9 8 9 ▁– ▁September ▁ 1 9 9 1 ) ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Cit ations ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁▁▁▁▁ ▁http :// s ams v . n arod . ru / Arm / a 3 5 / arm . html ▁▁ 0 3 5 ▁Category : Mil it ary ▁units ▁and ▁form ations ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁Category : Arm ies ▁of ▁the ▁Russian ▁Federation ▁Category : Mil it ary ▁units ▁and ▁form ations ▁awarded ▁the ▁Order ▁of ▁the ▁Red ▁B anner <0x0A> </s> ▁K andid ▁Ch ark v iani ▁( , ▁; ▁ 1 9 0 7 ▁– ▁ 1 3 ▁September ▁ 1 9 9 4 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Georg ian ▁party ▁and ▁government ▁official , ▁and ▁First ▁Secretary ▁of ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁Party ▁of ▁Georgia ▁from ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁to ▁ 1 9 5 2 . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Born ▁in ▁the ▁Ts ager i , ▁Le ch kh umi ▁region ▁of ▁Georgia , ▁Ch ark v iani ▁graduated ▁from ▁K ut ais i ▁G ymnasium ▁and ▁T bil isi ▁Engineering ▁Institute . ▁He ▁began ▁his ▁career ▁working ▁for ▁several ▁publications , ▁including ▁major ▁Georg ian ▁newsp apers . ▁ ▁Ch ark v iani ▁rose ▁to ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁First ▁Secretary ▁of ▁the ▁Georg ian ▁SS R ▁through ▁support ▁of ▁Joseph ▁St alin . ▁Yet ▁Ch ark v iani ' s ▁promotion ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁strong ▁rel uct ance ▁from ▁Lav r enti ▁Ber ia , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁planning ▁to ▁find ▁a ▁replacement ▁for