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Times of India
December 13, 2017
Georgian movie, 'Khibula', recounts the last months in the life of former Georgian president Zviad Gamsakhurdia, a man whose early life was ridden with violent struggles against the political administration. Gamsakhurdia had established a youth underground group in 1955 called the Gorgasliani whichÃÂ ...
Malta Independent Online
December 7, 2017
The Soviet Politburo had listed the following Russian dissident as traitors to the Motherland: Andrei Sakharov, Anatoly Shcharansky, Andrei Amalrik, Vladimir Bukovsky, Vyacheslav Chornovil, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Alexander Ginzburg, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Pyotr Grigorenko, Aleksandr SolzhenitsynÃÂ ...
Eurasia Daily
December 4, 2017
The murder of Gia Chanturia was also politically motivated. Former Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze survived two life attempts. First president of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia was killed in unknown circumstances. Naturally, Georgia cannot be aside of global trends. Lots of Georgians are fightingÃÂ ...
EurasiaNet
November 28, 2017
However, the country's instability and ethnic nationalist rule of Zviad Gamsakhurdia proved an obstacle to welcoming back tens of thousands of Muslim Meskhetian Turks to the young state. Georgia eventually committed to allowing repatriation of Meskhetian Turks in 1999 when it joined the Council ofÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
October 5, 2017
From there, as fate would have it, their journey was anything but mundane, with their first involuntary stop coming at the behest of none other than the first president of Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia himself. 24 years on, Goldwater sat down with GEORGIA TODAY to speak publicly for the first time about hisÃÂ ...
Open Democracy
September 21, 2017
Following the collapse of the USSR, most people in Georgia received small plots of land from the government of first president Zviad Gamsakhurdia. The state granted individuals exclusive usage of these modest plots, though it was not until 1996 that Eduard Shevardnadze's government conferredÃÂ ...
Hollywood Reporter
July 17, 2017
The first democratically elected president of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, had a fascinating life. Starting as a scholar and human rights activist who helped usher in Georgia's independence in the era of the Soviet glasnost, he in turn was accused of human rights abuses onceÃÂ ...
Variety
July 3, 2017
... but a trek in which time and destination become equally indeterminate as fatigue sets in, “Khibula” takes an unusually, imprecisely poetic approach to historical fact as it recounts the last months in the life of former Georgian president Zviad Gamsakhurdia. This imposing third feature from leading GeorgianÃÂ ...
Variety
June 30, 2017
Georgian filmmaker George Ovashvili continues his exploration of the civil war and post-Soviet conflicts in his native homeland with “Khibula,” which screens in competition in Karlovy Vary. The drama focuses on Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgia's first democratically elected president, as he struggles to regainÃÂ ...
Agenda.ge
January 10, 2017
See trailer for new film on Georgia's first president (VIDEO). Agenda.ge,10 Jan 2017 - 17:01, Tbilisi,Georgia. The first trailer for award-winning director George Ovashvili's latest film, Khibula, is now online, with the video previewing the story of the last days of Georgia's first president, Zviad Gamsakhurdia.
Eurasia Review
September 14, 2017
Other Soviet dissidents like Zviad Gamsakhurdia transformed from a human right activist to a militant nationalist. His motto “Georgia is forÃÂ ...
Open Democracy
August 23, 2017
Tense relations between the new president and supporters of his predecessor, the first president Zviad Gamsakhurdia, turned into openÃÂ ...
Hollywood Reporter
July 17, 2017
The first democratically elected president of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, had a fascinating life. Starting as aÃÂ ...
Financial Tribune
July 7, 2017
'Khibula' recounts the story of the first president of Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, in the final chapter of his life. Elected in 1991, he was soonÃÂ ...
Variety
July 3, 2017
... imprecisely poetic approach to historical fact as it recounts the last months in the life of former Georgian president Zviad Gamsakhurdia.
Variety
June 30, 2017
The drama focuses on Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgia's first democratically elected president, as he struggles to regain power following hisÃÂ ...
Variety
May 30, 2017
The Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, Central and Eastern Europe's leading movie event, has selected its 12-strong competition lineup, whichÃÂ ...
New Eastern Europe
May 2, 2017
After overthrowing the first president Zviad Gamsakhurdia, militant groups, former communists and close associates of Eduard Shevardnadze,ÃÂ ...
Agenda.ge
January 10, 2017
... latest film, Khibula, is now online, with the video previewing the story of the last days of Georgia's first president, Zviad Gamsakhurdia.
Agenda.ge
November 24, 2016
... Court of Appeals to recheck the sentences of two people, one of whom was the son of Georgia's First President, the late Zviad Gamsakhurdia.
Georgia Today
March 23, 2017
Consequently, it was not surprising that the first President of Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, while fighting for independence, always emphasized the Orthodox Church as the symbol of national identity and unity.
Film New Europe
February 21, 2017
The film is a Georgian/German/French coproduction about the first president of Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, in the final chapter of his life.
Transitions Online
February 20, 2017
Although Mikheil Saakashvili retained the UNM's brand after its split, has he also damaged the party's chances at acting as a stable opposition force?
Western Queens Gazette
February 7, 2017
Dr. Chkheidze and Irakli Shikhiashvili meeting with Congressman Dan Donovan at the Georgian Community Development Project in 2016.
NewsLI
February 1, 2017
Since electing its first president, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, (1991-1992), Georgia has changed presidents three times: Eduard Shevardnadze (1992- 20003); Mikhal Saakashvili (2004- 2013); Giorgi Margvelashvili (2013- present).
Armenian Weekly
January 18, 2017
In the 1990's, under the presidency of Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Armenians were encouraged to take Georgian surname and were promoted only when they did so.
