Iona Tuskiya (1901–1963)[1] was a Soviet composer from Georgia SSR.
He composed music for various movies, such as Eliso in 1928.
[2] In 1943, he along with several other composers, had entries for a contest to find out what song should be chosen as the National Anthem of the Soviet Union; the contest was eventually won by Alexander Alexandrov.
[3] His students included composers Vaja Azarashvili,[4] Dagmara Slianova-Mizandari[5] and Tamara Antonovna Shaverzashvili.
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