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Otar (name)
Otar (Georgian: ოთარ) is a Georgian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Otar Arveladze (born 1992), Georgian footballer * Otar Barkalaia (born 1984), Georgian rugby player *Otar Beg Orbeliani (circa. 1583–1662/63), Georgian noble * Otar Bestaev (born 1991), Kyrgyzstani judoka *Otar Chiladze (1933-2009), Georgian writer *Otar Chkhartishvili (born 1950), Georgian naval officer *Otar Chkheidze (1920–2007), Georgian writer *Otar Dadunashvili (1928–1992), Georgian-Soviet cyclist * Otar Eloshvili (born 1978), Georgian rugby player *Otar Gabelia (born 1953), Georgian footballer *Otar Giorgadze (born 1996), Georgian rugby player *Otar Iosseliani (born 1934), Georgian-French filmmaker *Otar Japaridze (born 1987), Georgian ice dancer *Otar Kakabadze (born 1995), Georgian footballer *Otar Khetsia (born 1965), Abkhaz politician *Otar Khizaneishvili (born 1981), Georgian footballer *Otar Koberidze (1924–2015), Georgian actor, film director and screenwrit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia (country)
Georgia (, ; ) is a transcontinental country at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is part of the Caucasus region, bounded by the Black Sea to the west, by Russia to the north and northeast, by Turkey to the southwest, by Armenia to the south, and by Azerbaijan to the southeast. The country covers an area of , and has a population of 3.7 million people. Tbilisi is its capital as well as its largest city, home to roughly a third of the Georgian population. During the classical era, several independent kingdoms became established in what is now Georgia, such as Colchis and Iberia. In the early 4th century, ethnic Georgians officially adopted Christianity, which contributed to the spiritual and political unification of the early Georgian states. In the Middle Ages, the unified Kingdom of Georgia emerged and reached its Golden Age during the reign of King David IV and Queen Tamar in the 12th and early 13th centuries. Thereafter, the kingdom decl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otar Kakabadze
Otar Kakabadze ( ka, ოთარ კაკაბაძე, tr, ; born 27 June 1995) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Polish club Cracovia and the Georgia national team. Club career Dinamo Tbilisi Born in Tbilisi, Kakabadze was a Dinamo Tbilisi youth graduate. He made his debut with the reserves on 27 November 2012, starting in a 2–0 away win against Racha Ambrolauri, and scored his first senior goal in a 6–0 home routing of Kakheti Telavi on 19 October 2013. Kakabadze was promoted to the main squad in 2014. He made his professional debut on 16 September of that year, coming on as a second-half substitute for Irakli Dzaria in a 6–0 home thrashing of Shukura Kobuleti. Kakabadze quickly established himself as a starter at Dinamo, and scored his first professional goal on 23 October 2015, netting the winner in a 2–1 home success over FC Tskhinvali. Gimnàstic On 7 July 2016, Kakabadze signed a three-year deal with Spanish Segunda Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otar Turashvili
Otar Turashvili ( ka, ოთარ ტურაშვილი; born 14 July 1986) is a Georgian-born Romanian rugby union player. He plays primarily as a hooker and occasionally as a prop for professional SuperLiga club București and București-based European Challenge Cup side the Wolves. Turashvili also plays for Romania's national team the Oaks. References External links * * * Otar Turashviliat US Colomiers Union sportive Colomiers Rugby or US Colomiers is a French rugby union club currently competing in Pro D2, the second level of the French rugby pyramid. They had been relegated from Pro D2 after finishing last in the 2006-07 season, but earned p ... 1986 births Living people Rugby union players from Tbilisi Romanian rugby union players Romania international rugby union players Rugby union players from Georgia (country) Emigrants from Georgia (country) to Romania București Wolves players CSM București (rugby union) players Colomiers Rugby playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otar Taktakishvili
Otar Vasilisdze Taktakishvili ( ka, ოთარ თაქთაქიშვილი; russian: Отар Васильевич Тактакишвили; 27 July 1924 – 21 February 1989) was a prominent Georgian composer, teacher, conductor, and musicologist of the Soviet period. Although in the West Taktakishvili is perhaps best known for his 1968 Sonata for Flute and Piano, his works include two symphonies, four piano concertos, two violin concertos, two cello concertos, and operas (''Mindia'', ''First Love'', ''The Abduction of the Moon'', ''Mususi'', ''Three Tales''). He also wrote several symphonic poems and oratorios, as well as adaptations of Georgian folk songs and a multitude of compositions for instruments and voice. While still a student at the Tbilisi State Conservatory, Taktakishvili composed the Anthem of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. By 1949 he became a Professor of the Conservatory, as well as the conductor and artistic director of the Georgian Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otar Patsatsia
Otar Patsatsia ( ka, ოთარ ფაცაცია; 15 May 1929 – 9 December 2021) was a Georgian politician who served as the country's Prime Minister from 20 August 1993 to 5 October 1995. A former Communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager, Patsatsia led the Georgian cabinet, with Eduard Shevardnadze as Georgia's Head of State, during the years of civil strife and economic crisis. His appointment as Prime Minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of President Zviad Gamsakhurdia, militarily ousted in 1992, as Patsatsia was from Zugdidi, the powerbase of Gamsakhurdia loyalists.Wheatley, Jonathan (2005), ''Georgia from National Awakening to Rose Revolution'', pp. 77, 82, 100. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., After then holding a seat in the Parliament of Georgia from 1995 to 1999, he played no further role in politics. Early life and career Patsatsia was born on 15 May 1929, to Ambako Patsatsia and Luba Patsatsia, in the village of Ingiri, Zugdidi District in the Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otar Martsvaladze
