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Tetri GiorgiTetri 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 nationalist organization formed by Georgian migrs collaborating with the Nazis during World War II. Liberation of Georgia from the Soviet occupation was a main goal of the organization. Its members formed two main military units in Nazi forces: the Georgian Legion of Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS Georgia Cavalry Division.
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