Simon Bagration-Mukhraneli

Simon "Simonika" Bagration of Mukhrani (b. 1 September 1896 – 20 May 1923) was a Georgian military officer and posthumous recipient of the Order of National Hero of Georgia. He served as captain of the national army of independent Georgia and member of the anti-Soviet national liberation movement from 1918 to 1921 and from 1921 to 1923, respectively. He graduated from Tbilisi Gymnasium and served in the army of the Russian Empire. He participated in World War I, fought on the western front in the ranks of the Tatar Cavalry Regiment, and was awarded the Order of St. George IV and III degrees (1914 and 1915) and the Order of St. Stanislav III degree. He became an ensign in 1915 and returned to Georgia in 1917. Following Georgia’s declaration of independence in 1918, he served in the army of the Republic of Georgia as a captain of the Georgian Cavalry Regiment. Simon Bagration's wife was soon exiled to Siberia.

On July 4, 2023, 100 years after his death, Simon Bagration of Mukhrani and other members of the military center were awarded the Order of National Hero and the title of the National Hero of Georgia by the decree of the President of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili.