Akaki Tsereteli, Prince (1840-1915) was a prominent Georgian poet and national liberation movement figure. 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

He was born in the village of Skhvitori (Imereti region of western Georgia) on June 9, 1840 to the prominent Georgian aristocratic family. His father was Prince Rostom Tsereteli. Following the old tradition Akaki Tsereteli spent his childhood years in the village of Savane in a peasant’s family and was brought up by a peasant nanny, all of which made him feel through the peasants’ life in Georgia. Imereti is a historic province in Western Georgia, situated along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni river. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He graduated from Kutaisi Gymnasium in 1852 and the University of Petersburg Faculty of Oriental Languages in 1863. Kutaisi (ancient names: Aea/Aia, Kutatisi) is Georgias second city in Imereti province of Western Georgia, 221 km to the west of Tbilisi, with a population of about 230,000(1989). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Several places in the United States of America have the name Petersburg: Petersburg, Illinois Petersburg, Indiana Petersburg, Iowa Petersburg, Michigan Petersburg, Nebraska Petersburg, Ohio Petersburg, Virginia Petersburg, West Virginia Slight variations appear in the names of: Petersburgh, Alaska Petersburgh, New York Saint Petersburg, Russia Saint Petersburg, Florida Petersburg is also... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Prince Tsereteli was a close friend of Prince Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian progressive intellectual youth leader. The generation of 1860s led by Chavchavdze and Tsereteli protested against the Tsarist regimen and campaigned for cultural revival and self-determination of the Georgians. Prince Ilia Chavchavadze, known as Saint Ilia the Righteous, (October 27, 1837-August 30, 1907) was a prominent figure of new Georgian literature, famous public benefactor, jurist, leader of the Georgias National-liberation movement in 1861-1907. ... Росси́йская Импе́рия, (also Imperial Russia) covers the period of Russian history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great into the Russian Empire stretching from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposition of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start of the Russian Revolution...

He is an author of hundreds of patriotic, historical, lyrical and satiric poems, also humoristic stories and autobiographic novel. Akaki Tsereteli was involved actively in educational, journalistic and theatrical activities.

The famous Georgian folk song “Suliko” is based on Akaki Tsereteli’s lyrics.

He died on January 26, 1915 and was buried at the Pantheon of the Georgian Writers and Public Men on the Mt Mtatsminda in Tbilisi. January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... View of Tiflis from the Grounds of Saint David Church, ca. ...

See also

• List of Georgians

Alternate meaning: List of people from the State of Georgia (United States) The following is a partial list of prominent people from the country Georgia, arranged chronologically within categories. ...

External Link

• Georgian Information Portal biography (http://www.caucasus.ge/vin%20vin%20aris/akaki_cereteli.htm)