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erovnuli moZraoba ilia WavWavaZis mTeli
moRvaweobis logikuri gagrZeleba iyo. 1905
wels Seadgina programa, romlis safuZvelzec,
mogvianebiT, saqarTvelos erovnul­demokratiuli
partia daarsda. gamovida saqar­
Tvelos politikuri avtonomiis moTxovniT.
1906 wels saxelmwifo sabWos wevrad airCies.
ilias mkvleloba 1907 wlis 28 agvistos
wiwamurTan moxda. kamaTis sagania, vin iyo damkveTi
_ social­demokratebi da bolSevikebi
Tu ruseTis Jandarmeria. ar kamaToben mkvlelobis
motivze. mas yvelaze kargad is dialogi
asaxavs, romelic, gadmocemis mixedviT,
iliasa da mis mkvlelebs Soris gasrolamde
Sedga: „ar mesroloT, ilia var!“ „ilia rom xar,
swored imitom unda gesroloT!“
dakrZalulia TbilisSi, mTawmindis sazogado
moRvaweTa panTeonSi. saqarTvelos marTlmadideblurma
eklesiam wmindanad Seracxa.
Jurnal `saqarTvelos moambis~ pirveli nomeri
`Sakartvelos Moambe~ _ first edition
ilia WavWavaZe
peterburgSi
swavlis periodSi
Ilia chavchavadze
during his studies
in St.Petersburg
came the literary manifesto of the new generation and
triggered the generation gap. This is when he started
working on his notable literary work Is a Man a Human?!
his public and political work started in 1863 by
founding the Georgian periodical Sakartvelos Moambe
that became the tribune of the national movement
despite the censorship. After the magazine was shut
down in 1864, he was appointed as a justice of the
peace in Dusheti. This is when he wrote The Mother
of Kartli, The Shadow, Traveler’s Letters, The Story of
a Beggar, Happy Nation, Puzzles, and In Response to
the Response.
Having left the public office, he started working
with Dimitry Kipiani to found the Bank of the Nobility
which started operating in 1875 and basically turned
into the national bank of Georgia. Ilia Chavchavadze
managed the bank for 30 years.
iveria periodical, which undertook the function
of spreading national values and ideas, was published
in 1877 and personally managed by Ilia Chavchavadze
until 1901. In 1879 he managed to found the Society
for Spreading Literacy. He was serving as the chairperson
of the Georgian Drama Society since 1881.
the national movement was a logical continuation
of Ilia Chavchavadze’s work. In 1905 he created
the program that later served as the basis for founding
the National Democratic Party of Georgia. He voiced
the demand of political autonomy of Georgia. In 1906
he was elected as a member of the State Council.
ilia was murdered by Tsitsamuri on August 28,
1907. It is still a subject of debate whether his murder
was commissioned by the Social Democrats and
Bolsheviks or the Russian gendarmerie. One thing is
clear – motive of the murder, which is best reflected
in the dialogue that the legend says occurred between
Ilia and his murderer before the shot was fired: “Don’t
shoot me. This is me, Ilia!”. “We have to shoot you
exactly because you are Ilia!”
Buried in Mtatsminda Pantheon of Public Figures in
Tbilisi. Georgian Orthodox Church has canonized him.
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