Georgians in Russia

Georgian Russians
ქართველები რუსეთში
Грузины в России

Total population
112,765 (2021 Russian Census)
Regions with significant populations
Moscow, Saint Petersburg
Languages
Predominantly Russian and Georgian
Religion
Eastern Orthodox
Related ethnic groups
Georgian diaspora

Ethnic Georgians in Russia (Georgian: ქართველები რუსეთში, romanized: kartvelebi rusetshi; Russian: Грузины в России, romanized: Gruziny v Rossii) number 112,765, according to the 2021 Russian Census.

Notable Georgians in Russia

• Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• Pyotr Bagrationi, general of the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic War
• Nikolai Baratov, Imperial Russian Army general during World War I
• Lavrenty Beria, Bolshevik and Soviet politician
• Alexander Borodin, composer and chemist
• Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Bolshevik and Soviet politician
• Porfiry Chanchibadze, Soviet Colonel General and a Hero of the Soviet Union
• Konstantin Leselidze, Colonel-General and Hero of the Soviet Union who distinguished himself at the North, Transcaucasus and Ukrainian front during World War II
• Viktor Leselidze, Colonel and Hero of the Soviet Union who distinguished himself during a fatal yet successful melee assault against Finnish forces at the Svir River in World War II
• Mikhail Mikeladze - Soviet Army major general who held divisional and corps command in World War II
• Vardiko Nadibaidze - Soviet military officer
• David Dzhabidze - Soviet fighter ace of World War II
• Nikolai Abramashvili - Soviet fighter ace who fought in World War II
• Keti Topuria, singer
• George Balanchine, ballet choreographer
• Roman Bagrationi, Imperial Russian Army general
• Pavel Tsitsianov, Imperial Russian Army General
• Boris Akunin, writer
• Marlen Khutsiev, filmmaker best known for his cult films from the 1960s, which include I Am Twenty and July Rain.
• Otar Iosseliani, film maker
• Bulat Okudzhava, poet, writer, musician, novelist, and singer-songwriter
• Zurab Sotkilava, a Georgian operatic tenor and People's Artist of the USSR recipient.
• Nikolay Tsiskaridze, ballet dancer who had been a member of the Bolshoi Ballet for 21 years (1992–2013).
• Georgiy Daneliya, film director and screenwriter.
• Mikheil Chiaureli, actor, film director and screenwriter.
• Zurab Tsereteli, painter, sculptor and architect known for large-scale and at times controversial monuments.
• Konstantin Meladze, composer and producer
• Grigory Leps, singer-songwriter
• Oleg Basilashvili, actor and a political figure in the former Soviet Union and Russia. People's Artist of the USSR (1984).
• Otar Kushanashvili, music journalist and broadcaster who describes himself as "anti-publicist".
• Tamara Gverdtsiteli, singer, actress and composer, People's Artist of Ingushetia, Georgia (since 1991) and Russia (since 2004).
• Soso Pavliashvili, singer
• Mikhail Kalatozov, Soviet film director
• Sofiko Chiaureli, Soviet actress
• Lidiya Vertinskaya, Soviet and Russian actress and artist
• Alexander Chavchavadze, poet and general in the Russian empire
• Revaz Chomakhidze, Olympic water polo champion
• Georgi Sakhvadze, footballer
• Guram Tetrashvili, footballer
• Giga Mamulashvili - footballer
• Robert Mshvidobadze - judoka
• Georgi Mikadze - footballer
• Georgi Melkadze - footballer
• David Khurtsidze - footballer
• Vladimir Kobakhidze - footballer
• Aleksandr Kakhidze - footballer
• Yuri Okroshidze - football coach and a former player
• Nodari Maisuradze - pair scater
• Georgi Zamtaradze - male futsal player, playing as a goalkeeper
• Morisi Kvitelashvili - figure scater
• Georgii Kushitashvili - boxer
• Mikhail Mamiashvili - Greco-Roman wrestler
• Badri Spanderashvili - football coach and a former player
• Gogi Naskidashvili - Soviet slalom canoeist who competed in the early 1970s
• Robert Shavlakadze - Soviet high jumper
• Anton Sikharulidze - pair skater
• Omari Tetradze - footballer
• Anna Chakvetadze - tennis player
• Anastasia Dolidze - pair skater
• Tea Donguzashvili - judoka
• Dali Liluashvili - judoka
• Petre Melikishvili - chemist
• Natela Dzalamidze - tennis player
• Alexandra Shubladze - tennis player
