Noe Zhordania

Noe Zhordania (January 2, 1868 – January 11, 1953) was a Georgian journalist and politician. He was the first leader of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG) in 1918 - 1921. Image File history File links Noe_Zhordania. ... Image File history File links Noe_Zhordania. ... January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG. საქართველოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა (Sakartvelos Demokratiuli Respublika) in Georgian, 1918-1921) was the first modern establishment of a Republic of Georgia. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Zhordania was born the son of a small landowner in Lanchkhuti, Western Georgia. He was the founder of the Mesame-Dasi-Group (the third group), one of the first socialist groups in Tbilisi. Zhordania became a member of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party and chairman of the Georgian Social Democratic Labour Party. In 1906 he joined the Menshevik faction of the State Duma of Russia. Lanchkhuti is a town in Western Georgian region of Guria. ... Tbilisi (Georgian თბილისი) is the capital city of the country of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura (Mtkvari) river, at 41°43′N 44°47′E. Tbilisi is still sometimes known by its former Turkish name of Tiflis. ... Social Pyramid. Reads top to bottom - We rule you; We fool you; We shoot you; We eat for you; and finally; We work for all - We feed all The Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party, or RSDLP (Росси́йская Социа́л-Демократи́ческая Рабо́чая Па́ртия = РСДРП), also known as the Russian Social-Democratic Workers Party and the Russian Social-Democratic... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Mensheviks were a faction of the Russian revolutionary movement that emerged in 1903 after a dispute between Vladimir Lenin and Julius Martov, both members of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. ... The State Duma (Russian: Государственная дума (Gosudarstvennaya Duma), common abbreviation: Госдума (Gosduma)) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (legislature), the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. ...

After the February Revolution of 1917 overthrew monarchy in Russia, Zhordania was elected chairman of the Workers and Soldiers Soviet (council) of Tbilisi. In December 1917 he became chairman of the Georgian parliament, the National Assembly (Georgian Dampudznebeli Kreba). On May 26, 1918 he was elected leader (Head of the Government) of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG), the first Republic of Georgia. His government organised a land reform, a comprehensive social legislation and fought against Bolshevik and separatist movements in the country. From 1918 to 1921 Georgia was recognised by various countries including Japan, Belgium,Germany, Italy, Turkey, United Kingdom, France, and, in 1920, Russia. The February Revolution of 1917 in Russia was the first stage of the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... A soviet (Russian: сове́т) originally was a workers local council in late Imperial Russia. ... Tbilisi (Georgian თბილისი) is the capital city of the country of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura (Mtkvari) river, at 41°43′N 44°47′E. Tbilisi is still sometimes known by its former Turkish name of Tiflis. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (140th in leap years). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... The Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG. საქართველოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა (Sakartvelos Demokratiuli Respublika) in Georgian, 1918-1921) was the first modern establishment of a Republic of Georgia. ... Leaders of the Bolshevik Party and the Communist International, a painting by Malcolm McAllister on the Pathfinder Mural in New York City and on the cover of the book Lenin’s Final Fight published by Pathfinder. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ...

On February 25, 1921 Zhordania was deposed by Russian Red Army forces, which re-occupied Georgia and incorporated it into the Soviet Union as part of the Transcaucasian SFSR. On March 17, 1921 Zhordania was exiled to Paris, where he led a Georgian government-in-exile. He died in 1953. February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The short forms Red Army and RKKA refer to the Workers and Peasants Red Army, (in Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия - Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya), the armed forces first organised by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918. ... The Transcaucasian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic was a short-lived (1922-1936) Soviet republic, consisting of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, which were traditionally known as the Transcaucasian Republics in the Soviet Union. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

Zhordania was buried on Leville Cemetery in France. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili visited his grave on March 10, 2004 and offered the family a state funeral in Tbilisi. Leville is a French cemetery. ... Mikhail Saakashvili briefing the press at UN headquarters Mikhail Saakashvili (Georgian: მიხეილ სააკაშვილი) (born December 21, 1967, in Tbilisi) is a Georgian jurist and politician and the current President of Georgia of Armenian origin. ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Works

• Noi Nikolaevich Zhordania: My life. The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford, Calif. 1968