Silibistro Jibladze

Silibistro Jibladze (1859–1922) was a Georgian Social Democrat.

Silibistro (Silva) Jibladze

Silibistro "Silva" Jibladze was the Marxist founder of Mesame Dasi ('Third Group'), a Georgian socialist group. At one point he was introduced to Joseph Stalin. In 1884 whilst at the Tbilisi Spiritual Seminary, Jibladze slapped the rector of the institution. The rector had described the Georgian language as "dogspeak".[1] For this he was sentenced to three years in a disciplinary battalion[2]

Karl Kautsky with the Georgian Social-Democrats, Tbilisi, 1920.
In the first row: S. Devdariani, Noe Ramishvili, Noe Zhordania, Karl Kautsky and his wife Luise, Silibistro Jibladze, Razhden Arsenidze;
in the second row: Kautsky's secretary Olberg, Victor Tevzaia, K. Gvarjaladze, Konstantine Sabakhtarashvili, S. Tevzadze, Avtandil Urushadze, R. Tsintsabadze

References

  1. Kotkin, Stephen (2014). Stalin, Vol. I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 9780718192983. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  2. Suny, Ronald Grigor (1994). The Making of the Georgian Nation. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253209153. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
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