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Chabua Amirejibi
Georgian novelist and human rights activist
Mzechabuk "Chabua" Amirejibi, (often written as "Amiredjibi", Georgian: მზეჭაბუკ "ჭაბუა" ამირეჯიბი; 18 November 1921 – 12 December 2013) was a Georgian novelist and Soviet-era dissident notable for his magnum opus, Data Tutashkhia, and his many years in Soviet prisons.
Early life and career
He was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, in 1921. His family, once a princely house, was heavily repressed during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge: his father was shot in 1938 and his mother sent to a Gulag camp.
During World War II, he was recruited into the Red Army, but was soon sacked due to his family background.
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Subsequently, he became involved in anti-Soviet activities, becoming a member of the underground political organization Tetri Giorgi. In April 1944, he was arrested on coup plot charges and sentenced to twenty-five years of imprisonment in Siberia.
After fifteen years in prison, three prison escapes, and two dea