Georgians in France
Ethnic Georgians in France were
- less than 2 000 from 1922 to 1939,
- around 10 000 (500 students, 2 000 asylum refugees and 8 000 legal residents) at the end of 2013.[1]
Notable people
People associated with the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921)
- Razhden Arsenidze (1880-1965), minister
- Nikolay Chkheidze (1864-1926), president of Parliament
- Akaki Chkhenkeli (1874-1959), minister
- Benia Chkhikvishvili (1881-1924), politician
- Kakutsa Cholokashvili (1888-1930), colonel
- Evgeni Gegechkori (1881-1954), minister
- Giorgi Gvazava (1869-1941), politician
- Valiko Jugheli (1887-1924), politician
- Noe Khomeriki (1883-1924), minister
- Giorgi Kvinitadze (1974-1970), military commander
- Vlasa Mgeladze (1868-1943), politician
- Noe Ramishvili (1881-1930), president of Government
- Ekvtime Takaishvili (1863-1953), vice-president of Parliament
- Irakli Tsereteli (1881-1959), minister
- Mikheil Tsereteli (1878-1965), politician
- Grigol Uratadze (1880-1959), politician
- Noe Zhordania (1868-1953), president of Government
People born in Russia, Georgia or USSR
- Goudji Amachoukeli (1941-), goldsmith
- Dimitri Amilakhvari (1906-1942), colonel of French Army
- Constantin Andronikof (1916-1997)]], interpreter, translator and writer
- Géla Babluani (1979-), film director
- Tornike Gordadze (1975-), political scientist
- Mamuka Gorgodze (1984-), rugby union footballer
- Otar Iosseliani (1934-), film director
- Nona Javakhidze, mezzo-soprano
- Nino Kirtadzé (1968-), film director
- Michel Mouskhely (1903-1964), political scientist and jurist
People born in France
- Marie Amachoukeli (1979-), film director
- Ketevan Bagration of Mukhrani (1954-), ambassador of Georgia
- Gaston Bouatchidzé (1935-), writer and translator
- Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (1929-), permanent secretary of the Académie française,
- Georges Charachidzé (1930-2010), scholar of the Caucasian cultures,
- Claude de Kemoularia (1922-), ambassador of France
- Luc Melua (1936-2010), motorist and journalist
- Patrick Topaloff (1944-2010), comedian, singer and actor
- Dimitri Yachvili (1980-), rugby union footballer
- Salome Zurabishvili (1952-), ambassador of France
Religion
Saint Nino Georgian Orthodox Church, founded in 1929, in Paris, dépends on Ecumenical Patriarcate of Constantinople through tne Conference of Orthodox Bishops in France.[2]
Saint Thamar Georgian Orthodox Church, founded in 2005, in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (outside of Paris), depends on Georgian Orthodox Church.
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