Location: Mtatsminda Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures, Tbilisi, Georgia
Cause of death: Assassinated
Photo taken by: Goichev
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Georgian writer, political figure, poet, and publisher who spearheaded the revival of the Georgian national movement in the second half of the 19th century, during the Russian rule of Georgia. Inspired by the contemporary liberal movements in Europe, as a writer and a public figure, Chavchavadze directed much of his efforts toward awakening national ideals in Georgians and to the creation of a stable society in his homeland. Chavchavadze was fatally wounded in Tsitsamuri by a gang of assassins. In 1987 he was canonized as Saint Ilia the Righteous (წმინდა ილია მართალი) by the Georgian Orthodox Church.
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