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>educated in poetry and literature seminary school, learned Goethe and Shakespeare in translation, could recite Whitman by heart
>was a published poet and author before joining the Bolsheviks
>debated the finer points of Georgian literature and poetry with university professors for fun, even in his later years
>his poems continue to be taught in Georgian schools and many of them are considered minor classics, independently of his name
>used his network of admirers built by his poetry at least once to gain information for a bank robbery
>could read over 500 pages per day
>had a library of over 10,000 books
>wrote lengthy political philosophy tracts
>well versed in Plato, censored the media in accordance with many of Plato's principles in order to shape a new kind of man
>also an accomplished billiards player
Was there ever a more literary patrician world leader in history?
