Abstract:
The life and activity of the national hero of Georgia Kaikhosro (Kakutsa)
Cholokashvili is mentioned in various historical works and comrades memoirs,
where this person is considered as the head of Sworn Brothers’ detachment
(“Shepiculta Razmi”) and the leader of anti-soviet uprising. It is also well
known about his military merits on the Caucasian front during the World War I.
Nevertheless there are few materials about his military activities among the
armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921). The
unknown documents from the Central Historical Archive had revealed that from
August 1918 to April 1920 he had been leading the first squadron unit of the
peoples’ Guards cavalry division. In spring 1920, Kakutsa Cholokashvili and
other officers as well, wrote the report about their retirement from people’s
guard which turned out to be considered as a betrayal by the military staff.
Furthermore, they asked the government to prohibit Kakutsa to enter in any
kind of military service. According to Kakutsa’s letter sent to the military
commission of the Constituent Assembly, their retirement was a protest against
an arrest of treasurer of this squadroon. Staff of the guard started the
preliminary investigation and only several months later they changed their
minds. This meant that if this officers would desire to enter the military service,
it would be discussed as individual case. Comrade-officer Nakashidze informs
us that Kakutsa Cholokashvili himself attempted to enter the regular cavalry
legion. In 1921 the Soviet Russia – Georgian war was lunched and Kakutsa with
General Chavchavadze was sent to the West Georgia to form new cavalry
legions. At the final stage of war, he had been leading new squadron. In this
way, we have tried out to inform reader about the interesting and unknown facts
from the military activity of the national hero of Georgia.
