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Nikoloz Shengelaia

Popularity: 0.479
Known For: Writing
Birthday: 1903-08-08
Place of Birth: Obuji, Kutaiskaya guberniya, Russian Empire
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Also Known As: Николай Шенгелая, Nikolay Shengelaya, ნიკოლოზ მიხეილის ძე შენგელაია, Nikoloz Shengelaya

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.