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Jul 19, 1938 Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Georgia 85 years old
Soviet and Georgian singer, actor, screenwriter, producer, and composer
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About Vakhtang Kikabidze
- Vakhtang "Buba" Kikabidze (Georgian: ??????? "????" ????????, Russian: ??????? ?????????????? ?????????, 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 Princess Manana Bagration-Davitashvili, 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 screenwriter 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 and cancelled the concert dedicated to his 70th birthday which was to be held at the Kremlin as a protest against Russia's actions.Vakhtang Kikabidze is married and has only one child, a son - Konstantin, and two grandchildren - Vakhtang (Vato) (married Ana Davitashvili - November 24, 2019 at Svetitskhoveli Cathedral) and Ioan.
- Vakhtang's wife, Irina, has a daughter - Marina, from a previous marriage to her first husband - Guram Sagaradze, a grandson, Giorgi and great-granddaughter, Alexandra.
- The Kikabidze family is from the Kartli region.
