Kote Makharadze
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Kote Makharadze (1926-2002) was a Georgian
actor
and sports commentator
.
Makharadze graduated from Tbilisi Choreography School in 1941 and the Shota Rustaveli State Theater Institute in 1948 and began working at the Rustaveli Theatre
. He performed roles in various plays, including Hamlet
, Bakhtrioni, Simghera Shevardenze, etc. In 1970, he joined the Marjanishvili Theater
, where he performed in Mosamartle, Kvachi Kvachantiradze, Schiller’s
Don Carlos
and other productions. He earned the title of the Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR in 1958 and of the People Artist of the Georgian SSR in 196.
Makharadze is best remembered for his career as a sports commentator whose passionate commentating fascinated audiences for decades. He began his sports career as a basketball
player and led the junior national team of Georgian SSR to the USSR Championship
in 1945. He became a sports commentator in 1957, covering soccer matches on Georgian television
and radio
. Two years later, he started commenting on central Soviet state television and radio and traveled abroad with the Soviet Union
's national soccer team. He continued to work for the next four decades covering all major sports matches and Olympic games of this period, including Dinamo Tbilisi
's historic wins of the USSR cup in 1964 and of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1981.
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and sports commentator
Sports commentator
In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...
.
Makharadze graduated from Tbilisi Choreography School in 1941 and the Shota Rustaveli State Theater Institute in 1948 and began working at the Rustaveli Theatre
Rustaveli Theatre
Rustaveli National Theatre also referred to as Rustaveli State Drama Theatre, is found in Tbilisi, Georgia. The theatre is conveniently located at 17 Rustaveli Avenue, one of the main streets in Tbilisi...
. He performed roles in various plays, including Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
, Bakhtrioni, Simghera Shevardenze, etc. In 1970, he joined the Marjanishvili Theater
Marjanishvili Theater
Kote Marjanishvili State Drama Theatre is the second state theatre in Tbilisi, Georgia. Originally founded in Kutaisi in 1928 by Kote Marjanishvili, the theatre moved to Tbilisi in 1930 to Brothers Zubalashvili Public House, the building it occupies up to date.The roots of Georgian theatre date...
, where he performed in Mosamartle, Kvachi Kvachantiradze, Schiller’s
Friedrich Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life , Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
Don Carlos
Don Carlos (play)
Don Carlos is a historical tragedy in five acts by Friedrich Schiller; it was written between 1783 and 1787 and first produced in Hamburg in 1787...
and other productions. He earned the title of the Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR in 1958 and of the People Artist of the Georgian SSR in 196.
Makharadze is best remembered for his career as a sports commentator whose passionate commentating fascinated audiences for decades. He began his sports career as a basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player and led the junior national team of Georgian SSR to the USSR Championship
USSR Championship
USSR Championship* Soviet Top League - football competition.* Soviet Hockey League - Top league of Soviet hockey* Soviet Championship - rugby union competition.* USSR Chess Championship - chess competition....
in 1945. He became a sports commentator in 1957, covering soccer matches on Georgian television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
and radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
. Two years later, he started commenting on central Soviet state television and radio and traveled abroad with the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
's national soccer team. He continued to work for the next four decades covering all major sports matches and Olympic games of this period, including Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...
's historic wins of the USSR cup in 1964 and of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1981.