Evgeni Mikeladze

Evgeni Simonis dze Mikeladze (Georgian: ევგენი მიქელაძე; July 27, 1903 – December 22, 1937) was an eminent Georgian orchestra conductor of the 1930s. He was among the leading Georgian cultural figures who got caught up in Joseph Stalin's Great Purge, leading to his torture and execution in 1937, at the age of 34.

Since 1994, the Georgian Philharmonic Orchestra has carried his name.

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