Tag: Georgians in France

Georgians
Kings of Georgia
Artist Vera Pagava
Vera Pagava (1907 - 1988) - French artist, representative of Paris Art School. She was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 1920 she left for Switzerland together with her family. As a result of Georgia’s annexation by the Bolshevik Russia, the Pagava family did not return to the homeland. In 192 […]
Dimitri Amilakhvari
Dimitri Amilakhvari (1906 - 1942) - Officer of French army, Vice Colonel of French Foreign Legion, hero of French Resistance. He was born in Bazorkino village (present Chermen in North Ossetia). Friends used to call him ‘Bazorka’ after the place of his birth. In 1921, after the Russian an […]