Georgy Avetisovich Kechaari (Udi: Jora Keçaari Жора Кечаари; Azerbaijani: Georgi Keçaari; Russian: Георгий Аветисович Кечаари; 1930 – 8 September 2006) was an Udi writer, educator, public figure and scientist. He was born in the settlement of Nic, in the Qəbələ Rayon of the Azerbaijan. In 1952, he went to Baku to pursue Oriental studies at the Baku State University. After finishing his studies, he returned to his native village and worked as a school teacher. Throughout his life, along with teaching, he regularly was engaged in creative outlets. Kechaari developed a primer and a program to teach the Udi language to school children. He published a number of original works and translated works into Udi. He authored many other articles and books devoted to the Udi people. Among them are Nana Oččal (lit. "native earth"), a collection of writings in Udi by various authors on the Udi language, Orayin ("Spring") a collection of Udi folklore (a fairy tale, a legend, a proverb, and jokes) as well as the author's own writings in Udi, Buruxmux ("Mountains"), the author's writings and translation of more than 150 representatives of Azerbaijani literary works, Ocaq başında rəqs ("Dance at a fire"), a collection of Udi folklore in the Azerbaijani language, Udinlərdə ənənəvi toy mərasimləri ("Traditional Udi wedding ceremonies") also in Azerbaijani, and Shudok (Шнурок, "Lace"), a collection of short funny stories (national creativity) in Russian. Kechaari headed Orayin, an Udi cultural-educational society, for many years. Kechaari died in 2006 and is buried in Nic.