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Nikolay Chkheidze

Georgian politician (1864-1926)

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Source revisionSep 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ504419 ↗
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Nikoloz Chkheidze (21 March [O.S. 9 March] 1864 – 13 June 1926), commonly known as Karlo Chkheidze, was a Georgian politician and statesman. In the 1890s, he promoted the Social Democratic movement in Georgia, and later became a leading Social Democrat in the Russian Empire. He was a key figure in the February Revolution as the Menshevik president of the Executive Committee of Petrograd Soviet. He later served as president of the Transcaucasian Sejm in from February to May 1918, and as parliamentary president of the Democratic Republic of Georgia from 1918 to 1921.

Early life and family

Chkheidze was born into the House of Chkheidze, an aristocratic family in Puti, Kutais Governorate (in the present-day Zestaponi Municipality of the Imereti province of Georgia). From his marriage with Alexandra Taganova (X-1943), he would have four children including a daughter who would accompany him in exile.

Political career

In 1892 Chkheidze, together with Egnate Ninoshvili, Silibistro Jibladze, Noe Zhordania and Kalenike Chkheidze (his brother), became a founder of the first Georgian Social-Democratic group, Mesame Dasi (the third team).

Russia

From 1907 to 1917 Chkheidze was a member of the Russian State Duma representing the Tiflis Governorate and gained popularity as a spokesman for the Menshevik faction within the Russian Social Democratic Party. He was an active member of the irregular freemasonic lodge, the Grand Orient of Russia’s Peoples.

In 1917 the year of the Russian Revolution, Chkheidze became Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Nikolay Chkheidze” as georgian politician (1864-1926). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1864, 1926, 1918, 1921—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1864-04-09. The account is most persuasive where Nikolay, Chkheidze and Georgian can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as georgian politician (1864-1926). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q504419. VIAF identifies the subject as 309649078. The Library of Congress control number is n2002060965. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1864, 1926, 1918 and 1921.

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This entry incorporates text from “Nikolay Chkheidze” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.