Akaki Khorava

Akaki Aleksis dze Khorava^[a] (29 April 1895 [O.S. 17 April] – 23 June 1972) was a Georgian and Soviet actor, theater director and pedagogue.^[1] He appeared in at least fifteen films from 1924 to 1965.

Akaki Khorava
აკაკი ალექსის ძე ხორავა
Born	29 April 1895 [O.S. 17 April] Ochkhomuri [ka], Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Georgia)
Died	23 June 1972(1972-06-23) (aged 77) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Occupations	Actor Theater director Teacher
Years active	1919–1972

He is best known for his performances in The Great Warrior Skanderbeg and Giorgi Saakadze.

Akaki Khorava was born on Aprl 29, 1895 in village of Ochkhomuri [ka], Kutaisi Governorate.^[2]

In 1915-1919 he studied at Kiev and Tbilisi Universities, and from 1922 at the theater studio of A.N. Pagava.^[2]

From 1923 he was actor and director of the Sh. Rustaveli Academic Theater (in 1936-1955 — artistic director and director of the theater). In 1939-1949 he was Director of the Tbilisi Theater Institute named after Sh. Rustaveli. From 1924, he started working in films.^[2]

Awards

• People's Artist of the USSR (1936)^[2]
• Laureate of the USSR State Prizes (1941, 1946, 1951 — for theatrical work; 1943, 1946 — for the main role in the two-part film "Giorgi Saakadze")^[2]

Notes

1. • Georgian: აკაკი ალექსის ძე ხორავა, romanized: Ak’ak’i Aleksis dze Khorava
   • Russian: Акакий Алексеевич Хорава, romanized: Akaky Alekseyevich Khorava