The remains of General Giorgi Kvinitadze will be transferred from France to Georgia today. An official ceremony to honor the Georgian general who died in exile will be held at Tbilisi International Airport.
On May 26, Giorgi Kvinitadze's body will be interred in Mtatsminda Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures.
According to the decision of the Georgian government, the Commander-in-Chief of the First Republic of Georgia, General Giorgi Kvinitadze, who died in exile, will be interred in Georgia.
"The remains of General Giorgi Kvinitadze will be transferred from France to Georgia on May 22. Civil funerals will be held at the Trinity Cathedral on May 22, and on May 26 the remains of Giorgi Kvinitadze will be interred in the Mtatsminda Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures.
Giorgi Kvinitadze was born on August 21, 1874. He received military education in Tbilisi and St. Petersburg. Prior to the establishment of the First Republic of Georgia, from the second half of 1917, he actively participated in the formation of the Georgian Armed Forces. He made a great contribution to the establishment of the Georgian Military School in 1919 and served as its first head. From 1918 to 1921 he took an active part in the ongoing hostilities on various fronts. During the Russo-Georgian War of 1921, on February 16, he was reappointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
After the occupation of Georgia by Soviet Russia, General Kvinitadze emigrated with other members of the government and command. He lived in France, where he died in 1970", - the government said in a statement.
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