Nestor Lakoba

Nestor Apollonovich Lakoba was a communist leader in Abkhazia. He helped establish Bolshevik power in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. He was poisoned by Lavrentiy Beria, who was in charge of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, which included Georgia. Lakoba is now revered as a national hero in AbKhazia and is considered a hero by many in the...