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David Sarajishvili

Georgian philanthropist

David Zacharias dze Sarajishvili (Georgian: დავით ზაქარიას ძე სარაჯიშვილი; (born October 28, 1848, Tiflis, Russian Empire-June 20, 1911, Tiflis, Russian Empire) was a Georgian scientist, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Founder of several brandy plants in the Russian Empire, including the Tbilisi and Kizlyar Brandy Factory.²

From Wikipedia’s article on David Sarajishvili (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Oct 28, 1848, died Jun 20, 1911.¹

Companies

Kizlyar Brandy FactoryFounder¹¹
SarajishviliFounder¹²

Early life and education

1866First Tiflis Male Gymnasium³
1871Heidelberg University³
Date not recordedImperial St. Petersburg University³

Career

Occupation: philanthropist, entrepreneur, chemist, philosopher, manufacturer, financier, businessperson.⁶

Date not recordedFounded Sarajishvili⁴
Date not recordedFounded Kizlyar Brandy Factory⁵

Personal life

BornOct 28, 1848, Tbilisi⁷
DiedJun 20, 1911, Tbilisi⁸
CitizenshipRussian Empire⁹
SpouseEkaterine Porakishvili-Sarajishvili¹⁰

Philanthropy

Sarajishvili was engaged in charity, supported many famous Georgian artists and musicians. Sarajishvili was the initiator of the creation of a committee chaired by Niko Tskhvedadze, who was engaged in financing talented young people and granted scholarships for education in Russia and abroad. Among the Sarajishvili scholarship holders were the composers Zakhary Paliashvili, Dimitri Arakishvili, Meliton Balanchivadze, Kote Potskhverashvili, Ia Kargareteli; artists Gigo Gabashvili, Moses Toidze, Grigol Meskhi; sculptor Iakob Nikoladze; singers Vano Sarajishvili, Valerian Kashakashvili; scientist Filippo Gogichashvili; future Georgian patriarch Callistrat. Sponsored archaeological excavations led by Ekvtime Takaishvili. Sarajishvili was also the patron of the construction of the building of the noble school (now - Tbilisi State University).

He assisted Georgian social democrats, in particular in 1910, according to the police department, allocated a monthly stipend of 150 rubles to Noe Zhordania policy.