Leuville Cemetery (also known as Leuville sur Orge Communal Cemetery) is a cemetery in the French town of Leuville-sur-Orge, 25 km south of Paris. The cemetery is a burial ground to many Georgian political emigres who left the country after the Soviet invasion of Georgia in 1921. Among them are the members of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia in Exile.
Notable people buried at Leuville-sur-Orge Razhden Arsenidze,(French) Misha Arsénidzé. Georgian minister Akaki Chkhenkeli,(French) Akaki Tchenkéli. Georgian minister Kakutsa Cholokashvili,(French) Kakoutsa Tcholokhachvili. National Hero of Georgia (until 2005) Evgeni Gegechkori,(French) Evguéni Guéguétchkori. Georgian minister Vlasa Mgeladze, Georgian politician Noe Ramishvili,(French) Noé Ramichvili . president of first Georgian government Grigol Robakidze, Georgian writer and public figure Kalistrate Salia, Georgian historian and politician Irakli Tsereteli,(French) Irakli Tsérétéli . Georgian minister Mikheil Tsereteli, Georgian historian and politician Grigol Uratadze,(French) Grisha Ouratadzé. Georgian politician Noe Zhordania,(French) Noé Jordania. president of second and third Georgian governments Vladimer Goguadze, Georgian military figure, participant of the revolutionary movement in the Caucasus. Commander of the armored trains of the Georgian People's Guard in 1918–1921. He had the title of "Hero of the Republic" (1918). David Sagirashvili, Georgian journalist and politician
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Sources Georgian and French documents from Nametia Goguadze, Nikoloz Oragvelidze and Victor Nozadze (1971), Prof. Jean Bret and his students (2000), Luka Melua (2004). (French) Le "carré géorgien" du cimetière communal de Leuville-sur-Orge.