Leo Kiacheli
Leo Kiacheli (ლეო ქიაჩელი) (born Leon Mikhailovich Shengelaia; 19 February 1884, Obudzhi village (now Tsalenjikha Municipality) – 25 December 1963, Tbilisi) was a Soviet and Georgian writer. He has been published since 1909, noted for the novels Gvadi Bigva, Tavadis Kali Maya (Princess Maya), Almasgir Kibulan, and Haki Adzba. In 1904-1905 he studied at the Kharkov University.
Leo Kiacheli
https: dspace.nplg.gov.ge/handle/1234/184867 [1] · Public domain
- Name
- Leon Shengelaia
- Born
- 19 February 1884
- Birthplace
- Obuji, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire
- Died
- 25 December 1963
- Place of death
- Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
- Occupation
- Writer
- Movement
- Socialist realism
- Nationality
- Russian Empire, Democratic Republic of Georgia and Soviet Union.
- Fields
- short novel.
- Education
- Kutaisi classical gymnasium, National University of Kharkiv and University of Geneva.
- Honours
- Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
- Languages
- Georgian.
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Leo Kiacheli (ლეო ქიაჩელი) (born Leon Mikhailovich Shengelaia; 19 February 1884, Obudzhi village (now Tsalenjikha Municipality) – 25 December 1963, Tbilisi) was a Soviet and Georgian writer. He has been published since 1909, noted for the novels Gvadi Bigva, Tavadis Kali Maya (Princess Maya), Almasgir Kibulan, and Haki Adzba. In 1904-1905 he studied at the Kharkov University.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
Leo Kiacheli (1884–1963) was a short story writer and writer and a national of the Democratic Republic of Georgia and the Russian Empire. Born in Obuji, the short story writer died in Tbilisi.
Leo Kiacheli studied at Kutaisi classical gymnasium, National University of Kharkiv and University of Geneva. The short story writer worked for National University of Kharkiv and was a member of USSR Union of Writers.
Genres include short novel. Languages used include Georgian. Leo Kiacheli received Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Stalin Prize.
Composed from admitted, traceable facts · 26 September 2026
VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Leo Kiacheli. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q2081402 · wikipedia · Leo Kiacheli
In this article
Biography
Biography
He participated in the Revolution of 1905-1907. In 1912 he left for Switzerland and returned to Georgia after the February Revolution of 1917.
Leo Kiacheli studied at Kutaisi classical gymnasium, National University of Kharkiv and University of Geneva. The recorded working language is Georgian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are short novel. Mikheil Javakhishvili is recorded as an influence. Employment is recorded with National University of Kharkiv. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
Author: Dimitri Tavadze;
Dimitri Tavadze
Author: Dimitri Tavadze;
Dimitri Tavadze
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Leon Shengelaia • Native Name — ლეო ქიაჩელი • Pseudonym — Leo Kiacheli • Born — 19 February 1884 • Birthplace — Obuji, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 25 December 1963 • Place of death — Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union • Occupation — Writer • Language — Georgian • Period — 1909–1963 • Genre — Realism • Movement — Socialist realism • Notableworks — Haki Adzba (1933) Gvadi Bigva (1936)
Novels and novellas
Novels and novellas
• Tariel Golua (1916) • Almazgir Kibulan (1925) • Blood (1926—1927) • Tavadis Kali Maya (Princess Maya) (1927) • Haki Adzba (1933) • Gvadi Bigva (1936—1937) • Man of Mountain (1948)
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Obuji.
Birth place
Tbilisi.
Death place
Awards
• Stalin prize (1941) • Order of Lenin (1954) • Two Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1939 and 1946)
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Киачели Лео. Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 12. 1973.
- 2.Tsiskaridze, V. ქიაჩელი ლეო. Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia. 10. 524. 1986.
- 3.ლეო ქიაჩელი. Komunisti. 301. 3. 27 December 1963.
- 4.Лео Киачели. Zarya Vostoka. 302. 3. 27 December 1963.
- 5.Georgia: Past, Present, Future. rustaveli.tripod.com.
- 6.КИАЧЕЛИ ЛЕО • Большая российская энциклопедия - электронная версия. old.bigenc.ru.
- 7.Постановление Совета Народных Комиссаров Союза ССР О присуждении Сталинских премий за выдающиеся работы в области искусства и литературы. Izvestiya. 63. 1. 16 March 1941.
- 8.Гос. изд-во худож. лит-ры. Грузинская проза: Начало XX в. 1955.
- 9.Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении советских писателей. Sovetskoe iskusstvo. 16. 3. 2 February 1939.
- 10.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.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
People, houses and institutions
Knowledge graph
People, houses and institutions
Teachers, collaborators, publishers and institutions recorded against this person, each on a stated basis.
Distinctions
1- Order of LeninTerminology
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 20 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
39,529 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Leo IIAuthor
- Leo IVAuthor
- Leo IXAuthor
- Leo Joseph SuenensAuthor
- Leo KunnasAuthor
- Leo KuperAuthor
- Leo MakkonenAuthor
- Léo MaletAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Leo Kiacheli?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.