Merab Kostava

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dissident human musician nationalist politician

Merab Kostava was a prominent Georgian dissident, musician, and national independence activist who became a symbol of resistance to Soviet rule.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Merab 1
მერაბ კოსტავა 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dissident ⓘ
human ⓘ
musician ⓘ
nationalist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
causeOfDeath car accident ⓘ
charge anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda ⓘ
coFounded Georgian Helsinki Group ⓘ
Ilia Chavchavadze Society ⓘ
convictedBy Soviet authorities ⓘ
countryOfBirth Socialist Soviet Republic of Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Georgian SSR

Soviet Union ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Georgia ⓘ
countryOfDeath Socialist Soviet Republic of Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Georgian SSR

Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1939-05-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1989-10-13 ⓘ
describedAs symbol of resistance to Soviet rule in Georgia ⓘ
educatedAt Tbilisi State Conservatoire ⓘ
ethnicGroup Georgians ⓘ
familyName Kostava ⓘ
fieldOfWork human rights ⓘ
music ⓘ
politics ⓘ
givenName Merab Kostava self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Merab
hasMemorial Merab Kostava statue in Tbilisi ⓘ
hasStreetNamedAfter Merab Kostava Street in Tbilisi ⓘ
imprisonedIn Gulag system ⓘ
surface form: Soviet labor camps
inspiredBy Ilia Chavchavadze ⓘ
memberOf Georgian Helsinki Group ⓘ
movement Georgian national liberation movement ⓘ
surface form: Georgian national independence movement

Soviet dissident movement ⓘ
name Merab Kostava self-link ⓘ
notableFor Georgian national revival ⓘ
human rights activism ⓘ
opposition to Soviet rule in Georgia ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
dissident ⓘ
musician ⓘ
politician ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
opposedTo Red Army invasion of Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Soviet occupation of Georgia

Soviet totalitarianism ⓘ
participantIn Georgian national liberation movement ⓘ
surface form: Georgian national liberation movement of the 1970s–1980s

dissident samizdat activities ⓘ
penalty imprisonment ⓘ
internal exile ⓘ
placeOfBirth Tbilisi ⓘ
placeOfDeath near Boriti ⓘ
religion Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mtatsminda Pantheon → burialPlaceOf → Merab Kostava ⓘ
this entity surface form: მერაბ კოსტავა
Merab Kostava → givenName → Merab Kostava self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Merab
Merab Kostava → name → Merab Kostava self-link ⓘ