Iakob Nikoladze
Iakob Nikoladze (იაკობ ნიკოლაძე, 1876, Kutaisi – March 10, 1951, Tbilisi) was a Georgian nobleman, sculptor and artist. Member of the USSR Academy of Arts from 1947.
Also recorded as Jakov Nikoladze · Jakab Iwanowitsch Nikoladse · Ya. Nikoladze · Yakov Nikoladze
Iakob Nikoladze

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- Born
- , 1876
- Birthplace
- Kutaisi, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire
- Died
- March 10, 1951 May 28, 1876
- Place of death
- Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
- Education
- Stroganov School for Technical Drawing Odessa Art School of Drawing
- Awards
- State Stalin Prize in Literature, Art and Architecture (1946, 1948) Order of the Badge of Honour (22 March 1936)
- Nationality
- Democratic Republic of Georgia, Soviet Union and Russian Empire.
- Occupation
- sculptor, university teacher and painter.
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Iakob Nikoladze (იაკობ ნიკოლაძე, 1876, Kutaisi – March 10, 1951, Tbilisi) was a Georgian nobleman, sculptor and artist. Member of the USSR Academy of Arts from 1947.
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• Native Name — იაკობ ნიკოლაძე • Born —, 1876 • Birthplace — Kutaisi, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — March 10, 1951 May 28, 1876 • Place of death — Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union • Resting Place — Mtatsminda Pantheon • Education — Stroganov School for Technical Drawing Odessa Art School of Drawing • Notable Works — National symbols of the Democratic Republic of Georgia • Style — Socialist realism • Awards — State Stalin Prize in Literature, Art and Architecture (1946, 1948) Order of the Badge of Honour (22 March 1936)
Biography
Biography
By birth, he was a member of an old Georgian noble (aznauri) family of Nikoladze. He died in 1951. The Georgian National Museum, Iakob Nikoladze House Museum is dedicated to his works and was established after his death in his home-studio in his native town of Kutaisi. The museum houses sculptures, sketches, photo and documentary materials. He also designed the national symbols of the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
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Iakob Nikoladze is recorded as a citizen of Democratic Republic of Georgia. Recorded with the occupation university teacher.

Akaki Tsereteli statue by Jacob Nikoladze in Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, Georgia.
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1876
Iakob Nikoladze was born on 16 March 1876.
1951
Iakob Nikoladze died on 10 March 1951.
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Awards and honours
• Professor (1934) • People's Illustrator of the Georgian SSR (5 March 1946) • Stalin Prize 1st class (1946, 1948) • Order of Lenin (24 February 1946) • Order of the "Badge of Honour" (22 March 1936) • Award of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Tiflis (1897)
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- 1.Я. И. Николадзе. Sovetskoe iskusstvo. 4. 13 March 1951.
- 2.Указ Президиума Верховного Совета Грузинской ССР О присвоении почетного званий работникам искусств. Zarya Vostoka. 50. 2. 7 March 1946.
- 3.В СОВЕТЕ МИНИСТРОВ СОЮЗА CCP О ПРИСУЖДЕНИИ СТАЛИНСКИХ ПРЕМИЙ ЗА ВЫДАЮЩИЕСЯ РАБОТЫ В ОБЛАСТИ ИСКУССТВА И ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ ЗА 1945 ГОД. Sovetskoe iskusstvo. 27. 1. 28 June 1946.
- 4.В Совете Министров Союза ССР О присуждении Сталинских премий за выдающиеся работы в области искусства за 1947 год. Sovetskoe iskusstvo. 17. 1. 24 April 1948.
- 5.Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении орденами и медалями колхозников, колхозниц, работников сельского хозяйства, промышленности, науки, культуры и искусства Грузинской ССР. Zarya Vostoka. 44. 2. 26 February 1946.
- 6.О награждении передовых рабочих и работниц, колхозников и колхозниц, инженеров и агрономов, представителей трудовой интеллигенции, партийно-советских работников, командиров и красноармейцев воинских частей СССР Грузии. Zarya Vostoka. 68. 1. 23 March 1936.
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Iakob Nikoladze studied at Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry and Hrekov Odesa Art school. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Iakob Nikoladze was recorded at birth as იაკობ ნიკოლაძე. The authorities additionally record the headings Jakov Nikoladze, Jakab Iwanowitsch Nikoladse, Ya. Nikoladze received Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and Order of the Badge of Honour.
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