Vakhtang Kikabidze
Vakhtang Kikabidze (Georgian: ვახტანგ კიკაბიძე; 19 July 1938 – 15 January 2023), also known as Buba (Georgian: ბუბა), was a Georgian (formerly Soviet) singer, actor, screenwriter, producer, composer and politician. He became a member of Parliament in 2020. He has had notable roles. He is married and has a son. He became famous as a lead singer of "Orera", a Georgian estrada group which registered as the first Vocal-Instrumental Ensemble in the Soviet Union in 1958.[1] Kikabidze died from brain cancer on 15 January 2023, at the age of 84.[2]
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| File:Vakhtang Kikabidze's rehearsal at Laima Rendez Vous Jurmala 2017 (cropped).jpg Kikabidze in 2017 | |
| Member of the Parliament of Georgia | |
| In office 11 December 2020 – 15 January 2023 | |
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| Born | 19 July 1938 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR |
| Died | 15 January 2023 (aged 84) Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Political party | United National Movement |
| Profession | Actor, singer |
| Awards | 55 px 55 px 55px 40 px File:Merited artist of Ukraine.png 20 px |
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Filmography
Actor
- "Ku! Kin-dza-dza" (Ku! Kin-dza-dza) – Russia, 2013
- "Fortune" (Fortuna) – Russia, 2000
- "Real Men and the Others" (Mamakatsebi) – Georgian SSR, 1985
- "Olga and Konstantin" (Olga i Konstantin) – Russian SFSR, 1984
- "TASS Is Authorized to Declare..." (TASS upolnomochen zayavit...) – Russian SFSR, 1984
- "Morning Without Marks" (Utro bez otmetok) – Russian SFSR, 1983
- "Cheers, My Dear!" (Itsotskhle genatsvale) – Georgian SSR, 1981
- "Till Next Time, Friend..." (Shekhvedramde, megobaro...) – Georgian SSR, 1980
- "Mimino" – Russian SFSR, 1977
- "The Lost Expedition" (Propavshaya ekspeditsiya) – Russian SFSR, 1974
- "Melodies of the Vere Quarter" (Veris ubnis melodiebi) – Georgian SSR, 1974
- "Hopelessly Lost" (Sovsem propashchiy) – Russian SFSR, 1972
- "I'm a Detective" (Me, gamomdziebeli) – Georgian SSR, 1971
- "Don't Grieve" (Ar daidardo, Ne goryuy) – Georgian SSR/Russian SFSR, 1969
- "Orera" (Orera, sruli svlit) – Georgian SSR, 1967
- "Meeting in Mountains" (Shekhvedra mtashi) – Georgian SSR, 1966
Director and screenwriter
- "Cheers, My Dear!" (Itsotskhle genatsvale) – Georgian SSR, 1981
- "Real Men and the Others" (Mamakatsebi) – Georgian SSR, 1985
Discography
- Pismo drugi. BUBA Records, 1999
- Sekret Schastya. BUBA Records, 1999
- Tango Lyubvi. OST-Records, 1999
- Luchshie pesni. Noks Myuzik 2001
- Grand Collection. Kvadro-Disk, 2002
- Moi goda. Russkoie snabshenie 2003
- Stariki-pasboiniki. Super Music 2004
- Lyubownoye nastroyenie. Nikitin, 2005
Ancestry
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Vakhtang Kikabidze Media
Buba and Georgian singer Nani Bregvadze in 2017
- MIMINO, Dilijan 01.jpg
Statue of Mimino in Armenia
- President took part in the festive Parade of Troops on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's independence. (51716328588).jpg
Buba Kikabidze at an Independence Day parade in Ukraine
- President took part in the festive Parade of Troops on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's independence. (51716328813).jpg
Buba receives the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise in 2021
References
- ↑ Scott, Erik R. (2016), Familiar Strangers: The Georgian Diaspora and the Evolution of the Soviet Empire, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 144-152.
- ↑ Умер актёр Вахтанг Кикабидзе. Secret Mag. 15 January 2023. https://secretmag.ru/amp/zhizn/umer-aktyor-vakhtang-kikabidze-15-01-2023.htm. Retrieved 15 January 2023.