Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

August 8, 1903(39)

Day of Death

January 4, 1943

Place of Birth

Obuji, Kutaiskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

Also Known As

Николай ШенгелаяNikolay Shengelayaნიკოლოზ მიხეილის ძე შენგელაიაNikoloz ShengelayaNicholas Shengelia

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Nikoloz Shengelaia

Writing

Biography

Nikoloz Shengelaia was a Soviet Georgian film director. Nikoloz Shengelaia was one of the founders of Georgian cinema. His epic 1928 silent film “Eliso” is about the exile of Circassian and Chechen people and the colonization of their land in the Caucasus Mountains by imperial Russia.