Tengiz Zhghenti

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]

Tengiz Zhghenti
თენგიზ ჟღენტი (Georgian)
2nd Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of Adjara
In office
15 November 1921  10 January 1922
Preceded byAlexander Gambarov
Succeeded byPost Abolished
Personal details
Born(1887-06-15)15 June 1887
Dablatsikhe, Guria, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire
Died24 May 1937(1937-05-24) (aged 49)
NationalityGeorgian
Political partyBolshevik

References

  1. Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia Vol. 8, p. 263, 1984.


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