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At this stage, we will only touch on the phenomenon of Ilia, thanks to which a suitable place was identified for Georgia on the world political map. For Spiridon Kedia, Ilia was “a rock grown from the heart of the earth”, and for Shalva Amirejibi – “the smartest Georgian”. Aleksandre Manvelishvili also perceived Ilia's contribution in the same spirit. As for Noe Zhordania, he still tried to disguise his long-standing con­frontation with Ilia and somehow covered up its scale. Mikheil Tsereteli summarizes all of the above as fol­lows: "Noe Zhordania was able to give the Georgian nation what Ilia Chavchavadze fought for..."