Georgians in Russia
Ethnic Georgians in Russia (Georgian: ქართველები რუსეთში, romanized: kartvelebi rusetshi; Russian: Грузины в России, romanized: Gruziny v Rossii) number 112,765, according to the 2021 Russian Census. == Notable Georgians in Russia == Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Pyotr Bagrationi, general of the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic War Nikolai Baratov, Imperial Russian Army general during World War I Lavrenty Beria, Bolshevik and Soviet politician Alexander Borodin, composer and chemist Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Bolshevik and Soviet politician Porfiry Chanchibadze, Soviet Colonel General and a Hero of the Soviet Union Konstantin Leselidze, Colonel-General and Hero of the Soviet Union who distinguished himself at the North, Transcaucasus and Ukrainian front during World War II Viktor Leselidze, Colonel and Hero of the Soviet Union who distinguished himself during a fatal yet successful melee assault against Finnish forces at the Svir River in World War II Mikhail Mikeladze - Soviet Army major general who held divisional and corps command in World War II Vardiko Nadibaidze - Soviet military officer David Dzhabidze - Soviet fighter ace of World War II Nikolai Abramashvili - Soviet fighter ace who fought in World War II Keti Topuria, singer George Balanchine, ballet choreographer Roman Bagrationi, Imperial Russian Army general Pavel Tsitsianov, Imperial Russian Army General Boris Akunin, writer Marlen Khutsiev, filmmaker best known for his cult films from the 1960s, which include I Am Twenty and July Rain.