Another military episode took place on April 16, 1918, when the Georgian National Guard under General-Lieutenant Giorgi Mazniashvili repelled a Turkish invasion force.

All the efforts by David ’ s stepson and Giorgi ’ s father, Bagrat III, to prevent these territories from being annexed to the empire went in vain.

One theory on the etymology of the name Iberia, proposed by Giorgi Melikishvili, was that it was derived from the contemporary Armenian designation for Georgia, Virkʿ (, and Ivirkʿ and Iverkʿ ), which itself was connected to the word Sver ( or Svir ), the Kartvelian designation for Georgians.

Giorgi I was married twice – first to the Armenian princess Mariam of Vaspurakan with whom he had a son called Bagrat and daughters: Guarandukht, Marta, and Kata ; and second to Alde of Alania, who gave birth to a son, Demetre.

In January 1929 Maglakelidze, together with his fellow Georgian Giorgi Shvangiradze founded the Iveria society, which was soon joined by the Armenian émigrés, and in June it was renamed into the Caucasian Society.

Professor Giorgi Melikishvili has drawn several parallels between the stories of the Azon of the Georgian chronicles and the Mithridates of the Armenian tradition.

* 1987 – Luigi Giorgi, Italian footballer

* 1986 – Giorgi Loria, Georgian footballer

* October 3 – Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian military commander ( b. 1570 )

* August 16 – King Giorgi I of Georgia ( b. 998 )

* March 27 – Giorgi III, King of Georgia

The prominent Georgian religious writer Giorgi Mthatzmindeli ( George of Mt Athos ) ( 1009 – 1065 ) writes about the wish of certain Georgian nobles to travel to the Iberian peninsula and visit the local “ Georgians of the West ”, as he called them.

The Georgian National Theatre was founded in 1791 in Tbilisi, by the writer, dramatist, and diplomat Giorgi Avalishvili ( 1769 – 1850 ).

Outstanding Georgian representatives of Christian culture include Peter the Iberian ( Petre Iberieli, 5th century ), Euthymius of Athos ( Ekvtime Atoneli, 955-1028 ), George of Athos ( Giorgi Atoneli, 1009 – 1065 ), Arsen Ikaltoeli ( 11th century ), and Ephrem Mtsire, ( 11th century ).

She then played the 2012 Wimbledon Championships where she lost in the 3rd round to Camila Giorgi 6 – 3, 7 – 6 ( 6 ), this was the second time she had lost to Giorgi this year.

* Ennio de Giorgi ( 1928 – 1996 ), mathematician

* Giorgi Mazniashvili, governor general of Akhaltsikhe ( 1919 – 1920 )

* Giorgi Tsereteli ( 1842 – 1900 ), Georgian writer and journalist

* Giorgi Tsereteli ( 1904 – 1973 ), Georgian Orientalist

Tetri Giorgi and the Seven Celestials – coat of arms of Georgia 1918 – 1921, 1991 – 2004

The Tetri Giorgi holiday (" tetrigiorgoba ") was once marked annually on August 14, when many pilgrims from the eastern Georgian provinces attended an overnight feast at the saint's chief shrine – a 14th-century Orthodox Christian church overlooking the village Atsquri in what is now Akhmeta Municipality, Kakheti.

In May 1918, Georgia – newly independent from Russia – chose the equestrian depiction of Tetri Giorgi as a centerpiece of its coat of arms.

* Giorgi XII ( 1798 – 1800 )

Giorgi Mazniashvili () ( 1872 – 1937 ) was a Georgian general and one of the most prominent military figures in the Democratic Republic of Georgia ( 1918 – 1921 ).

* A. Forcina and G. M. Giorgi " Early Gini ’ s Contributions to Inequality Measurement and Statistical Inference.

Prime Minister also invited Koba Subeliani, former Head of Municipal Accomplishment Service to succeed Giorgi Kheviashvili, former Minister for Refugees and Accommodation.

22 people, including the most recent president Mikheil Saakashvili, approved candidate of the united opposition Levan Gachechiladze, influential businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili, Leader of the New Right Party David Gamkrelidze, the Leader of the Georgian Labour Party Shalva Natelashvili, the Leader of Hope Party Irina Sarishvili-Chanturia and Giorgi Maisashvili put forward themselves for forthcoming elections.

The nearest population centres are the two hillside villages of Lithi and Sidirounta, while further inland lie the villages of Elata, Vessa, Agio Giorgi, Avgonyma and the deserted village of Anavatos.

* Giorgi IV Lasha, King of Georgia ( b. 1192 )

* Melikishvili, Giorgi & Anchabadze, Zurab ( ed., 1979 ), საქართველოს ისტორიის ნარკვევები, ტ.

* King Giorgi IV Lasha of Georgia ( d. 1223 )

Fludd was well-read in the tradition coming through Francesco Giorgi.

10-th century Georgian hagiographer and monk, Giorgi Merchule.

The Spanish Mission Revival entrance structure was designed by architect Kenneth McDonald Jr. For the decorative stone castings, McDonald hired Italian-born sculptor Federico A. Giorgi, who had created-tall statues of elephants and lions for the 1917 epic film Intolerance and crafted the exterior of downtown's Million Dollar Theater.

When sculptor Giorgi died in 1963, he was buried outside the structure, near his masterpiece.

* Giorgetto Giorgi, " Il Grand Tour e la scoperta dell ’ antico nel Labyrinthe du monde di Marguerite Yourcenar ," in Sergio Audano, Giovanni Cipriani ( ed.

* January 1-The Georgian theatre company gives its first performance, under the direction of Giorgi Eristavi.

George Balanchine, born Giorgi Balanchivadze (, ) ( April 30, 1983 ), was one of the 20th century's most famous choreographers, a developer of ballet in the United States and the co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet.

Balanchine was born Giorgi Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to a Georgian father and a Russian mother.

As a child, Balanchine was not particularly interested in ballet but his mother loved the arts and had the young Giorgi audition with his sister, who shared her mother's passion for ballet.

Giorgi Manjgaladze, Georgia's deputy foreign minister proposed that Georgia would be willing to exchange other territory for the remainder of David Gareja because of its historical and cultural significance to the Georgians.

Irakli Tsereteli was born in Kutaisi ( western Georgia, then part of the Russian Empire ) in the family of a radical writer Giorgi Tsereteli, of the noble family of Tsereteli, and Olympiada Nikoladze, sister of the journalist Niko Nikoladze.