Tetri Giorgi (“White George”) is one of the names of St George, in the eastern mountainous part of Georgia. Many ethnographers claim the name to be a successor of a pagan moon deity and popular mythological warrior Giorgi later identified with St George, patron saint of Georgia.
Tetri Giorgi was a central image on a previous coat of arms of Georgia (1918–1921, 1991–2004).
Tetri Giorgi was also a name of a national-political organization formed by Georgian émigrés in 1926. Founders and main leaders of "Tetri Giorgi" were Mikheil Tsereteli, Leo Kereselidze , Shalva Maglakelidze, Alexander Manvelishvili , Grigol Robakidze, Viktor Nozadze , Kalistrate Salia asnd other famous representatives of the Georgian political emigration. Liberation of Georgia from the Soviet occupation was a main goal of the organization. During World War II the organization collaborated with the Wehrmacht. In 1926 in Tbilisi was founded the underground group of this organization. In August, 1937 by the KGB were arrested the leader of this group Evgen Gvaladze (1900-1937) and all other members.
