Author · Georgia
Grigol Orbeliani
Died in 1883
Grigol Orbeliani was born in Tbilisi in 1804, into a princely family; his mother was descended from King Heraclius II. An officer in the Russian army, he fought against Persia and Turkey, took part in the Georgian conspiracy of 1832, was exiled, then returned to service and spent some twenty years of war in Dagestan against Shamil. Adjutant general and governor general of Tiflis, he translated Pushkin, Lermontov and Krylov. Uncle of the poet Nikoloz Baratashvili, he died in Tbilisi in 1883.
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- PoetryსადღეგრძელოGrigol Orbeliani · 1827not translated into EnglishLiterature