On the occasion of Georgia’s Independence Day, the remains of Georgia’s national hero and commander-in-chief of the first Democratic Republic of Georgia, General Giorgi Kvinitadze will be laid to rest at the Mtatsminda Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures in Tbilisi.

The body of General Giorgi Kvinitadze was transferred from France to Georgia on May 22.

Giorgi Kvinitadze was born on August 21, 1874. Before the establishment of the First Republic of Georgia, from the second half of 1917, he actively participated in forming the Georgian Armed Forces. He made a significant contribution to establishing the Georgian Military School in 1919 and was its first head. From 1918 to 1921, he took an active part in the ongoing hostilities on various fronts. During the Russian-Georgian War of 1921, on February 16, he was reappointed on the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces post.

After the occupation of Georgia by Soviet Russia, General Kvinitadze emigrated with other government members and the command. He lived in France, where he died in 1970.