The Mtatsminda Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures (Georgian: მთაწმინდის მწერალთა და საზოგადო მოღვაწეთა პანთეონი) is a necropolis in Tbilisi, Georgia, where some of the most prominent writers, artists, scholars, and national heroes of Georgia are buried. It is located in the churchyard around St. David’s Church "Mamadaviti" on the slope of Mount Mtatsminda (Geo. მთაწმინდა, meaning the Holy Mountain) and was officially established in 1929.
The first celebrities to be buried at this place were the
Russian writer
Alexander Griboyedov (1795–1829) and his Georgian wife Nino
Chavchavadze (1812–1857). The Pantheon was officially opened in
1929 to celebrate a 100-years anniversary of Griboyedov’s death in
Iran. Since then,
several illustrious Georgians have been buried or reburied there.
The Pantheon is administered by the Municipality of Tbilisi and is
frequented by locals as well as the city’s visitors.
List of people
buried at the Mtatsminda Pantheon
- Vaso Abashidze (1854–1962), Georgian theater actor and
director
- Veriko Anjaparidze (1897–1987), Georgian theater and movie
actress
- Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817–1845), Georgian romanticist
poet
- Vasil Barnovi (1856–1934), Georgian novelist
- Nikoloz Berdzenishvili (1894–1965), Georgian historian
- Vakhtang Chabukiani (1910–1992), Georgian ballet dancer
- Ilia Chavchavadze (Saint Ilia the Righteous) (1837–1907),
Georgian writer and public figure; and his wife Olgha Guramishvili
(1842–1927)
- Zakaria Chichinadze (1853–1931), Georgian historian and
writer
- Simon Chikovani (1902–1966), Georgian poet and public
figure
- Otar Chiladze (1933–2009), Georgian writer
- Kakutsa Cholokashvili (1888–1930), Georgian national hero and
fighter against the Soviet regime
- Shalva Dadiani (1874–1959), Georgian playwright and actor
- Nodar Dumbadze (1928–1984), Georgian writer
- Davit Eristavi (1847–1890), Georgian journalist, translator and
playwright
- Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939–1993), Soviet-era dissident and the
first democratically elected President of Georgia
- Iakob Gogebashvili (1840–1912), Georgian writer and
educator
- Alexander Griboyedov (1795–1829), Russian writer; and his wife
Nino Chavchavadze (1812–1857)
- Ioseb Grishashvili (1889–1965), Georgian writer, poet and
scholar
- Lado Gudiashvili (1896–1980), Georgian painter
- Simon Janashia (1900–1947), Georgian historian
- Mose Janashvili (1855–1934), Georgian historian
- Ana Kalandadze (1924–2008), Georgian poetess
- Akaki Khorava (1895–1972), Georgian actor
- Leo Kiacheli (1884–1963), Georgian writer
- Dimitri Kipiani (1814–1887), Georgian journalist and public
figure
- Davit Kldiashvili (1862–1931), Georgian writer
- Merab Kostava (1939–1989), Soviet-era dissident and national
hero of Georgia
- Giorgi Leonidze (1899–1966), Georgian poet
- Kote Marjanishvili (1872–1933), Georgian theatre director
- Nikoloz Muskhelishvili (1891–1976), Georgian mathematician
- Niko Nikoladze (1843–1928), Georgian journalist and public
benefactor
- Iakob Nikoladze (1876–1951), Georgian sculptor
- Ivane Paliashvili (1868–1934), Georgian conductor
- Galaktion Tabidze (1892–1959), Georgian poet
- Ekvtime Takaishvili (1863–1953), Georgian historian and
archaeologist
- Aleksandre Tsagareli (1844–1929), Georgian linguist
- Akaki Tsereteli (1840–1915), Georgian poet
- Grigol Tsereteli (1870–1938), Georgian papyrologist
- Anastasia Tumanishvili-Tseretlisa (1849–1932), Georgian woman
writer
- Vazha-Pshavela (1861–1915), Georgian poet
- Ilia Vekua (1907–1977), Georgian mathematician
- Sergo Zakariadze (1907–1971), Georgian actor
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