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Merab Kostava was born on 26 May, 1939 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR, is a Georgian dissident, musician, and poet. Discover Merab Kostava's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 50 years old?

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Age 50 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 26 May, 1939
Birthday 26 May
Birthplace Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR
Date of death 1989
Died Place Boriti, Georgian SSR, USSR
Nationality Georgia

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1939

Merab Kostava (მერაბ კოსტავა) (May 26, 1939 – October 13, 1989) was a Georgian dissident, musician and poet; one of the leaders of the National-Liberation movement in Georgia.

Kostava was born in 1939 in Tbilisi, of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR (the current capital of Georgia).

1954

In 1954, Kostava and Zviad Gamsakhurdia founded the Georgian youth underground organization "Gorgasliani," a tribute to Vakhtang Gorgasali, the medieval Georgian king who supposedly founded the capital, Tbilisi.

1956

Between 1956 and 1958 Kostava, together with Gamsakhurdia and several other members of this organization were jailed by the KGB for "anti-Soviet activity."

The charges against Kostava and Gamsakhurdia included the dissemination of anti-communist literature and proclamations.

1962

Kostava graduated from the Tbilisi State Conservatoire in 1962.

From 1962–1977 he was a teacher at a local music school in Tbilisi.

1973

In 1973, Kostava and Gamsakhurdia established the Initiative Group for defence of Human Rights.

1975

After 1975 Kostava was a member of Amnesty International.

1976

In 1976 Kostava co-founded the Georgian Helsinki Group (later renamed the Georgian Helsinki Union in 1989).

From 1976–1977 and 1987–1989 Kostava was a member of the Governing Board of the abovementioned human rights organization.

1977

In 1977, Kostava and Gamsakhurdia were arrested and jailed, charged with spreading anti-Soviet propaganda, the result of bringing a note to the pillaging of church artifacts and the deportation and subsequent treatment of the Meskhetian Turks.

Kostava was sent to Siberia to serve his sentence.

While Gamsakhurdia publicly renounced his views in hopes of a lesser sentence, Kostava refused to do so.

1978

In 1978, the two men were nominated to the Nobel Peace Prize by the Congress of the USA.

1987

He was released from prison in August, 1987.

1988

In 1988 Kostava co-founded the Society of Saint Ilia the Righteous and was one of the leaders of this political pro-independence organization.

From 1988–1989 he was one of the organizers and active participants of most (if not all) peaceful pro-independence political actions within the Georgian SSR.

1989

Along with Zviad Gamsakhurdia, he led the dissident movement in Georgia against the Soviet Union, until his death in a car crash in 1989.

On April 9, 1989 Kostava was jailed again but was released after 45 days.

Merab Kostava was active in the underground network of Samizdat publishers, co-publisher of the Georgian underground periodical "Okros Satsmisi" ("The Golden Fleece").

He was the author of many important literary and scientific works.

On October 13, 1989, Merab Kostava died in a car crash near Boriti under suspicious circumstances.

2013

In 2013, he was posthumously awarded the title and Order of National Hero of Georgia.

There are streets named after Merab Kostava in Tbilisi, Batumi, Rustavi and Shindisi.