Global InformationShalva Maglakelidze information
Shalva Maglakelidze | |
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| Born | 1893 Dikhashkho, Vani Municipality, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 1976 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR |
| Alma mater | Gymnasium in Kutaisi Berlin University |
| Occupation(s) | Jurist, politician and military commander |
| Known for | The leaders of anti-Soviet movement of Georgian émigrés in Europe and commander in the Wehrmacht's Georgische Legion |
Shalva Maglakelidze (also spelled as "Maghlakelidze"; Georgian: შალვა მაღლაკელიძე; 1893–1976) was a Georgian jurist, politician and military commander. A high-ranking official in briefly independent Georgia (1918–1921), he was one of the leaders of anti-Soviet movement of Georgian émigrés in Europe. During World War II Maglakelidze was a commander in the Wehrmacht's Georgische Legion. Abducted from West Germany by the Soviet security agents, he was allowed to reside, under police supervision, in his native Georgia where he practiced law and died in Tbilisi.