Chanturia Georgy Otarovich

Definition: Soviet dissident, organizer of numerous anti-Soviet and anti-Russian rallies. After the collapse of the USSR, he was a Georgian politician, leader of the nationalist party NPD (from 1988 to 1994).
Years of life: 1959-1994
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Genus. in 1959 in Tbilisi, student of the history department of Tbilisi University. In the 1970s, he began to actively participate in the dissident and nationalist movement. In 1978 he became one of the first stiharniks of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia. In 1979 he was arrested for the first time for dissident activity. In 1981 he became one of the founders of the revived National Democratic Party. After the revival of the NPD, he participated in the underground release in Tbilisi of the samizdat magazine "Moambe" ("Bulletin"), the bulletin "Kartuli Khronika" ("Georgian Chronicle"). Arrested 07/11/1983. 08/09/1983 convicted by the Tbilisi City Court under Art. 206-3 of the Criminal Code of the Georgian SSR (organization or active participation in group actions that violate public order) for 3 years in prison. He was held in the Kirovo-Chepetsky ITK No. 12 and the Kirov ITK No. 7. Pardoned in 1985. Released on 08/30/1985. He returned to Tbilisi, in 1989 he became one of the organizers of the bloody April rally. In 1991, at the initiative of President Zviad Gamsakhurdia, he was prosecuted, but due to the removal of Gamsakhurdia from power, the trial and the criminal case were terminated. 12/03/1994 was shot in the yard of his own house.

Cases (1)

Documents (5)

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Чантурия Георгий Отарович
1. Newspaper article “Terrorists without masks shot point-blank”, authored by T. Mamaladze, published in the newspaper “Izvestia” dated December 6, 1994, dedicated to the murder of G.O. Chanturia.
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Чантурия Георгий Отарович
2. Newspaper article “The trial of Ioseliani has been postponed” by E. Akhalkatsi, published in the Izvestia newspaper on August 15, 1997, dedicated to the trial of the alleged murderer G.O. Chanturia.
1 лист, 1 изображение, газетная/журнальная вырезка
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Гамсахурдия Звиад Константинович
90. Fragment of the book by Alekseeva L.M. “History of dissent in the USSR”, 1984, pp. 100-107, about demonstrations in Georgia for the preservation of the status of the state language by the Georgian language, about the violation of human rights in Georgia and about the human rights and educational activities of Gamsakhurdia Z.K.
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Гамсахурдия Звиад Константинович
92. Message KL15-16/87, p. 7, dated 08/31/1987 on the creation of the Committee for the Protection of Prisoners of Conscience of Georgia on 06/15/1987; (from the collection of Lyubarsky K.).