Kati Dadeshkeliani
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Kati (Nino) Dadeshkeliani (1892-1931), a Georgian author, was the daughter of Prince Dadeshkeliani and Princess Eristavi. Her father, an inspector of State Forests, was assassinated in 1909.
During World War I Dadeshkeliani joined the Russian Army. A member of the 4th Tartar Regiment, she served as an ambulance driver on the Austrian front before being wounded in 1916.
After the war Dadeshkeliani lived in Georgia and served in the Parliament (Dampudznebeli Kreba) of the Democratic Republic of Georgia. However, when Soviet Russia took control of the country in March, 1921 the family moved to Paris. An account of Dadeshkeliani's wartime experiences, Princess in Uniform, was published in 1934.
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