Suliko Zghenti

The bust, by the sculptor Irakli Ochiauri with the architect Irakli Maskharashvili, stands on Batumi Boulevard. It commemorates Suliko Jgenti (1925–2000), a Georgian Soviet screenwriter who lived and worked in Batumi with his family after returning from the Second World War front. His screenplay for the 1964 film Father of a Soldier became popular across the Soviet Union, and streets in Tbilisi and Batumi were named after him in 2001–2002.