Petre Gruzinsky

Prince Petre Gruzinsky
Head of Royal House of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti
Successor Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky
House Bagrationi dynasty
Father Petre Bagration-Gruzinsky
Born 28 March 1920
Died 13 August 1984 (aged 64)
Burial Svetitskhoveli Cathedral
Religion Georgian Orthodox Church

Prince Petre Petres dze Bagrationi Gruzinsky (Georgian: პეტრე პეტრეს ძე ბაგრატიონ გრუზინსკი) (28 March 1920 – 13 August, 1984) was a Georgian poet and Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR (1979). He was a son of Prince Petre Bagration-Gruzinsky and a scion of King George XII of Georgia.

Biography

Gruzinsky was a descendant of the Kakhetian branch (Gruzinsky) of the Bagrationi Dynasty, a former royal house of Georgia. His grandfather Alexander Bagration-Gruzinsky was son of Prince Bagrat of Georgia, the fourth son of King George XII of Georgia. Petre's literary career began in 1933, under the penname of Tamarashvili. Gruzinsky gained popularity as an author of lyrics for the songs by Revaz Lagidze, Giorgi Tsabadze, and Giya Kancheli, including for Lagidze's'Tbiliso, one of the best known Georgian songs, and for the cult Soviet comedy Mimino (1977).[1]

Gruzinsky was arrested and tried on charges of anti-Soviet activities and monarchist plot in 1945 and confined in a mental facility until released in 1948. Many of his literary works afterwards were published under the names of Gruzinsky's wife Lia Mgeladze and the journalist Irakli Gotsiridze. His first collection of poetry was published posthumously, in 2001.[2] Gruzinsky died in 1984. He is buried at the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta.[1]

Family

Petre Gruzinsky was married twice. He married Ketevan Siradze (born 9 April 1915) in 1939 and had a daughter:

In 1944, Gruzinsky married his second wife, Lia Mgeladze (born 19 August 1925, Manglisi), daughter of Dimitri Mgeladze (1889–1979), the literary scholar and former member of the government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, and wife. They had two children:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Petre Gruzinsky". Historical Calendar (in Georgian). National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Damenia, Marita (25 March 2012). "პეტრე ბაგრატიონ-გრუზინსკი" [Petre Bagration-Gruzinsky]. Prime Time (in Georgian). Retrieved 12 January 2014.

Further reading

  1. ბაგრატიონები.-თბ.,2003.-გვ.537.
  2. ბაგრატოვანნი.-2004.-ტ.2.-გვ.76.
  3. კიკნაძე ვ. საქართველოს სამეფო ტახტის მემკვიდრე ოჯახი.-თბ.,2006.-გვ.14.
  4. პეტრე ბაგრატიონ-გრუზინსკი.-თბ.,2004.-გვ.73,82-83.
  5. საქართველოს რესპუბლიკა.-2001.-4სექტ.-გვ.12.-2000.-14ოქტ.-გვ.8.
  6. ჯაგოდნიშვილი თ. ერეკლეს ეპოსი.-თბ.,2005.-გვ.182.
  7. ჯავახიშვილი ნ. ნარკვევები ქართველი და ადიღელი ხალხების ურთიერთობის ისტორიიდან.-თბ.,2005.-გვ.251.
  8. Джавахишвили Н. Грузины под российским флагом.-Тб.,2003.-с.177,180.
  9. საქართველოს თავადაზნაურობა.-თბ.,2010.-გვ.146.
  10. Кеснер Д. Сцена.-Канада-г.Виктория,2011.-с.32.