Nikoloz Baratashvili [SEP] country of citizenship
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Biography.
Nikoloz Baratashvili, affectionately known as Tato (ტატო), was born in Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia's capital, which was then a principal city of Russian Transcaucasia. His father, Prince Meliton Baratashvili (1795–1860), was an impoverished nobleman working for the Russian administration. His mother, Ephemia Orbeliani (1801–1849), was a sister of the Georgian poet and general Prince Grigol Orbeliani and a scion of the penultimate Georgian king Erekle II.
Baratashvili graduated, in 1835, from a
the princely nobility (knyaz Baratov, Баратовы) in the decrees of 1826, 1827, 1829, and 1850.
Notable members.
- Barata Baratashvili (died c. 1626), military commander
- Kaikhosro Baratashvili (died 1636), military commander
- Qaplan Baratashvili (died 1671), military commander
- Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817-1845), poet
- Sulkhan Baratashvili (1821-1866), historian