The Patricide

Nunu's mother died early, and since her father (a member of the coalition army in the Shamil rebellion) is too poor to care for her, she lives with her uncle's family.

Koba and another friend break Iago out of jail, and they all decide to flee to the Northern Caucasus and hide in Chechnya, since Russian police and Cossacks are looking for them all over Georgia.

Despite the fact that many Georgians were fighting on the Russian side, Shamil receives them and offers protection.

The author portrays Chechens as free men who fight for their freedom, in contrast to the Georgians, who were kept on a short leash by people like Grigola, unable even to hold town meetings (a tradition since the Middle Ages).

Koba escapes Grigola's wrath, but upon discovering both her lover and father murdered, Nunu dies from grief.

At the end of the story, Koba exacts his revenge for both Iago and Nunu by shooting Grigola and his supervisor in a cab in the forest.

[3] Koba's vengeful characteristics, embodiment of traditional Georgian knightly ideals, and his simplistic moral code of honesty and loyalty appealed to Stalin.

[citation needed] The traitorous antagonist of reboot series of the Planet of the Apes bears the name "Koba," a possible reference to Joseph Stalin and his love of the character.