could not participate in its first session because he was located in Paris. Chairing the Georgian delegation to the Versailles Conference, he tried to gain the Entente's support for the Democratic Republic of Georgia. He also proposed to Georges Clemenceau and to David Lloyd George a French or British protectorate for Georgian foreign affairs and defense, but was unsuccessful. Chkheidze, who had 14 years of parliamentary life experience, oversaw the writing of the Constitution by Razhden Arsenidze and 14 other MPs of the majority and the opposition. France In March 1921, when the Red Army invaded Georgia, Chkheidze fled with his family to France via Constantinople. In 1923 and 1924, as part of the Social Democratic Labour Party of Georgia in exile, Chkheidze opposed a national uprising in Georgia. Chkheidze, Irakly Tsereteli, Datiko Sharashidze, and Kale Kavtaradze formed a group called Oppozitsia. In their mind, the Red Army and Cheka were too strong, and the unarmed Georgian people too weak. After the August Uprising of 1924, 10,000 Georgians were executed, and between 50,000 and 100,000 Georgians were deported to Siberia or to Central Asia. Death On 13 June 1926, Chkheidze committed suicide, in his official residence in Leuville-sur-Orge, France. He was buried in Paris, in the Père Lachaise Cemetery. References Bibliography External links Чхеидзе, Николай Семенович Hronos.km.ru. 1864 births 1926 deaths People from Imereti People from Kutais Governorate Russian Social Democratic Labour Party members Mensheviks Social Democratic Party of Georgia politicians Members of the 3rd State Duma of the Russian Empire Members of the 4th State Duma of the Russian Empire Russian Constituent Assembly members Heads of state of former countries Democratic Republic of Georgia Diplomats of Georgia (country) Revolutionaries from Georgia (country) People of the Russian Revolution Members of the Grand Orient of Russia's Peoples Georgian independence activists Georgian exiles Georgian emigrants to France Politicians from Georgia (country) who committed suicide Heads of state who committed suicide Suicides in France 1926 suicides