Public School of Village Tsablana to be Named After a Hero Fallen in War

By the decision of the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, the public school of the village of Tslbani will be named after Aslan Shainidze, a hero who died in the August 2008 war.

More than 150 children study at the school located in the Khelvachauri municipality (daba Khulo). Aslan Shainidze fought alongside his brothers in the August 2008 war. He died near the approaches to Tskhinvali at the age of 23. By presidential decree, Shainidze was posthumously awarded the Order of Vakhtang Gorgasali, First Class, for exceptional heroism and bravery displayed in the war. Aslan Shainidze was born on May 1, 1985, in the village of Tsablana, Khulo District, and graduated from the same village school in 2001.