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Ethnic Georgians in Russia number 112,765, according to the
2021 Russian Census.
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Notable Georgians in Russia
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Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Pyotr Bagrationi, general of the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic War
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Nikolai Baratov, Imperial Russian Army general during World War I
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Lavrenty Beria, bolshevik and a Soviet politician
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Alexander Borodin, composer and chemist
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Sergo Ordzhonikidze, bolshevik and a Soviet politician
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Keti Topuria, singer
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George Balanchine, ballet choreographer
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Roman Bagrationi, Imperial Russian Army general
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Pavel Tsitsianov, Imperial Russian Army General
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Boris Akunin, writer
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Marlen Khutsiev, filmmaker best known for his cult films from the 1960s, which include
I Am Twenty and
July Rain.
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Otar Iosseliani, film maker.
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Bulat Okudzhava, poet, writer, musician, novelist, and singer-songwriter
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Zurab Sotkilava, a Georgian operatic tenor and People's Artist of the USSR recipient.
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Nikolay Tsiskaridze, ballet dancer who had been a member of the
Bolshoi Ballet for 21 years (1992–2013).
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Georgiy Daneliya, film director and screenwriter.
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Mikheil Chiaureli, actor, film director and screenwriter.
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Zurab Tsereteli, painter, sculptor and architect known for large-scale and at times controversial monuments.
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Konstantin Meladze, composer and producer
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Grigory Leps, singer-songwriter
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Oleg Basilashvili, actor and a political figure in the former Soviet Union and Russia. People's Artist of the USSR (1984).
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Otar Kushanashvili, music journalist and broadcaster who describes himself as "anti-publicist".
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Tamara Gverdtsiteli, singer, actress and composer, People's Artist of Ingushetia, Georgia (since 1991) and Russia (since 2004).
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Soso Pavliashvili, singer
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Mikhail Kalatozov, Soviet film director
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Sofiko Chiaureli, Soviet actress
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Lidiya Vertinskaya, Soviet and Russian actress and artist.
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Alexander Chavchavadze, poet and general in the Russian empire.
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