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3 unusual facts about Shalva Maglakelidze


Shalva Maglakelidze

He did not give up his efforts for Georgian émigré mobilization for which purpose he founded, in January 1954, the Munich-based Union of Georgian Soldiers Abroad.

A Germanophile and monarchist, Maglakelidze was close to the German military representative in the Caucasus von Schulenburg.

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.



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