Arsena Odzelashvili

Arsena Odzelashvili ( _ka. არსენა ოძელაშვილი) commonly known as Arsena of Marabda (არსენა მარაბდელი; "Arsena Marabdeli") (c. 1797 – 1842) was a Georgian outlaw said to have robbed the rich to help the poor. He gained popularity as a fighter against serfdom and Russian colonial rule in Georgia.

Born in a village Marabda (hence his nickname) to a typical Georgian peasant family, he led from the 1820s a small band which moved from region to region organizing assaults on police forces and loyal landowners. Eventually he was killed in 1842 in a skirmish with a Cossack unit at Mtskheta. [ [http://www.georgianbiography.com/alphabetindex.html#A "Arsena Marabdeli"] at the Dictionary of Georgian National Biography]

His popularity has been reflected in several fictional settings, particularly in folk poetry and patriotic Georgian literature. A Soviet-era silent movie about him was shot in 1923. [imdb title|id=0259199|title=Arsena Kachagi]

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