Nikolai Sventitsky, Leader of Georgia’s Russian Club, Dies of Heart Attack at 69

Overview

• The Russian Club announced his death and cited a heart attack as the cause in a Facebook post relayed by Russian media.
• A panikhida will be held January 4–5 at the Church of the Iverian Icon of the Mother of God on Mount Makhata in Tbilisi.
• Burial is set for January 6 in the Pantheon of writers and public figures on Mount Makhata.
• Sventitsky chaired the Coordination Council of organizations of Russian compatriots in Georgia since 2016 and founded the Russian Club in 2003.
• The Tbilisi-born cultural figure, educated at the Kuibyshev (now Samara) State Institute of Culture, was a longtime leader at the Griboedov Theatre and held Russian state honors for the arts.