Mamiya Orahelashvili

ORAHELASHVILI, Mamiya Dmitrievich (born 1883), physician, old Bolshevik; comes from a poor peasant family. While still in secondary school, Orahelashvili took part in the work of Social-Democratic circles. From 1903, Orahelashvili has been a member of the Bolshevik Party, working mainly in Transcaucasia. Orahelashvili was a participant in the 1905 revolution in St. Petersburg. In 1906, he went abroad, and upon his return was arrested in the case of the Avlabar underground printing press. After the February Revolution, Orahelashvili worked in the North Caucasus, and from 1918 in Transcaucasia. After the defeat of the Soviet power in Georgia, he was arrested by the Mensheviks and imprisoned for 1.5 years. In May 1920, Orahelashvili was released under the peace treaty between Soviet Russia and Georgia. In 1920-1921, Orahelashvili conducted underground work in Georgia; he was chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Georgia and a member of the Caucasian Bureau of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). From February 1921, he was chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of Soviet Georgia. In 1922-1925, he was chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic. In 1923-1925, he was deputy chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR. From the 12th Congress, he has been a candidate member of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). From 1926, he has been a member of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). In 1926-1929, he was secretary of the Transcaucasian Regional Committee. In 1930, he was a member of the editorial board of Pravda. At the present time (1932), he is secretary of the Transcaucasian Regional Committee.