however, he was arrested and executed without a trial in 1937. In the 1950s, Mazniashvili's son, a World War II veteran of the Soviet army, submitted a request for a political rehabilitation of his father, but this was turned down by the authorities. Legacy Mazniashvili is the author of the popular Soldier’s Memoirs. In 2013, he was posthumously awarded the title and Order of National Hero of Georgia. Personal life Ancestry According to historian Ucha Murghulia, Mazniashvili's father was Georgian officer of Russian Imperial Army Ivane Mazniashvili. However, according to other versions, attested by his stepchild's descendent Anouki Areshidze, Giorgi Mazniashvili's father was an ethnic Russian officer Ivan Mazniev. References 1872 births 1937 deaths People from Shida Kartli People from Tiflis Governorate Memoirists from Georgia (country) Generals from Georgia (country) Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Great Purge victims from Georgia (country) Russian military personnel of the Russo-Japanese War People of World War I from Georgia (country) National Heroes of Georgia Georgian emigrants to France