Merab Kostava

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Georigan musician and poet

WritersLived 1939 to 1989 · aged 50

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Merab Ivanes dze Kostava was a Georgian dissident, musician and poet; one of the leaders of the National-Liberation movement in Georgia.

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Photos 3

Soviet mugshot of Kostava while under arrest at a detention center in Tbilisi

Merab Kostava bust in Tbilisi

Awards 1

Order of National Hero

In their orbit 1

SpouseRusudan Beridze

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Paul BogleAlso won Order of National Hero

About this person

Merab Ivanes dze Kostava was a Georgian dissident, musician and poet; one of the leaders of the National-Liberation movement in Georgia. Along with Zviad Gamsakhurdia, he led the dissident movement in Georgia against the Soviet Union and was active in protests for an independent Georgia, until his death in a car crash in 1989.