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'''Maro Makashvili''' (; 25 August 1901 - 19 February 1921) was a young Georgian woman who died during the 1921 [[Red Army invasion of Georgia]]. In 2015, she was the first woman to be awarded the Georgian [[Order of National Hero (Georgia)|Order of National Hero]].<ref name="nplg"></ref>
Makashvili was born in a family of the Georgian nobility. Her father Konstantine Makashvili was a poet and her maternal grandmother was the writer [[Ekaterine Gabashvili]]. Maro Makashvili was a student at the [[Tbilisi State University]] when the [[Red Army]] launched its invasion of Georgia in February 1921. She volunteered as a nurse and was sent to [[Kojori]] along with the Georgian Regiment. She was killed by splinters from a shell two days later.<ref name="nplg"/>
Immediately after her death Georgian poet [[Titsian Tabidze]] compared her to [[Joan of Arc]] in a newspaper article. In her honour, [[Zakaria Paliashvili]] used the name Maro for the heroine of his opera ''Daisi'', which premiered in 1923. A park located off Gudiashvili street in Tbilisi is named after her.<ref name="agenda"></ref>
From age 16 until her death, Makashvili kept a diary that is now part of the colletion of the Tbilisi Museum of Literature. It has been published as a book.<ref name="agenda"/>
== References ==
[[Category:1901 births]]
[[Category:1921 deaths]]
[[Category:National Heroes of Georgia]]
Makashvili was born in a family of the Georgian nobility. Her father Konstantine Makashvili was a poet and her maternal grandmother was the writer [[Ekaterine Gabashvili]]. Maro Makashvili was a student at the [[Tbilisi State University]] when the [[Red Army]] launched its invasion of Georgia in February 1921. She volunteered as a nurse and was sent to [[Kojori]] along with the Georgian Regiment. She was killed by splinters from a shell two days later.<ref name="nplg"/>
Immediately after her death Georgian poet [[Titsian Tabidze]] compared her to [[Joan of Arc]] in a newspaper article. In her honour, [[Zakaria Paliashvili]] used the name Maro for the heroine of his opera ''Daisi'', which premiered in 1923. A park located off Gudiashvili street in Tbilisi is named after her.<ref name="agenda"></ref>
From age 16 until her death, Makashvili kept a diary that is now part of the colletion of the Tbilisi Museum of Literature. It has been published as a book.<ref name="agenda"/>
== References ==
[[Category:1901 births]]
[[Category:1921 deaths]]
[[Category:National Heroes of Georgia]]
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