Giorgi Kvinitadze

Giorgi Kvinitadze
Born	Giorgi Chikovani (1874-08-21)August 21, 1874 Tbilisi, Russian Empire (now Georgia)
Died	August 7, 1970(1970-08-07) (aged 95) Paris, France
Nationality	Georgian
Alma mater	Cadet Corps in Tbilisi St. Constantine Infantry School, St. Petersburg
Occupations	Major general Military commander
Known for	Deputy Minister of War for the Transcaucasus Federal Government and Commander in Chief of the army of the Democratic Republic of Georgia
Spouse	Mariam Makashvili ​ ​ (m. 1911; died 1960)​
Children	3
Relatives	Maryam d'Abo (granddaughter)

Giorgi Kvinitadze (Georgian: გიორგი კვინიტაძე; Russian: Георгий Иванович Квинитадзе, Georgy Ivanovich Kvinitadze; his real surname was Chikovani, ჩიქოვანი) (August 21, 1874 – August 7, 1970) was a Georgian military commander who rose from an officer in the Imperial Russian army to commander-in-chief of the Democratic Republic of Georgia. After the Red Army invasion of Georgia, Kvinitadze went into exile to France, where he wrote his memoirs of the 1917–1921 events in Georgia. In 2013, he was posthumously awarded the title and Order of National Hero of Georgia.^[1]