Georgians in Russia
Total population | |
---|---|
157,803 (2010 census)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Moscow, Saint Petersburg | |
Languages | |
Predominantly Russian and Georgian | |
Religion | |
Eastern Orthodox |
Ethnic Georgians in Russia number 157,803, according to the 2010 Russian Census.[2] The Georgian population of Russia is the largest Georgian Diaspora community outside of Georgia.
Notable Georgians in Russia[]
- Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Pyotr Bagrationi, general of the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic War
- Nikolai Baratov, Imperial Russian Army general during World War I
- Lavrenty Beria, bolshevik and a Soviet politician
- Sergo Ordzhonikidze, bolshevik and a Soviet politician
- Keti Topuria, singer
- George Balanchine, ballet choreographer
- Roman Bagrationi, Imperial Russian Army general
- Pavel Tsitsianov, Imperial Russian Army General
- Boris Akunin, writer
- Marlen Khutsiev, filmmaker best known for his cult films from the 1960s, which include I Am Twenty and July Rain.
- Otar Iosseliani, film maker.
- Bulat Okudzhava, poet, writer, musician, novelist, and singer-songwriter
- Zurab Sotkilava, a Georgian operatic tenor and People's Artist of the USSR recipient.
- Nikolay Tsiskaridze, ballet dancer who had been a member of the Bolshoi Ballet for 21 years (1992–2013).
- Georgiy Daneliya, film director and screenwriter.
- Mikheil Chiaureli, actor, film director and screenwriter.
- Zurab Tsereteli, painter, sculptor and architect known for large-scale and at times controversial monuments.
- Konstantin Meladze, composer and producer
- Grigory Leps, singer-songwriter
- Oleg Basilashvili, actor and a political figure in the former Soviet Union and Russia. People's Artist of the USSR (1984).
- Otar Kushanashvili, music journalist and broadcaster who describes himself as "anti-publicist".
- Tamara Gverdtsiteli, singer, actress and composer, People's Artist of Ingushetia, Georgia (since 1991) and Russia (since 2004).
- Soso Pavliashvili, singer
- Mikhail Kalatozov, Soviet film director
- Sofiko Chiaureli, Soviet actress
- Lidiya Vertinskaya, Soviet and Russian actress and artist.
- Alexander Chavchavadze, poet and general in the Russian empire.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года в отношении демографических и социально-экономических характеристик отдельных национальностей" [2010 Russian Census]. Всеросси́йская пе́репись населе́ния 2010 го́да. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года в отношении демографических и социально-экономических характеристик отдельных национальностей" [2010 Russian Census]. Всеросси́йская пе́репись населе́ния 2010 го́да. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
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