Petre Gruzinsky

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For the Georgian-Russian painter, see Pyotr Gruzinsky.

Petre Gruzinsky (Georgian: პეტრე გრუზინსკი) (March 28, 1920-1984) was a Georgian poet and an Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR (1979). He was a direct descendant of the Kakhetian branch (Gruzinsky) of the Bagrationi Dynasty, a former royal house of Georgia.

Gruzinsky gained particular popularity as an author of lyrics for the songs by Giorgi Tsabadze and Giya Kancheli, including those for the cult Soviet comedy Mimino (1977).

His son, Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky (born in 1950), is a theatre director in Tbilisi, Georgia.