Vakhtang Kikabidze

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Vakhtang Kikabidze
Born Vakhtang Konstantinovich Kikabidze
(1938-07-19) July 19, 1938 (age 85)
Tbilisi, Georgia SSR, Soviet Union
Years active 1966 - present
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Website http://www.buba.diaspora.ru/eng/

Vakhtang "Buba" Kikabidze (Georgian: ვახტანგ "ბუბა" კიკაბიძე, Russian: Вахтанг Константинович Кикабидзе, Vahtang Konstantinovich Kikabidze; born July 19, 1938) is a Georgian (formerly Soviet) singer, actor, screenwriter, producer, and composer. He performed in a number of films, among them the main role of a helicopter pilot in the iconic Soviet film Mimino.

The son of a Princess Manana Bagration-Davitashvili,[1] Kikabidze was born in Tbilisi. He is a People's Artist of Georgia, has been awarded the USSR State Prize and the Order of the King Vakhtang Gorgasali as well as of Nikolai Wondermonger and Knight Cross of St. Konstantin the Great. He was also acknowledged by a number of various music contests and film festivals in the Soviet Union, Georgia and worldwide.

In 1999, his star was embedded on the "Star Square" in Moscow. Apart from Mimino, Kikabidze also performed in a number of other films, including "Don't be Sad" (Ne Goryui), "Melodies of Veriski Quarter" (Melodii Verijskogo Kvartala), and "Completely Lost" (Sovsem propaschij). His last film, "Fortune" (Fortuna), was directed by the famous Georgian and Soviet film director Georgi Daneliya in 2000.

As a screenwright and director, Kikabidze produced two feature films: "Be Well, Dearest One" (Bud' zdorov dorogoj), which received the top award at the International Comedy Festival in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, and "Men and All Others" (Muzhchiny i vse ostal'nye).

During the August 2008 Russian-Georgian war, Kikabidze rejected Russia's Order of Friendship bestowed upon him in July 2008[2] and cancelled the concert dedicated to his 70th birthday which was to be held at the Kremlin as a protest against Russia's actions.[3][4]

Vakhtang Kikabidze is married and has only one child, a son - Konstantin, and two grandchildren - Vakhtang (Vato) and Ioan. Vakhtang's wife, Irina, has a daughter - Marina, from a previous marriage to her first husband - Guram Sagaradze and a grandson, Giorgi. The Kikabidze family is from the Kartli region.

Filmography

Actor

  • "Fortune" (Fortuna) - Russia, 2000
  • "Real Men and the Others" (Mamakatsebi) - Georgian SSR, 1985
  • "Olga and Konstantin" (Olga i Konstantin) - Russian SFSR, 1984
  • "TASS Is Authorized to Declare..." (TASS upolnomochen zayavit...) - Russian SFSR, 1984
  • "Morning Without Marks" (Utro bez otmetok) - Russian SFSR, 1983
  • "Cheers, My Dear!" (Itsotskhle genatsvale) - Georgian SSR, 1981
  • "Till Next Time, Friend..." (Shekhvedramde, megobaro...) - Georgian SSR, 1980
  • "Mimino", Russian SFSR, 1977
  • "The Lost Expedition" (Propavshaya ekspeditsiya) - Russian SFSR, 1974
  • "Melodies of the Vere Quarter" (Veris ubnis melodiebi) - Georgian SSR, 1974
  • "Hopelessly Lost" (Sovsem propashchiy) - Russian SFSR, 1972
  • "I'm a Detective" (Me, gamomdziebeli) - Georgian SSR, 1971
  • "Don't Grieve" (Ar daidardo, Ne goryuy) - Georgian SSR/Russian SFSR, 1969
  • "Orera" (Orera, sruli svlit) - Georgian SSR, 1967
  • "Meeting in Mountains" (Shekhvedra mtashi) - Georgian SSR, 1966

Director and screenwright

  • "Cheers, My Dear!" (Itsotskhle genatsvale) - Georgian SSR, 1981
  • "Real Men and the Others" (Mamakatsebi) - Georgian SSR, 1985

Discography

  • Pismo drugi. BUBA Records, 1999
  • Sekret Schastya. BUBA Records, 1999
  • Tango Lyubvi. OST-Records, 1999
  • Luchshie pesni. Noks Myuzik 2001
  • Grand Collection. Kvadro-Disk, 2002
  • Moi goda. Russkoie snabshenie 2003
  • Stariki-pasboiniki. Super Music 2004
  • Lyubownoye nastroyenie. Nikitin, 2005

Ancestry

Ancestors of Vakhtang Kikabidze
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. N. Kikabidze
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Giorgi Kikabidze
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. N. N.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Nikoloz Kikabidze
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. N. N.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. N. N.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. N. N.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Konstantine Kikabidze
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Prince Ivane Mikadze
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Prince Nikoloz Mikadze
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Evdokia Gogoberidze
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Princess Agrafina Mikadze
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Prince Aleksi Chikovani
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Princess Nino Chikovani
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. N. N.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Vakhtang Kikabidze
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Prince Solomon Bagration-Davitishvili
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Prince Nikoloz Bagration-Davitishvili
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Princess Elisabed Avalishvili
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Prince Konstantine Bagration-Davitishvili
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Prince Sulkhan Begtabegishvili
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Princess Salome Begtabegishvili
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Ekaterina Murazova
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Princess Manana Bagration-Davitishvili
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Prince Darispan Amirejibi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Prince Giorgi Amirejibi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Rodam Jokhtaberidze
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Princess Olga Amirejibi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Prince Karum Magalashvili
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Princess Sophio Magalashvili
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Princess Ekaterine Pavlenishvili
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ Kikabidze with mother Princess Manana Konstantinovna Bagration-Davitashvili
  2. ↑ (Russian) Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 19 июля 2008 г. № 1109. Kremlin.ru
  3. ↑ Red Square Defended against Georgians. Kommersant. 2008-08-14.
  4. ↑ Chernov's Choice. The St. Petersburg Times. Issue #1452 (14), Friday, February 27, 2009

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