Vladimir “Valiko” Jugheli ( ka, ვალიკო ჯუღელი) (January 1, 1887 - 30 August 1924 ) was a

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politician and military commander. He was involved in the Marxist movement in Georgia (then part of the

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) at the beginning of the 20th century. After the split within the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, to which he was a member, Jugheli sided with the

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, but later defected to the Menshevik faction and became an influential member. After the

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, he organized the Red Guard detachment which was later renamed into the People's Guard of Georgia. On November 29, 1917, he successfully commanded a famous raid on the

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military arsenal guarded by the pro-Bolshevik Russian soldiers. In May 1918, he was reluctant to support the proclamation of Georgia's independence, but still retained his post. As a commander of the People's Guard, he was commonly assigned to retain an internal order in the country. During his tenure, he gained a reputation of a ruthless suppressor of agrarian disturbances in various regions of Georgia. Vladimir "Valiko" Jugheli and his family were evacuated from Sokhumi to Kutaisi, after t he First World War broke out and fear of inevitable Ottoman invasion. Valiko Jugheli successfully completed his work called "Heavy Cross", where his life in the Democratic Republic of Georgia is more informative than before. After the Soviet occupation of Georgia in 1921, Jugheli went to the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr for military education. After this event, he returned to Soviet-occupied Georgia and joined an unsuccessful rebellion against Soviet occupation forces. 36 years old, Jugheli was soon arrested and executed by the Soviet Cheka on 30 August 1924.

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(1994), ''The Making of the Georgian Nation'', pp. 223-4. Indiana University Press,

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(French) Valiko Djoughéli

(French) Ière République de Géorgie

(French) Ière République de Géorgie en exil

(George) საქართველოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა (1918—1921)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jugheli, Valiko 1887 births 1924 deaths 20th-century politicians from Georgia (country) Georgian emigrants to France Georgian exiles Revolutionaries from Georgia (country) Mensheviks Military personnel from Georgia (country) People from Georgia (country) executed by the Soviet Union Social Democratic Party of Georgia politicians