Duguet Raymond

Raymond Duguet (birth and death dates are unknown) was a French military figure and diplomat.

He served in the French army. In the late 1910s, he retired from active service and settled in the Paris suburb of Chatou. In the early 1920s, Duguet became close to the last commander-in-chief of the Georgian National Army, General G. Kvinitadze, who introduced him to Georgian history and connected him with Georgian emigrant circles.

The French colonel fell in love with Georgia so much so that in 1926, he published the book Moscou et la Géorgie martyre. There, he described in detail the events that took place in Georgia in 1917-1925. The book was written with great empathy for Georgia and the Georgian people. He used many oral and written sources.

Duguet described in detail the domestic and foreign policy of the government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, its attitude towards neighboring states — Armenia and Azerbaijan, and also touched on the treaty signed between Soviet Russia and Georgia on May 7, 1920, which Russia treacherously violated in February 1921; He described the heroic struggle of the Georgian people against the occupiers in 1921–1925, the 1924 uprising, and portrayed prominent Georgian politicians (Sh. Amirejibi, K. Abkhazi, K. Cholokashvili, G. Kvinitadze, G. Mazniashvili, and others).

 

Literary work: Moscou et la Géorgie Martyre, P., 1926; მოსკოვი და წამებული საქართველო, მ. ბაქრაძის და ა. ბაქრაძის თარგმ. და გამოც., თბ., 1994.

 

G. Saitidze