Body of Georgia’s first commander-in-chief General Giorgi Kvinitadze to be returned home from France
The memorial service of General Giorgi Kvinitadze will be held at Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi on May 26. Photo from the National Archive of Georgia
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The body of Georgia's national hero and Commander-in-Chief of the first Democratic Republic of Georgia, General Giorgi Kvinitadze, will be returned home from France on May 22.
General Kvinitadze, who had emigrated to France after the Soviet occupation, passed away in 1970.
General Giorgi Kvinitadze with Georgian and German servicemen in 1918. Photo from the National Archive of Georgia
Upon the decision of the Government of Georgia his remains will be laid to rest at the Mtatsminda Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Independence Day on May 26.
The remains of Georgia's national hero and commander-in-chief of the first Democratic Republic of Georgia, General Giorgi Kvinitadze, have been returned home from France. His remains will be laid to rest at the Mtatsminda Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Independence Day on May 26.
The granddaughter of General Giorgi Kvinitadze, the Commander in Chief of the army of the First Democratic Republic of Georgia, said it was a "dream come true" to see the historical figure's remains laid to rest in Tbilisi on Georgia's Independence Day celebrations on Wednesday, 100 years after the general was forced into emigration by the Soviet invasion of Georgia.