Paul Chavchavadze

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Paul Chavchavadze


Born
in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
June 14, 1899

Died
July 12, 1971

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Paul Chavchavadze was a descendant of Georgian princes and the son of Alexander Chavchavadze, who was shot by the Bolsheviks in the early 1930s. Chavchavadze left Russia in 1918, going first to Romania and then to England, where he married Princess Nina of Russia in 1922. He came to the United States in 1927 and worked for 12 years with the Cunard Line, then became a citizen and served as a field director with the Red Cross in World War II.

Chavchavadze is well known for translating Only One Year by Joseph Stalin’s daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, about the adventure that brought her to America. This collaboration came about in 1968 when he translated a letter she had written to a Russian emigre newspaper in Paris after her decision never to r
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Only One Year

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The Mountains of Allah

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Marie Avinov: her amazing life

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Because the Night was Dark

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Family album

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Father Vikenty

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