• Samson Kutateladze - Soviet heat physicist and hydrodynamist
• Albert Tavkhelidze - mathemacian
• Aleksandr Nadiradze - Soviet engineer who was instrumental in militarization of the former Soviet space program
• Semyon Kutateladze - mathematician
• Rusudana Nikoladze - inorganic chemist
• Olga Guramishvili-Nikoladze - biologist and educator
• Sardion Aleksi-Meskhishvili - critic, translator, and military doctor
• Svetlana Sukhishvili - polymer scientist known for her research on multilayer polymer laminates with tunable material properties,[1] on artificial skin that can release and re-absorb antibiotics in response to different stimuli, and on self-healing Diels–Alder polymer films that can protect spacecraft and military equipment against high-velocity particles
• Mikhail Gvishiani - officer of the Soviet NKVD
• Dzhermen Gvishiani - Soviet and Russian philosopher, sociologist, management theorist and scientific administrator
• Alexei Gvishiani - scientist, full member (academician) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
• Samson Shatashvili - theoretical and mathematical physicist
• Yustin Djanelidze - Soviet lieutenant general, Hero of Socialist Labour, and pioneer of cardiac surgery in the 20th century
• Henri Rukhadze - Soviet and Russian physicist, Doctor of physical and mathematical Sciences, professor, laureate of State Prizes (twice) and M. V. Lomonosov Prize
• Dimitri Arakishvili - Soviet composer and ethnomusicologist
• Mikhail Berulava - scientist and politician, Deputy of the State Duma of Russia, a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), and is the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Education
• Nikolay Chkheidze - Menshevik president of the Executive Committee of Petrograd Soviet
• Maksim Kavdzharadze - politician who is a member of the Federation Council as the representative of the Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies
• Vissarion Lominadze - revolutionary and Soviet politician
• Alexander Svanidze - Old Bolshevik, politician and historian
• Filipp Makharadze - Bolshevik revolutionary and government official
• Nestor Kalandarishvili - revolutionary socialist and military commander
• Galaktion Alpaidze - military officer of Georgian ethnicity in the former Soviet Army whose career saw military actions in the Eastern front of the World War II
• Giorgi Abashvili - Soviet naval commander and vice-admiral (1955)
• George Balanchine - ballet choreographer, recognized as one of the most influential choreographers of the 20th century
• Andria Balanchivadze - composer
• Sergo Goglidze - Soviet security officer, NKVD official and Colonel General of State Security
• Vasil Mzhavanadze - member of the CPSU's Politburo from June 29, 1957 to December 18, 1972
• Ivane Andronikashvili - Russian Imperial general
• Ivane Amilakhvari - military commander in Imperial Russian service
• Vladimir Mikhailovich Yashvil - Russian Imperial general of Georgian noble origin (Iashvili) personally involved in the assassination of Paul I of Russian Empire (1801)
• Lev Mikhailovich Yashvil - nobleman and a general of the Imperial Russian Army
• Sophie Shevardnadze - journalist, presenter, author and producer
• Ekaterina Kotrikadze - journalist and media manager, host of the TV Rain channel and the former head of the information service of the RTVI TV channel
• Mikhail Alexandrovich Nakashidze - entrepreneur and officer in the Russian Imperial Army
• Alexander Davidovich Nakashidze - Russian imperial general, who was responsible for several decisive victories against rebellious factions during the Caucasian War
• Valery Meladze - singer and a Meritorious Artist of Russia
• Nektarios Chargeishvili - Soviet composer, as well as an educator and a philosopher
• L'One - rapper
• Otar Taktakishvili - composer
• Aleksandr Mindadze - scriptwriter and director
• Nikolai Svanidze - television and radio host and member of the Public Chamber of Russia
• Galina Dzhugashvili - russian translator of french
• Noah Dumbadze - Soviet Guards soldier who fought in World War II and Full Cavallier of the Order of Glory

See also

• Georgia–Russia relations
• Russians in Georgia
• Georgians in Ukraine