@NinaByzantina Former NKVD's chief Lavrenti Beria was Mingrelian, wasn't he?
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@lfholtz81 Yes. You're very knowledgeable! :) Sometimes you can tell that by the Georgian last names that end with "ia." -
@NinaByzantina Thanks, Nina. Cool to learn suffix "ia" could be attributed to Mingrelians, so as "villi" or "dze" for ethnic Georgians. -
@lfholtz81 -"shvili" - more specifically, to Imeretians in Georgia. :) -
@NinaByzantina Yes, you're absolutely right. "Shvili" goes to Imeretians. Nina, you could be my advisor in those matters, couldn't you :)?
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