Georgians in Russia

Ethnic group
Georgian Russians
ქართველები რუსეთში
Грузины в России
Total population
112,765 (2021 Russian Census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Moscow, Saint Petersburg
Languages
Predominantly Russian and Georgian
Religion
Eastern Orthodox
Related ethnic groups
Georgian diaspora

Ethnic Georgians in Russia number 112,765, according to the 2021 Russian Census.[1]

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
  • Alexander Borodin, composer and chemist
  • 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

  • flagGeorgia (country) portal
  • flagRussia portal

References

  1. ^ a b "Национальный состав населения". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
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