" On the basis of a Resolution passed by the Georgian Cheka on 3-5 December, 1922, Levan Razikashvili was sentenced to the highest penalty – execution.

" The following factors were ignored when discussing Levan Razikashvili’s case: he was a devoted son to his homeland; he was sincere to the Cheka; The whole Pshav wanted to release him; he was a son of great writer – Vazha Pshavela.

" It is widely known that the following writers and public figures appealed to Sergo Orjonikidze with the request to pardon Vazha-Pshavela’s son: K. Makashvili, P. Iashvili, A. Abasheli, Sh. Dadiani and P. Ingorokva. Orjonikidze said in his reply: “I would execute even Vazha if he was alive.”

" The series of accusation against Levan Razikashvili begins with a description of the activities of public figures in fighting for the sovereignty of Georgia. Levan’s father, Vazha-Pshavela, was supporter of the Federalists. “His son was a member of the Socialist-Federalist Party.” At this time he was only 14 year-old and studied in the noble gymnasium of Georgia where he sat next to Kakutsa Cholokashvili.

" Levan himself said that he had close friendly relations with Kakutsa and the Social-Federalists. He said the following during one of his interrogations: “I have been sympathetic to the Federalists since 1909” (p. 12).

" Thus, he was a friend of Kakutsa Cholokashvili, who in 1915 spoke at Vazha-Pshavela’s funeral.

" The Soviet authorities knew all the facts but the authorities waited for a suitable time. Soon a suitable time came…

" Cholokashvili, together with his detachment, fought against the Soviet machine. The Khevsureti rebellion was directed against the Bolshevik forces. The Soviet authorities began to take punitive measures toward Kakutsa’s partisan detachments and the rebelling Khevsuretians. Sergo Orjonikidze initiated the sending of military units to Kevsureti to suppress the rebellion as soon as possible. Sergo Orjonikidze’s object was to liquidate the non-supporters of the Bolsheviks who were deemed to be dangerous class enemies.

" Levan Razikashvili was the head of the militia in Pshav…

" Soon L. Razikashvili was brought to the militia in Tianeti.

" On September 30, 1922 he went to the Special Committee of Tianeti where he was arrested and accused. Levan was detained on the basis of a Resolution passed by the chairman of the Executive Committee of Tianeti Region (Mazra). He was accused of participating in thuggery and willfully leaving his place of work.

" Razikashvili was deemed to be an active member of Kakutsa’s detachment and an agent of Cholokashvili, and sentenced to the highest penalty – execution.

" The carrying of the sentence was delayed for several reasons: first, the authorities wanted to get much information from Raziakshvili about the members of Cholokashvili’s detachment; second, persons of high rank were protecting Levan.

" In any case, the authorities finally carried out the sentence. The following can be read in a document stored in the archival file: On the basis of Resolution No. 913 passed by the Georgian Cheka on February 13, 1923, and the Presidium of the Georgian Cheka on February 13, 1923, I, the commandant of the Georgian Cheka, on February 16, 1923 at 2 a.m. executed the sentence of the following prisoner: 35 year-old Levan Razikashvili (son of Luka Razikashvili)…After examining the corpses, they were buried