Varlam Cherkezov
Varlam Cherkezishvili (Georgian: ვარლამ ჩერქეზიშვილი) (15 September 1846 – 18 August 1925),[1] also known as Warlaam Tcherkesoff or Varlam Nikolaevich Cherkezov in Russian manner, was a Georgian aristocrat and journalist involved in anarchist movement and Georgian national liberation movement.[2]
Varlam Cherkezishvili | |
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ვარლამ ჩერქეზიშვილი | |
 Cherkezov c. 1905, taken by Nadar | |
| Born | 15 September 1846 Tbilisi, Russian Empire |
| Died | 18 August 1925 (aged 78) London, England |
Cherkezov was born in Tbilisi as a Georgian prince.[3] During the anarchist Peter Kropotkin's exile in London, Cherkezov was his closest confidant.[4] Around 1907, he helped organize the London Anarchist Red Cross to aid political prisoners alongside Peter Kropotkin, Rudolf Rocker and Alexander Schapiro.[5] Cherkezov joined Kropotkin in signing the 1916 Manifesto of the Sixteen in support of the Allies of World War I.[6] Near the end of his life, Cherkezov returned to London where he would continue to fight again for Georgia's independence, until his death in 1925.[6]
References
- Maitron, Jean (2022-10-02), "TCHERKESOFF Warlaam Dzon Aslanovic [ou Tcherkezishvili, Cerkezov, Cherkesov, Tcherkezov]", Dictionnaire des Anarchistes (in French), Paris: Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier, retrieved 2022-10-30
- Ostrowski, Marius S. (2021). Eduard Bernstein on Socialism Past and Present: Essays and Lectures on Ideology. Springer Nature. p. 157. ISBN 978-3-030-50484-7.
- "Varlam Cherkezishvili Biographical Sketch". East European University. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- Avrich 2006, p. 39.
- Avrich 2006, p. 113.
- Avrich 2006, p. 236.
Bibliography
- Avrich, Paul (2006). The Russian Anarchists. Edinburgh: AK Press. ISBN 1-904859-48-8. OCLC 65204096.
- Nikolaevskii, B. (1926). "Varlaam Nikolaevich Cherkezov (1846-1925)". Katorga i Ssylka (in Russian). No. 4. Moscow: Vses. Obšč. pp. 222–232. OCLC 649337235.