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In the first year of war, colonel
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Georgia. He participated in the suppression of local anti communism movements and uprisings before graduating from the Georgian Joint Military School in 1925 and in 1929 from the Tbilisi Artillery School for advanced officer courses. Leselidze was member of the
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already since 1925. During the period of 1922 to 1938 he commanded artillery units from batteries to regiments and the
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of the 47th Army and from March to
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In the building, which is located on this street, during
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