Small house-museums of Georgia. John (Malkhaz) Shalikashvili Museum.

John Malkhaz David Shalikashvili was a U.S. Army general from 1993-1997. - He was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces from 1993 to 1997. He was born into the family of Dmitry Shalikashvili, who in 1918-1921 served in the army of independent Georgia with the rank of lieutenant colonel. After the occupation of Georgia by the Bolshevik Russia, Dmitry and his wife sought refuge in Poland, where they had three sons - Otar, Malkhaz and Gayle. In World War II, Dmitri fought alongside the Germans in a Georgian brigade to liberate Georgia from the Bolsheviks. His military unit then fell into British hands, and he spent the rest of the war in a POW camp.

In 1952 the Shalikashvili family moved to the U.S. and settled in Peoria, Illinois. In Peoria, Malkhaz graduated from high school. In June 1958, he received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Bradley University. In May 1958, the Shalikashvili family received American citizenship. Next, Malkhaz volunteered for service in the U.S. Army, where his military career began. On October 25, 1993, by the decision of President Bill Clinton, General John Malkhaz Shalikashvili was appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces. In September 1997, after 38 years of service in the U.S. Army, General Shalikashvili resigned at his own request.

Shalikashvili was a professor at Stanford University, where he worked at the Center for International Security and Cooperation.