniques of the printing business in France and Ger…
Davit Eristavi was born in 1847 in the village of Khidistavi. By 1871, he began to collaborate with the newspapers "Droeba," "Tifliski Vestnik," and "Falanga." From 1882 onwards, he started publishing poems and feuilletons in the "Kavkaz" newspaper. He was a member of the commission that defined th…
Playwright, Poet, and Theater Worker - Giorgi Eristavi was born in the village of Odzisi, in what is currently Dusheti district. From 1830 onwards, he participated in a conspiracy against Tsarist Russia, for which he was arrested in 1832, and in 1834 was exiled to Vilnius (then Poland). He returned…
Prominent Teacher, Public Figure, Linguist, Lexicographer, Ethnographer, Folklorist, and Publicist - Lado Agniashvili was born in 1860 in the village of Shilda (now in Kvareli district). He graduated from Telavi Theological School, then studied at Gori Master's Seminarium . He also taught at Tbilis…
Writer, Publicist,, and Philanthropist - Agalo Tutaev was born in 1842. His exact place of birth is unknown. He cooperated with the Georgian press (including "Droeba", "Iveria," and "Temi" newspapers). Tutaev published journalistic letters, plays, and essays. In the 1870s, he was a driving force i…
Journalist - Anton Furtseladze was born in 1839 in Mereti, in Gori municipality. In 1861, Furtseladze started working with the magazine "Tsiskari" and later moved to the newspaper "Droeba." In 1867, he left Tbilisi and started working as a court investigator in Zugdidi. During this period, he worke…
Writer and Public Figure - Anastasia Eristav-Khoshtaria was born in the village of Mejvriskhevi in 1868. She later graduated from Gori Progymnasium . In 1913, she founded the Georgian women's society "Mandilosani" in Gori, which she chaired from the day of its establishment until 1917. During the p…
Teacher, Writer, and Public Figure - Aleksandre Garsevanishvili was born in 1864 in Gori (Tsikhisubani). In 1892, he was invited to the Tbilisi Georgian Gymnasium to work as a teacher of Russian language and history. He subsequently organized a Sunday school in Tbilisi, which he headed for many yea…
