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| Dimitri Amilakvari |
| French Foreign Legion. Most famed legionnaire, principal royalty of legion and legendary for his coolness under fire. |
| Prince Nikolai Bagration (Niko the Boer) |
| Anglo-Boer War. The most famous war volunteer. Famed for his braveness and lively character. |
| Peter Bagration (Bagrationi) |
| Napoleonic War. Defeated Napoleon. One of the best generals of the Russian army. |
| Lavrenti Beria |
| Soviet Union. Head of KGB - Soviet Secret Police. |
| Alexander Bulatovich (Tulashvili) |
| Life Guard Hussar Regiment. One of brightest heros of the Manchurian war, who later became the most celebrated traveler in Ethiopia. |
| Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff (Sidamon-Eristavi) |
| United States. Commissioner of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance. Former New York City Finance Commissioner. State Senate Candidate. |
| Igor Ivanov (Sagirashvili) |
| Russia. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia. |
| Meliton Kantaria |
| World War II. First from the Allied Forces to reach Reichstag in Berlin and place a Victory Banner over it. |
| Segei Ordzhonikidze |
| United Nations. Director-General of the United Nations Europe. |
| General John M Shalikashvili |
| United States. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense USA. One of the key figures of the Operation Desert Storm in Iraq. NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) |
| Otar Shalikashvili |
| United States. Deputy Defense Secretary |
| Eduard Shevardnadze |
| Soviet Union/Georgia. Soviet Foreign Minister. Ended the Cold War and unified Germany. Former President of Georgia. |
| Stalin (Joseph Djugashvili) |
| Soviet Union/Europe. Great Soviet leader. Generalissimo, Chief Commander of the Soviet forces during WWII. Controlled 1/5 of the world. |
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| Pacha Kaboudan (Kabudan Pasha) |
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| Mirza Ali Asghar Khan aka Amin Al Sultan Atabak Azzam |
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| Ottoman Army. Admiral. Under his leadership Ottoman Army invaded Egypt and captured Cairo. |
| Iran. One of the most influencial Prime Ministers of Iran. |
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| David the Builder (Bagrationi) |
| Georgia/Crusades. Under his leadership and strategy Georgian Army 55 000 (inc. 300 Crusaders) defeated a Muslim coalition army of 600 000. |
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| NOTABLE MENTION |
| Prokofiy Djaparidze One of the 26 Baku Commissars Archil Gelovani Marshal of the Soviet Union Dzhaba Ioseliani Notorious Politician and Mafia Godfather Tengiz Kitovani Notorious National Guard Commander Merab Kostava Famous Soviet Dissident. Prominent Political Figure. David Tevzadze Former Georgian Defence Minister. Memeber of New York Academy of Sciences. Iuvelian Sumbatov-Topuridze General of Soviet Union. One of the chief people in KGB. Over 100 Generals and Heros of the Soviet Union BULGARIA Nikita Shervashidze Former chairman of the government's Energy Committee ECUADOR Yolanda Kakabadse Ecuador's Minister of Environment. President of the World Conservation Union FRANCE Alexandre Djintcharadze Chef d'escadrons of French Foreign Legion. Awarded Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur et Croix de guerre etc Vano Garsevanishvili Active participant of the French Resistance. For his input future president Charles de Gaulle presented him with a saxophone. Claude de Kemoularia Diplomat. President Club of Monaco. 1986 President of the security Council UN etc Jean Vatchnadze Chef d'escandrons of French Foreign Legion. One of the key personalities in Tunisian, German and other campaigns. Many Georgians were included in the French Foreign Legion some of the brightest characters were: Lieutenant Prince Tsouloukidze Lieutenant Mgaloblichvili Tokhadze Kintzourichvili etc Salome Zourabichvili Honoured diplomat (Honour of the Legion of France etc), many international posts in NATO, EU, Embassies etc GERMANY Jevgeni Artemidze Commander of the Texel Island Georgian rebellion against nazi Germans. Givi Gabliani An important figure in Nazi Germany. Led Georgian Battalion. Rescued many Georgian prisoners from concentration camps. Shalva Loladze Commander of the Texel Island Georgian rebellion against Nazi Germans. A. M. Tsiklauri Led the Georgian Nazi Battalion "Tamara-2" IRAN Imam Quli Khan Great Governor of Fars, Persia IRAQ Suleiman Faiq Known as the Father of Iraqi Statesmen. Street named after him. Hikmat Suleiman Former Prime Minister RUSSIA Mikhail Amosov Memeber of Regional Council of Yabloko Party, St.Petersburg Deputy of Legislative Assembly of St.Petersburg Timur Apakidze One of the Greatest fighter pilots. General, Formee Deputy commander in chief of maritime aviation Vladimir Dekanozov (Dekanozishvili) Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Soviet Union. Head of Foreign Intelligence. Ambassador to Berlin. Avel Enukidze One of the most powerful members of soviet parliament. Sergo (Sergei) Ordzhonikidze One of the heads of Communist party, 1920's. Irakli Tsereteli One of the chief figures in Menshevik 'Whites' resistance. Mikhail Zurabov (Zurabishvili) Minister of Health and Social Development. Large proportion of Soviet party members and generals were Georgian. Over 318 Georgian Generals of the Russian Empire 1699 - 1921 TURKEY Abdullah Gul Turkey Foreign Minister Mahmud Shaukat Pasha Former Prime Minister of Turkey Shakir Pasha Turkish War Minister during Sultan Vahideddin rule Saadettin Tantan Former Interior Minister UNITED KINGDOM Jonathan Djanogly (Djugashvily) Politician. Member of Parliament USA Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff (Sidamon-Eristavi) EPA Administrator for New York City. Former commissioner for NY City Judicial Commission, Transportation Administration etc Simon Sidamon-Eristoff (Sidamon-Eristavi) General Counsel to American Farmland Trust and the Vice-Chair of American Oceans Campaign |
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| Mikhail Saakashvili |
| Georgia. President of Georgia. |
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| Elly Heuss-Knapp (Korganashvili) |
| Germany. One of the greatest German female politicians. Wife of the first president of the Federal Republic of Germany Theodor Heuss. |