Otar Martsvaladze ( ka, ოთარ მარცვალაძე; born 14 July 1984) is a former professional Georgian footballer who played for the national team. Career Club Otar Martsvaladze was born in Tbilisi. He spent first four years of his professional career at WIT Georgia, where he secured championship title in 2004. Two years later Martsvaladze was named the best player of the season. He signed for Dynamo Kyiv along with countryman Kakhaber Aladashvili in 2006. In 2014 he returned to Umaglesi Liga and initially joined Dinamo Tbilisi for six months, followed by another year at Dila Gori. His prolific performance was duly appreciated with Otar named among the best three players of the 2014–15 season. On 22 June 2016, Martsvaladze signed for FC Ordabasy in the Kazakhstan Premier League. Rustavi turned out the last club Martsvaladze played for in 2018. At the age of 34 he ended his career and moved to futsal. International career He was also a member of Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otar Lordkipanidze
Otar Lordkipanidze ( ka, ოთარ ლორთქიფანიძე) (October 30, 1930 – May 19, 2002) was a Georgian archaeologist best known for his studies of the ancient sites of Colchis and Iberia and the presence of the Achaemenid culture in the South Caucasus The South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains. The South Caucasus roughly corresponds to modern Arme .... He was the father of the Georgian paleoanthropologist David Lordkipanidze. References 1930 births 2002 deaths Archaeologists from Georgia (country) 20th-century archaeologists {{Archaeologist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otari Kvantrishvili
Otari Kvantrishvili ( ka, ოთარ კვანტრიშვილი, russian: Ота́ри Квантришвили; January 27, 1948 – April 5, 1994) was a Georgian mafia boss and one of Moscow's leading organised crime figures during the early 1990s. Biography Prior to his 1966 conviction for rape, Kvantrishvili was on his way to becoming a world-champion wrestler. In the 1980s he then founded the Dynamo Sports Club and later the 21st Century Association, an organisation ostensibly dedicated to funding sports but was widely regarded as a front for racketeering. During the chaotic transition to capitalism in the early 1990s, Kvantrishvili became something of a public face for the mafia, befriending politicians and celebrities such as Joseph Kobzon while also acting as a mediator between various underworld factions, including the thieves in law and Slavic and Chechen mobsters. The Podolskaya OPG (russian: Подольская организованная прест ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otar Kushanashvili
Otar Shalvovich Kushanashvili (russian: Ота́р Ша́лвович Кушанашви́ли; born 22 June 1970, Kutaisi) is a Georgia (country), Georgian and Russian music journalist and broadcaster who describes himself as "anti-publicist". He is known for his provocative and outrageous antics. In 2004, during a match between Russia national football team, Russia and Portugal national football team, Portugal in the UEFA Euro 2004, Euro 2004 soccer ran onto the field to protest the removal of the game goalkeeper Sergei Ovchinnikov (footballer, born 1970), Sergei Ovchinnikov. During the run to the judge he was fined Euro, €2,500 and sentenced to two years' probation. References External links *Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Kushanashvili, Otar 1970 births Living people People from Kutaisi Russian television presenter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otar Korkia
Otar Korkia (Georgian: ოთარ ქორქია, russian: Отар Михайлович Коркия; May 10, 1923 – March 15, 2005) was a Georgian professional basketball player and coach. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players, in 1991. He was also named the Best Georgian Basketball Player of the 20th Century, and the Best Georgian Sportsman of the 20th Century. He was born in Kutaisi. Playing career Club career During his club career, Korkia played with Dinamo Kutaisi, from 1940 to 1947, and with Dinamo Tbilisi, from 1947 to 1958. He won three USSR League championships (1950, 1953, and 1954) and two USSR Cups, (1949 and 1950). National team career Korkia was a member of the senior Soviet Union national basketball team, which won the silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games. He played in seven games during that tournament. He later became the captain of the senior Soviet national team. He also won gold medals at the 1947 EuroBasket, the 1951 EuroBaske ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otar Korgalidze
Otar Korghalidze ( ka, ოთარ კორღალიძე; born 2 September 1960) is a Georgian former professional football player and manager. During his playing career Korgalidze played for various clubs in Georgia, Austria, Azerbaijan and Estonia. He spent several seasons in the Soviet Top League and Soviet First League with FC Guria Lanchkhuti, FC Dinamo Tbilisi and FC Torpedo Kutaisi. Korgalidze scored 3 goals in 8 games during his short spell at Flora Tallinn. Otar Korgalidze retired in 2000. His last club was FC Kuressaare. He is also a former member of the Georgia national football team. Following his playing career, Korgalidze was a manager for FC Sioni Bolnisi. His son Levan Korgalidze played for the Georgia national football team The Georgia national football team ( ka, საქართველოს ეროვნული საფეხბურთო ნაკრები, tr) represents the country of Georgia in men's international football ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otar Koberidze
Otar Leontyevich Koberidze ( ka, ოთარ კობერიძე; 17 December 1924 – 9 March 2015) was a Georgian actor, film director and screenwriter. Biography Koberidze was born in Tiflis, Georgian SSR (now Tbilisi, Georgia), where he graduated from the Rustaveli State Theatre Institute in 1948. He then worked at the Drama Theater in Sukhumi and Marjanishvili Theater in Tbilisi. He played more than 50 roles during his career at the film studio Kartuli Pilmi, including a memorable role of a 17th-century Georgian hero in the 1956 historical action film ''Bashi-Achuki''. He directed ten films and wrote scripts for three films. Koberidze was awarded the title of People's Artist of Georgia in 1967. He died at the age of 90 in Tbilisi in 2015. Koberidze was married to the Georgian actress Lia Eliava (1934–1998). Selected filmography *1948: '' Keto da Kote'' as episode *1956: ''Bashi-Achuki'' as Bashi-Achuki *1957: ''Qalis tvirti'' as Akaki *1958: '' Other People's Child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
