Archil Gelovani

Archil Gelovani

Archil Gelovani ( _ka. არჩილ გელოვანი; _ru. Арчил Викторович Геловани) (November 14 1915 – August 19 1978) was a Soviet Georgian military commander, Chief Marshal of Engineering Troops (маршал инженерных войск; 1977). Gelovani joined the Soviet army in 1939. During World War II, he was responsible for fortifying and reconstructing the Black Sea ports. He then served on various top military engineering posts, including being a Deputy Minister of Defence for Construction and Billeting of Troops from 1974 until his death. An avenue in Georgia's capital Tbilisi has been named after Marshal Gelovani.

References

*ru icon [http://www.cultinfo.ru/fulltext/1/001/008/009/178.htm Геловани, Арчил Викторович (Gelovani, Archil Viktorovich),] in: "Great Soviet Encyclopedia"
*ru icon Vladimir Galaiko, [http://www.vpk-news.ru/article.asp?pr_sign=archive.2005.111.articles.army_01 Маршал-созидатель (Marshal-Constructor),] "Voenno-Promyshlenny Kuryer" #44 (111), 23-29 November 2005


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Gelovani (disambiguation) — Gelovani may mean:*Gelovani, a Georgian noble family *Archil Gelovani (1915 1978), Soviet Georgian military commander *Mikheil Gelovani (1893 1956), Soviet Georgian actor *Mirza Gelovani (1917 1944), Georgian poet *Varlam Gelovani (1878 1915),… …   Wikipedia

  • Gelovani — House of Gelovani ( ka. გელოვანი) (the branches of the family domiciled in Russia spell the surname as Геловани; the British domiciled branch as Guelovani; the German as Gelowani; whilst Gelovani is retained by the US branch) is a Georgian… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Georgian writers — An alphabetic list of prose writers and poets from the nation of Georgia. CompactTOCrefs A *Alexander Abasheli *Grigol Abashidze *Irakli Abashidze *Alexander Amilakhvari *Chabua Amirejibi *Shio Aragvispireli *Archil of Imereti *Lado Asatiani B… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”