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20th c. · 20 May 1916 – 30 Aug. 1992

Rasim Beridze

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Born 20 May 1916 in Makhinjauri. Trained at the Batumi and Baku nautical schools (navigator, 1940). Caspian tanker officer from 1940, captain from 1946; from 1967 with the Georgian Shipping Company, captain of the Nikoloz Baratashvili from 1974; retired 1986. Called "captain of captains" and part of a Beridze seafaring "dynasty"; the dictionary cites a Facebook page. Died 30 Aug. 1992, buried in Makhinjauri. sweep 2 m132

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მას "კაპიტნების კაპიტანს" ეძახდნენ. ქართული ზღვაოსნობის ჭეშმარიტი ბერმუხა, ბერიძეთა საზღვაოსნო "დინასტიის" წარმომადგენელი, მე-20 საუკუნის თვალსაჩინო ქართველი ზღვაოსანი, შორეული ნაოსნობის კაპიტანი.

rendering, not the wording of the record

They called him "the captain of captains". A true ancient oak (bermukha) of Georgian seafaring, a member of the Beridze seafaring "dynasty", a prominent Georgian seafarer of the 20th century, a captain of long-distance navigation.

Primary sources

CiteBeridze, a history of the surname · Rasim Beridze · https://beridze.info/en/people/rasim-beridze/ (accessed 2026-09-30)

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