Universal History Annotation << Back EDUARD SHEVARDNADZE (TRAITS FOR PORTRAIT) L.I. Mgaloblishvili The article gives E. Shevardnadze a testimonial as a state leader and describes his personality. Shorthand records of his three speeches are given, in which Shevardnadze describes the state of affairs and perspective of republic development. The article is written with using of archival documents available to the author, some of which were published in press. Also short records are cited, made by the author during Eduard Shevardnadze stay in Hungary, India and Portugal. Keywords: Eduard Shevardnadze; Georgian Communist Party; writers’ congress. Contacts: E-mail: vseist@mail.ru Pp. 036-080.