Petre Gruzinsky Explained

Petre Gruzinsky should not be confused with Pyotr Nikolayevich Gruzinsky.

Petre Gruzinsky
Succession:Head of the Royal House of Kartli-Kakheti
Successor:Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky
Issue:Princess Dali
Princess Mzia
Prince Nugzar
Father:Pyotr Aleksandrovich Gruzinsky
Mother:Tamara Dekanozishvili
Birth Date:28 March 1920
Burial Place:Svetitskhoveli Cathedral
Religion:Georgian Orthodox Church

Petre Gruzinsky (Georgian: პეტრე 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 Pyotr Aleksandrovich Gruzinsky and a scion of King George XII of Georgia and his wife, Tamara Dekanozishvili (1897-1977), daughter of a Georgian noblemen, whose family held the title of Aznauri.[1]

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 (Song of Tbilisi), one of the best known Georgian songs, and for the cult Soviet comedy Mimino (1977).[2]

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 Liya Mgeladze and the journalist Irakli Gotsiridze. His first collection of poetry was published posthumously, in 2001.[3] Gruzinsky died in 1984. He is buried at the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta.[2]

Family

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

In 1944, Gruzinsky married his second wife, Liya 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. They had two children:

Honours

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Origin of the Georgian Gentry (Aznauri). Georgian Genealogy [D] – geogen.ge. 16 March 2024.
  2. Web site: Petre Gruzinsky. Historical Calendar. National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. 12 January 2014. Georgian.
  3. Damenia. Marita. პეტრე ბაგრატიონ-გრუზინსკი. Prime Time. 25 March 2012. 12 January 2014. Petre Bagration-Gruzinsky. Georgian.