Nadareishvili was a great grandson of the famous Abkhaz prince Shervashidze . Born and raised in Sukhumi , Nadareishvili attended Sukhumi University , graduated in the early 1980s , and settled down to life as an academic writer . During the break-up of the Soviet Union , Nadareishvili became involved in Georgian National Liberation movement . After the war in Abkhazia , Georgia , Nadareishvili was elected by fellow Georgian refugees as the head of an exile government . In the 1990s he served at times in the Georgian parliament , continuing to draw support from refugees , to whom he helped distribute government aid . As head of the Council , Nadareishvili loudly supported military action to retake Abkhazia . Allegations were made claiming him being involved in paramilitary operations on the Abkhaz/Georgia administrative border . The Forest Brothers under Dato Shengelia and the White Legion under Zurab Samushia were both allegedly associated with the Supreme Council . Nadareishvili remained neutral during the Rose Revolution that ousted Eduard Shevardnadze in favor of Mikhail Saakashvili . However , Nadareishvili soon faced a revolt of his own , and resigned in January 2004 after a vote of no confidence by the Supreme Council . In 2005 he published a book ( " Conspiracy Against Georgia " ) , which mostly includes information about ethnic cleansing and genocide of Georgian population in Abkhazia . Nadareishvili died of a heart attack on August 31 , 2004
ethnic cleansing and genocide
Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia
Tamaz Nadareishvili