Giorgi "Gogi" Khimshiashvili ( ka, გოგი ხიმშიაშვილი; 1892 – 20 May 1923) was a

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military officer prominent in the service of the

Democratic Republic of Georgia The Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG; ka, საქართველოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა ') was the first modern establishment of a republic of Georgia, which existed from May 1918 to ...

(1918–1921). He was executed by the

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on charges of being part of an underground anti-Soviet organization. Giorgi Khimshiashvili was born in the

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from the eastern Georgian region of

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, then part of the

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. His father, Prince Nikoloz Khimshiashvili (Khimshiyev) was assassinated in 1910, as police concluded, for helping the authorities to reveal the murderers of Prince

Ilia Chavchavadze Prince Ilia Chavchavadze ( ka, ილია ჭავჭავაძე; 8 November 1837 – 12 September 1907) was a Georgian public figure, journalist, publisher, writer and poet who spearheaded the revival of Georgian nationalism during the ...

, a leading Georgian writer and intellectual. Giorgi Khimshiashvili was educated at the in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

and fought in the Russian ranks as

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. He took part in the

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and

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campaigns. In 1918, when Georgia became an independent republic, Khimshiashvili was appointed as a commander of the cavalry in the

People's Guard of Georgia The People's Guard of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სახალხო გვარდია) was a Social-Democrat-dominated volunteer force of Georgian former soldiers and civilians, active during the Russian Revolution of 1 ...

with the rank of colonel (''polkovnik''). In this capacity, he was one of the leading officers during the conflicts with

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(1918), Russian "White Forces" (1919), and

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(1920). In July 1920, he was among the Georgian officers who oversaw the transfer of sovereignty over

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from the British occupation forces to Georgia. During the war with Soviet Russia in February 1921, Khimshiashvili was unexpectedly dismissed from command. After the

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of Georgia, he remained in Georgia and was given the position of commander of training battalion in a cavalry brigade of the Georgian Red Army. In 1922, he joined the underground anti-Soviet organization, the Committee for the Independence of Georgia, and was a member of its "military centre", representing a

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. In May 1923, the centre's leadership, including Khimshiashvili, were arrested and sentenced to death. On his way to execution, Khimshiashvili attempted to escape, but was wounded, captured, and shot together with his accomplices in what is now Vake Park in central

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