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  Dimitri Amilakhvari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prince Dimitri Amilakhvari (დიმიტრი ამილახვარი in Georgian ; French spelling: Amilakvari) ( October 31, 1906 - September 24, 1942) was a Georgian nobleman and French Resistance hero during World War II, Lieutenant Colonel of the French Foreign Legion.
Dimitri was a grandson of General Ivane Amilakhvari (1829-1905).
Amilakhvari fell during the battle of El-Alamein on its second day on September 24, 1942.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dimitri_Amilakhvari   (356 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Dimitri Amilakhvari   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Dimitri Amilakhvari ( French spelling: Amilakvari) ( October 31, 1906 - September 24, 1942) was a Georgian nobleman and French Resistance hero during World War II, Lieutenant Colonel of the French Foreign Legion.
After the occupation of Georgia by the Bolshevik Russia 's Red Army in February, 1921, his family moved to Istanbul and later, in 1922 to France.
During the fights at Bir-Hakeim ( January 1942) he wrote: "We, foreigners, have only one way to prove to France our gratitude: to be killed..." General Charles de Gaulle named him and his legionaries “the honor of France”; for their heroic defense of the Allies positions.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Dimitri-Amilakhvari   (1353 words)

  
 Dmitry et Irina Antonov (Russie, Toula)
Le Grand-Duc Dimitri Pavlovitch, en 1926, s’est marié avec une Américaine, Audry Emery (il a aussi reçu la permission du Chef de la MIR).
In total 86 representatives of Georgian settlement in Moscow and members of their families are buried on the territory of the Old cemetery of the Donskoy monastery, in the Large and Small Cathedrals.
In whole the study of Donskoy monastery’s necropolis has grate importance for the development of the Georgian genealogy, as allows to clarify many biographic data about representatives of princely and nobility families of Georgia who lived in Russia from the end of 17th c.
www.geneacademie.org /Colloque_Moscou.htm   (5736 words)

  
 KARTULI IDEA - THE GEORGIAN IDEA
It was used a second time against Georgia in 1795, and for the third time against Poland in 1945 during the Warsaw uprising of World War II" [10].
The leaders of the Georgian National-Liberation movement of the XIX century (Alexander Bagrationi, Dimitri Kipiani, Solomon Dodashvili, Ilia Chavchavadze, Akaki Tsereteli, Alexander Kazbegi, Iakob Gogebashvili and others) devoted much effort to the defence of the Rights of the Georgian nation (people), of the Georgian language, traditions and culture.
The greatest representative of the National-Liberation Movement of Georgia in 1860-1907 was a great Georgian writer and public benefactor Ilia G. Chavchavadze (1837-1907) [Link 5].
www.geocities.com /levan_urushadze_98/Georgia.html   (3499 words)

  
 Sarmatian Review XV.1: Shalikashvili
All of them enjoyed an excellent reputation and many became outstanding officers of the French Army.
One of them, Prince Bazorka Amilakhvari, covered himself with glory serving in the Foreign Legion.
To our knowledge, this is the first excerpt of Dimitri Shalikashvili's Memoirs to appear in print.
www.ruf.rice.edu /~sarmatia/195/shalikashvili.html   (7259 words)

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