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Georgia

Ten Famous Georgians

By Howard Gethin, Posted Dec 21, 2006

Shota Rustaveli – epic poet

Iosif Djugashvili (Stalin) – leader of the USSR

Lavrenti Beria – secret police boss and mass-murderer

Eduard Shevardnadze – former President, and former foreign minister of the USSR

Katie Melua – popular singer

Eldar Shengelaya – movie director

Robert Sturua – theatre director

Nikolai Pirosmanishvili – artist, painter

Jaba Ioselani – gangster, convict and paramilitary leader

Giorgi Kinkaladze – footballer


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Islamic Iran is a Bunch of Laughs

There was a feel-good article in the Guardian the other day about laughter classes in Tehran.

God knows there’s lots to laugh about. Here’s a comic speech given by the ...

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