Keywords: AkakiChkhenkeli.jpg Akaki Chkhenkeli Georgian აკაკი ჩხე კელი 1874-1959 was a Georgian Marxist politician and publicist who acted as one of the leaders of the Menshevik movement in Russia and Georgia He was born in the town of Khoni Georgia then part of Imperial Russia to a noble family A graduate from the universities in Kiev Berlin and London he was a lawyer and a literature expert He joined the Social Democratic movement in 1898 and sided with the Menshevik faction in 1903 He was involved in the Russian Revolution of 1905 and was briefly arrested in its aftermath He was elected to the Fourth State Duma where he advocated self-determination for the peoples of Russia After the February Revolution of 1917 he worked for the Special Transcaucasian Committee as a Commissar for Internal Affairs and was elected in June 1917 a member of All-Russian Central Executive Committee http //burusi wordpress com/history/akaki-chkhenkeli/ burusi wordpress com author - 1930 1938 Akaki Chkhenkeli PD-Art |