1/4 On 26 May (Independence Day) 2021, Tbilisi's sacred Mtatsminda Pantheon will receive the remains of one the most distinguished Georgian military leaders, General Giorgi Kvinitadze. He will be re-buried next to the leader of 1924 revolt Kakutsa Cholokashvili. 
2/4 According to Jean Chardin Académie Géorgienne-Française, public will have a chance to pay respect to Kvinitadze's remains at Tbilisi's Holy Trinity cathedral on 24-25 May. Kvinitadze & Prime Minister of First Republic Noe Zhordania did not get along. facebook.com/permalink.php?…
3/4 Zhordania sacked Kvinitadze from top military position in 1918-1921 at least 4 times & 4 times had to re-appoint him. This enmity continued well into their exile in France. In 1954, Kvinitadze even published Zhordania's rebuttal entitled "My Answer." facebook.com/permalink.php?…
4/4 This rare photo depicts Kvinitadze with Georgian Junkers, who were enrolled at the military academy in Athens, Greece. The photo was taken on 2 December 1921. In the second one he is with his wife, Mariam Makashvili, in affluent Paris suburb of Chatou, from family album.
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