Levan Razikashvili ( ka, ლევან რაზიკაშვილი) (1895-1923) was a

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police officer and victim of

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repressions. He was born into the family of the Georgian poet Luka Razikashvili, better known by his

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Vazha-Pshavela Vazha-Pshavela ( ka, ვაჟა-ფშაველა), simply referred to as Vazha ( ka, ვაჟა) (26 July 1861 – 10 July 1915), is the pen name of the Georgian poet and writer Luka Razikashvili ( ka, ლუკა რაზიკა ...

. Razikashvili graduated from the

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Gymnasium for Nobility and joined the Social-Federalist Party during the

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. Later, he served to the short-lived

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 F ...

(1918-1924). After the Soviet takeover of Georgia in 1921, he was appointed a militsiya chief in the

Pshavi Pshavi ( ka, ფშავი) is a small historic region of northern Georgia, nowadays part of the Mtskheta-Mtianeti ''mkhare'' ("region"), and lying chiefly among the southern foothills of the Greater Caucasus mountains along the Pshavis Aragvi ...

district, which was a scene of an

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guerrilla revolt. Razikashvili was suspected by the

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government to have sympathized with the insurgents who were led by Kakutsa Cholokashvili, Razikashvili's erstwhile friend. After the rebel leaders managed to escape into Chechnya in September 1922, Razikashvili was arrested on the charges of "participation in

bandit Banditry is a type of organized crime committed by outlaws typically involving the threat or use of violence. A person who engages in banditry is known as a bandit and primarily commits crimes such as extortion, robbery, and murder, either as an ...

ism." A group of Georgian writers attempted a mediation and urged the Soviet official

Sergo Ordzhonikidze Sergo Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze,, ; russian: Серго Константинович Орджоникидзе, Sergo Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze) born Grigol Konstantines dze Orjonikidze, russian: Григорий Константино ...

to prevent the son of Vazha-Pshavela from being executed, but to no avail. Ordzhonikidze replied to the mediators: "If it were Vazha-Pshavela himself, I would shoot him too". Razikashvili was shot by the Cheka in February 1923.The Case of Razikashvili
. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia Archival Department. Retrieved on March 3, 2007.

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1895 births 1923 deaths Police officers from Georgia (country) People from Georgia (country) executed by the Soviet Union {{Georgia-mil-bio-stub

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