Manning Live
January 2, 2017
1992 - Leaders of armed opposition declare the President Zviad Gamsakhurdia deposed during a military coup in Georgia. 1993 - Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35-100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon.
Messenger.ge
December 6, 2016
Georgia's Chief Prosecutor's Office stated they would address the Court of Appeals to recheck the sentences of two individuals, one of them being Tsotne Gamakhurdia, the son of Georgia's late first president, Zviad Gamsakhurdia. The Office saidÃÂ ...
Open Democracy
October 6, 2016
Tbilisi burns after the overthrow of Georgian president Zviad Gamsakhurdia and his government in 1992. (c) Igor Mikhalev / RIA Novosti.
Open Democracy
October 3, 2016
Tbilisi burns after the overthrow of Georgian president Zviad Gamsakhurdia and his government in 1992. (c) Igor Mikhalev / RIA Novosti.
gulfnews.com
September 6, 2016
1991 - Georgia, angry that the Soviet Union's new governing body accepted the Baltic states' independence but not its own, has announced it is severing all relations with the Kremlin.
Messenger.ge
September 1, 2016
... said through his lawyer Ramaz Chincheladze that the only alleged link between him and the plot was that he registered a Facebook page promoting the idea of a united Caucasus, an idea which also former President Zviad Gamsakhurdia was a supporterÃÂ ...
Messenger.ge
September 1, 2016
A verbal and physical confrontation took place inside the building too, when Narmania's speech was interrupted by Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, son of the first president, Zviad Gamsakhurdia. He was removed from the hall by security officers. "The Mayor wasÃÂ ...
Agenda.ge
August 29, 2016
Davit Tarkhan-Mouravi, Irma Inashvili - Alliance of Patriots of Georgia, United Opposition, which united six parties: "Alliance of Patriots of Georgia", "Traditionalists", "Kakha Kukava - Free Georgia, Liberty - Zviad Gamsakhurdia's Road", "Political ...
Democracy & Freedom Watch
August 26, 2016
On the spectator's gallery during the extraordinary City Council meeting were several activists for the former ruling party the National Movement, as well as Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, son of the former president Zviad Gamsakhurdia. He verbally attackedÃÂ ...
Democracy & Freedom Watch
August 24, 2016
... said through his lawyer Ramaz Chincheladze that the only alleged link between him and the plot was that he registered a Facebook page promoting the idea of a united Caucasus, an idea which also former President Zviad Gamsakhurdia was a supporterÃÂ ...
vestnik kavkaza
August 22, 2016
Including the first president of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia. Zugdidi residents have always actively supported Mikheil Saakashvili: the UNM candidate won in this region even during failed for the former ruling party elections on October 1, 2012.
Russia Direct
August 17, 2016
Georgia: The birth of a dangerous precedent. In the days surrounding the August 1991 events, the president of Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, actually recognized the coup in Moscow. On Aug. 19, 1991, he agreed with the commander of the Trans-CaucasusÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
August 16, 2016
Khachishvili is a former interior minister and warlord in the Mkhedrioni militia, heavily armed groups that terrorized civilians in the early 1990s during the rule of Georgia's first President, Zviad Gamsakhurdia. Khachishvili spent seven years in ...
Georgia Today
August 11, 2016
With Moscow's assistance, Abashidze created a heavily armed private army as a counterweight to the nationalist factions that supported Georgia's first democratically elected president, Zviad Gamsakhurdia. In the ensuing years of economic chaos andÃÂ ...
WKYT
July 25, 2016
1991 - South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia. Heavy fighting breaks out, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes.
Il Caffè Geopolitico
July 22, 2016
Il movimento georgiano con a capo il Presidente Zviad Gamsakhurdia fece del nazionalismo violento la sua bandiera attaccando non soltanto tutte le minoranze del Paese, ma la sua stessa opposizione georgiana. I villaggi osseti furono distrutti, e ...
Georgia Today
May 27, 2016
May 26 marks the day when Georgia's first nationalist President Zviad Gamsakhurdia declared the country independent from the Soviet Union in 1991.
East Journal
May 23, 2016
A partire dal 1989 infatti, in tutta l'Ossezia del Sud si scatenano forti proteste contro le politiche nazionaliste di Zviad Gamsakhurdia, che l'anno successivo viene eletto presidente del Consiglio Supremo della Georgia, spingendo il parlamento di ...
Georgia Today
May 12, 2016
Nothing united the subjects apart from their hatred of President Zviad Gamsakhurdia; their only drive the thirst for power.
Georgia Today
April 14, 2016
That unity, however, barely lasted a year as the national movement under the leadership of the mercurial nationalist Zviad Gamsakhurdia established a political union with various other parties that irreversibly split the movement. Two years after the ...
gulfnews.com
April 13, 2016
Georgian deputies elected nationalist leader Zviad Gamsakhurdia to the newly created post of president of the republic, amending the constitution to accord him enhanced executive powers.
Georgia Today
April 13, 2016
From July 26 to 31, 1990, the Samtredia junction was blocked by opposition groups forcing the Soviet Georgian leadership to adopt a liberal election code, thus paving the way for Zviad Gamsakhurdia's election as Chairman of Georgia's Supreme Council onÃÂ ...
Agenda.ge
April 9, 2016
The protesters were led by the Independence Committee, which included Merab Kostava, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Giorgi Chanturia, Irakli Bathiashvili, and Irakli Tsereteli, who organized a peaceful demonstration and famine strikes, demanding restoration ofÃÂ ...
GW Today
April 2, 2016
A quarter century ago Georgians passed a referendum that gained the country independence from the former Soviet Union. "It was a tough choice, in a tough environment, led by our first president, Zviad Gamsakhurdia," Dr. Margvelashvili said to an ...
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