Edvard Shevardnadze,the former foreign minister of the Soviet Union and President of Georgia,is now retired,reflective and somewhat melancholy.

• 谢瓦尔德纳泽的一生充满了传奇色彩:曾任苏联外长,推动了东西德统一及冷战的结束;曾在格鲁吉亚老百姓期盼的目光中返回第比利斯,停止了格内战;