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Kristine Sharashidze

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Kristine Sharashidze
ქრისტინე შარაშიძე (Georgian)
Personal details
Born1889
Bakhvi, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire
Died1973 (aged 83–84)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR
NationalityGeorgian
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Georgia (Georgian Mensheviks)

Kristine Sharashidze (Georgian: ქრისტინე შარაშიძე; August 2, 1887 — 1973) was a Georgian politician, active in the Democratic Republic of Georgia and its Constituent Assembly.[1]

Biography

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Kristine Sharashidze was born on August 2, 1887 in the village of Bakhvi. Her parents were Nina Kikodze and Gigo Sharashidze. She studied at skhool of village Bakhvi and then at St. Nino Women's Gymnasium in Kutaisi. In 1904 she became an organizer of pupils revolutionary movement.[2]

She worked as a journalist and teacher. She was a member of the anti-Soviet movement and was repeatedly arrested.[3] Kristine was one of the first women, who became member of the Constituent Assembly in 1919 (together with Eleonora Ter-Parsegova-Makhviladze, Minadora Toroshelidze, Liza Bolkvadze and Anna Sologashvili).[4]

References

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  1. ^ "100 Years of Georgia's First Democratic Republic". Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Qristine SharashiZe". Qristine SharashiZe. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  3. ^ "Пять женщин, подписавших Акт о независимости Грузии". ambebi.ru. 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  4. ^ "Кто были первые женщины-парламентарии Грузии?". Женщины объединяются за мир - голос перемен (in Russian). 2015-03-30. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
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