Tengiz Zhghenti Explained

Tengiz Zhghenti
Order:2nd Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of Adjara
Term Start:15 November 1921
Term End:10 January 1922
Predecessor:Alexander Gambarov
Successor:Post Abolished
Birth Date:15 June 1887
Birth Place:Dablatsikhe, Guria, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire
Nationality:Georgian
Party:Bolshevik

Tengiz Zhghenti (Georgian: თენგიზ ჟღენტი) (15 June 1887 – 24 May 1937) was a Georgian politician who served as the Second Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of Adjara from 15 November 1921 to 10 January 1922. Born into an impoverished noble family in Guria, Zhghenti was an active member of the Bolsheviks in Georgia. In 1919 he served as the military commissioner of Odessa, and helped fight off revolts by the Musavats in Azerbaijan and Mensheviks in Georgia in the early 1920s. He killed himself on 24 May 1937.[1]

Notes and References

  1. [Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia]