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Giorgi Leon Kavtaradze Name: Giorgi Email: giorgikavtaradze@hotmail.com Doctor of Historical Sciences Chief Researcher at the Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History & Ethnology, Tbilisi, Georgia Founder of the Kavtaradze Center of the Caucasian & Anatolian Studies Websites at Facebook: Giorgi L. Kavtaradze - Official Facebook Website History, Archaeology and Ethnology in Georgia Kavtaradze Center of Caucasian & Anatolian Studies Seraphita - Journal of the Kavtaradze Center of Caucasian & Anatolian Studies Peter Paul Kavtaradze - Neurologist, Academician of the Georgian Academy Gogla Leonidze Central Transcaucasia & the Outer World Giorgi Leon Kavtaraze (Facebook) George Kavtaraze (Facebook) George L. Kavtaraze (Facebook) Giorgi L. Kavtaraze (Facebook) Marina Kavtaraze (Facebook) მარი ქავთარაძე (Facebook) Mariam Kavtaraze (Facebook) Marikuna Qujo (Facebook) Georgia could not afford to tolerate the Asian turban, - as the Georgian issue is an important aspect of the common Eastern Question. On the fringes of Asia, Europe struggled with the East in the face of the Georgians who opposed Saracens, and therefore no political hurricane could shake its strong stance. Giorgi Leonidze. Georgian Messianism, newspaper “Bakhtrioni”, no. 2, 1922, in Georgian Be Georgia and be Rome, As two brothers living in one house, Before the enemy, before the Persians, One by one, bound by the same cross! Seal all doors of the Caucasus, Block the way of all wild tribes! Don't let them march to the West, Put them on the strongest fire! Giorgi Leonidze. Poem "Samgori", 1947, in Georgian Giorgi Kavtaradze. Drunken Candles, in Georgian (the only dignity of these poems is to reflect the environment and feelings in which I was formed). Years in photographies Photographies of My Parents: Lamara (Nestan) Leonidze & Leon Peter Kavtaradze Giorgi Leonidze-Museum in Patardzeuli (Sagarejo), Georgia Botkoveli - What Was Seen by My Own Eyes (in Georgian) Giorgi Leonidze (Photographies) Biography Autobiography (in Georgian) Giorgi Leonidze, Leli Japharidze, Valerian Gaphrindashvili Leonidze - a Publicist (in Georgian) From the book: Giorgi Leonidze. The Tears of Georgia. Compiled by Nestan (Lamara) Leonidze. Tbilisi 2000 (in Georgian) From the Book: Giorgi Leonidze. The Tree of Desire. Tbilisi, 1962 (in Georgian) Scene from the movie "the Tree of Desire" (in Georgian) Giorgi Leonidze. Phortokhala. Tbilisi, 1951 (in Georgian) Giorgi Leonidze. Samgori (Poem). Tbilisi, 1947 (in Georgian) Giorgi Leonidze. Childehood and Adolescence (Epopee). Tiflis, 1936 (in Georgian) Giorgi Leonidze. Georgian Messianism. Journal "Bakhtrioni", No. 2, 1922 (in Georgian) Translations: From the book: Giorgi Leonidze. The Selected Poetry; 1st part. Ed.: G. Margvelashvili. Tbilisi. Publishing House Merani, 1986 (in Russian Translation); 2nd part (in Russian Translation) Giorgi Leonidze. Dilek Ağacı (in Turkish) Giorgi Leonidze's Poetry in French Translation Giorgi Leonidze's Poetry in English Translation Proceedings of the 4th and 5th Conferencies Dedicated to the Memory of Giorgi Leonidze. Summaries of Papers. Patardzeuli- Tbilisi, 2005 (in Georgian) The more a person grows old, his mind increasingly returns to the past, this is quite natural. From an early age, I have a very strange trait for a normal person: disgust, intolerance, or looking from above for any type of pleasure, even for culinary purposes: Mais bread and water I have always preferred to cake and champagne. With age, this trait became stronger. I cannot fully find out whether it is genetic or the result of an upbringing - it was passed down on me by Kavtaradze, Leonidze, Turkia and Gedevanishvili families or my mother influenced me from the start; Probably both, that and other, because this trait was even more naturally and firmly rooted in her character, in her Asceticism or Spartanism. Nestan Leonidze. My Father (memories) (in Georgian) Emzar Kvitaishvili. Giorgi Leonidze - the "Burned Servant" of Homeland and Word (in Georgian) Jibo Lomashvili. The Reminding of Giorgi Leonidze. 1997 (in Georgian) Murad Mtvarelidze. The Grief of Giorgi Leonidze. "Literaturuli Sakartvelo", 2006, 23.06 (in Georgian) Giorgi Papuashvili. My Last Meeting with Giorgi Leonidze, - Mtsvaneqvavila, #2, 2000 (in Georgian) Levan Gotua. Georgian Soil Which came as a Verse (in Georgian) Bondo Arveladze. Enemy does not Sleep ... (in Georgian) Kety Pataraia. Gogla Leonidze - Be Careful: It's History (in Georgian) Nona Kalandarishvili, Maia Tsertsvadze. Memories of Giorgi Leonidze and "The Tree of Desire" (in Georgian) Giorgi Charkviani. Leonidze (verse) (in Georgian) Gogla (Giorgi Leonidze) at Facebook Giorgi Leonidze - Program "Memory" of the First Georgian TV Channel, 14.05.2010 (in Georgian) Giorgi Leonidze. Once More Meeting the Kipchak (in Georgian) Giorgi Leonidze - BURUSI by Tengiz Verulava (in Georgian) Levan Leonidze - BURUSI by Tengiz Verulava (in Georgian) Levan Leonidze's Granddaughter, Maya Unapkoshvili, Tells us Family History (in Georgian) Zviad Kvaratskhelia. The Bitter Phrase of Levan Leonidze (in Georgian) Nino Chkhikvishvili. Levan Leonidze and Maria Hoffman (in Georgian) Maria Hoffman-Leonidze (Wife of Giorgi Leonidze's Brother), - "Autograph Studio" (in Georgian) Nestan Leonidze - BURUSI by Tengiz Verulava (in Georgian) Leon P. Kavtaradze (29.10.1920-16.12.1993) Leon (Leo) Kavtaradze fully embodied "beautiful souls existence in beautiful body”. His blue eyes full of life, always smiling face, endlessly caring about his students and their work. Nobody, who even at least once attended the practical lessons conducted by him, will ever forget him. I was able to learn that 90 minutes went through a fun and practical skill. With the solution of the tasks we were maximally strengthened theoretical knowledge. He was characterized by practical training in conducting his, distinctive, outstanding, method: attending homework checks, finding new typical examples and tasks to solve and homework assignments. From classes to classes the following 40-50 examples and tasks were assigned by his words: "the author of the textbook is Zuberbiller, examples to do are odd numbers from #121 to #201-up, but who find it difficult ought to do all of them“, see: L. Beridze. Matematicians in the Georgian Polytechnical Institute (1917-2014). Tbilisi: Technical University University, 2014, p. 163. Petre Kavtaradze - BURUSI by Tengiz Verulava (in Georgian) Petre Kavtaradze and World War (in Georgian) Acad. Peter Paul Kavtaradze 1888-1966 (in Georgian) Petre Kavtaradze Street, Saburtalo, Tbilisi (in Georgian) Giorgi Leon Kavtaradze - BURUSI by Tengiz Verulava Marina Kavtaradze Webpage Marina's "Arts" Giorgi Leon Kavtaradze Center of Caucasian & Anatolian Studies Technical Documentation of the Center - Non-Entrepreneur (Non-Commercial) Juridical Person: Giorgi L. Kavtaradze Centre of the Caucasian and Anatolian Studies - Georgia, Ajara Autonomous Republic - Technical Documentation Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History & Ethnology Giorgi Kavtaradze. Materials about my participation in the competition held in the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University in 2010 (in Georgian) Giorgi Kavtaradze. Private complaint - To the Administrative Cases Panel of the Tbilisi Appeal Court (in Georgian) Giorgi Kavtaradze's Basic Claim to the Administrative Cases Panel of the Tbilisi Appeal Court (in Georgian) Appendices to the Basic Claim (in Georgian) Cadastral map of Georgia (in Georgian) Mikhail Vardishvili - Graphic Artist (in Russian) My House Me - Giorgi (Bidjo Gogia) Kavtaradze Mother - Nestan (Lamara) Leonidze Father - Leo (Leon) Kavtaradze Grandmother - Ephemia (Phephiko) Gedevanishvili Grandmother's sister - Mariam Gedevanishvili-Chikovani Grandmother - Nelly (Nalia, Neonila) Turkia Grandfather - Giorgi (Gogla) Leonidze Grandfather - Peter Paul Kavtaradze Grandmother Nelly's helper - Polina Titova (refugee from Kuban, Russia) Foster-Mother - Dr. Gisela Burger (Stuttgart) House guard dog - Her name is Kus-kusa Wife - Marikuna Qujo, the same Marina Qujiashvili-Kavtaradze From the Distant Past The Gedevanishvili Family, summer 1924 First row, are sitting: Mariam Gedevanishvili-Chikovani, Alexander Gedevanishvili (on the maternal line - Tsalkalamanidze), Vakhtang Gedevanishvili, Sophie Mtskeradze-Gedevanishvili (on the maternal line - Maghalashvili, from Metekhi), Eter Gedevanishvili, Tamar Gedevanishvili,?, Second row, are standing: ?, Revaz Gedevanishvili, Eugenia Leonidze-Gedevanishvili, Luka (Luarsab) Gedevanishvili, Avtandil Gedevanishvili, ?, Ephemia Gedevanishvili-Leonidze. Avtandil Gedevanishvili (second row, third from right) my grandmother’s (mother's mother) Ephhemia Gedevanishvili's brother. Victim of the 1924 Bolshevik repression. Avtandil, Nineteen years old, gracefully build, university student, who return home after the lectures, was checked during a massive inspection by Cheka at Galavinsky prospect (now Rustaveli avenue) in early September (after the anti-Soviet uprising of August 1924). The next day, while taking out his papers back from Cheka, he ran on the staircase into Colonel Morozov, who returned him back forever with the words: „It’s immediately clear that there’s no drop of pure blood in him". It turned out to be fatal for him the aristocratic appearance. In the family as a memory from him was only left the sculpted coil of bread which he sent silently from the Metekhi prison with the inscription "to my mother", engraved on it. According to the family information, Avtandil was shot dead together with ca 800 other innocent people in Shorapani while firing from both sides machine-guns at freight wagons closed from outside: “Your torture has hurt my heart, And it is so difficult for me to be alone, I’ll fill your toast with my tears, If the wine can't fill the drinking horn!" (see: http://www.geocities.ws/komblege/gogla.htm) ”You always wear everything blue, From you I’ve my sadness and blues”. Ephemia Gedevanishvili-Leonidze, daughter of Alexander Gedevanishvili - wife of Giorgi Leonidze, see: http://www.geocities.ws/komblege/gogla.htm Gogla – Giorgi Leonidze Sophie, daughter of Nicholas Gulisashvili (on the maternal line - Tamasidze) and Nicholas, son of Simeon Leonidze (on the maternal line - Kituashvili, from Tbilisi) Leonidze family, 1899 From top left: uncle Alexi Leonidze, aunt - Tasso, nanny, Gogla (Giorgi Leonidze) himself, cousin - Tamar, uncle’s wife – her surname Agladze, father - Nicholas, brother - Simeon (Siko), mother - SophieGulisashvili, brother – Levan (Leon), sister – Eugenia Grandfather of Giorgi Leonidze - Simeon Leonidze Father of Giorgi Leonidze’s mother - Nicholas Gulisashvili Peter (Petre) Kavtaradze's wife - Nelly (Neonila, Nalya), the daughter of Stephen Simeon Turkia (on the maternal line - Kitsmarishvili), the Banker and merchant of the 1st guild from Sukhumi and Chaisman Djanturaia (on the maternal line - Jorjikia Peter (Petre) Kavtaradze Mother of Petre Kavtaradze - Martha (Phephine), daughter of Nicholas Kiziria (on the maternal line - Norakidze), from Nosiri Petre Kavtaradze's father - Paul (Lomkatsi's son) Kavtaradze (on the maternal line - Imedashvili, from Poti), ca 1847 (Dzveli Senaki) - 1892 (Nosiri), Staff-Captain, Chevalier of the Order of St. George, participant of the Russo-Ottoman War of 1877-1878	I am Georgian historian and archaeologist. I attached to this text the List of Publications, Curriculum Vitae and the List of References to my Works, perhaps they would be of some help to represent myself. I have a very rich Personal Library - the result of many year's standing collecting. Here are photos of my parents - Nestan (Lamara) Leonidze & Leon Kavtaradze - as well as my wife Marina Qujiashvili-Kavtaradze's photo & drawings. See also information about the Caucasian and Anatolian Research Center founded by me. Georgian Version of the Same Web-Site - წინამდებარე ვებ-გვერდი ქართულად Curriculum Vitae (CV) Letters from Colleagues, Messages, Recommendations Giorgi Leon Kavtaradze - Google Scholar Giorgi-Leon Kavtaradze - LinkedIn Giorgi Kavtaradze - Academia.edu Giorgi Leon Kavtaradze - Research Gate H-Index Giorgi Leon Kavtaraże - Scribd Giorgi Leon Kavtaradze Centre of Caucasian & Anatolian Studies KAVTA - Old Website List of professional activities (as of 2007) TSU Research Portal_Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University TSU Research Portal_Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (in Georgian) GIORGI L. KAVTARADZE_GEORGIA_TBILISI – GLUSEUM.com Giorgi L.Kavtaradze _ FindGlocal.com Kavtaradze Center of Caucasian and Anatolian Studies _ FindGlocal.com Kavtaradze Center of Caucasian and Anatolian Studies_School&CollegeListings HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY & ETHNOLOGY IN GEORGIA_GLUSEUM.com History, Archaeology & Ethnology in Georgia _ FindGlocal.com History, Archaeology & Ethnology in Georgia_School&CollegeListings Kura-Araxes-Kultur-Deutsch Wikipedia (deacademic.com) Kura–Araxes culture_WikiZero.com Archaeology Online Special Lecture Courses: 1971-1973: Special Lecture Course of Middle Eastern Archaeology - Department of Archeology of Faculty of History of Tbilisi State University (1, Avenue Ilya Djavdjavadze) 1992-1994: Special Course of Middle Eastern Archaeology - Department of Assyriology of Faculty of Oriental Studies of Tbilisi State University (36, Avenue Ilya Djavdjavadze) The Syllabus of a Special Course of Lectures on Middle Eastern Archaeology (07.09.2006) = Middle Eastern Prehistory Course (05.08.2010) Special Lecture Course: Problems of Archaeology of the Old World in the Light of Data of Natural Sciences (Syllabus, 22.06.2006) Participation in the 2010 Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Competition (Materials) 2016-2018: International Black Sea University, The Syllabus of Masters Special Lecture Course: Central Transcaucasia and the Outer World (From a Diachronic Point of View). The Georgian translation of English Syllabus: ცენტრალური ამიერკავკასია და გარე სამყარო (დიაქრონიული თვალთახედვით). See: Facebook Page of the Course; University Code of the Course: CAS 101. See: LECTURE 1 – Introduction. Participation in Scientific Forums (List) An Attempt at Dating the Starting Point of the Kura-Araxes Culture, – Humboldt Kolleg International Conference in Venice: At the Northern Frontier of Near Eastern Archaeology: Recent Research on Caucasia and Anatolia in the Bronze Age, 9-11, January, 2013. Universita Ca'Foscari Venezia, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici. Attached is a video of the report. The Term “Kartli” – Its Essence and Origin, - Scientific Conference Dedicated to the 150th Anniversary of Ekvtime Taqaishvili held at the Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology of the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, June 24-26, 2013 (in Georgian). The Relationship between the Caucasus and the Middle East during the “Pre-Kura-Araxes” Period, – Materials of the International Archeological Symposium: Problems of Maykop Culture in the Context of Caucasian-Anatolian Relations. Tbilisi: Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, 29-30 June, 2013. Towards the Location of the Land of Pharasmanes the King of Chorasmian's (An attempt to interpret Arrian’s information related to Alexander of Macedon), - Scientific Conference Dedicated to the 90th Anniversary of Academician Grigol Giorgadze held at the Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology of the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, June 14, 2017 (in Georgian). The Concept of Scientific Research (in Georgian) Prehistory of the Middle East (in Georgian) Problems of Old World Archaeology in the Light of Natural Sciences (in Georgian) List of Archaeological Publications of Giorgi L. Kavtaradze (in Georgian) Donald J. Trump's Tweet, Obtained Via Facebook on March 20, 2016. @realDonaldTrump The Statue of Gagik I, King of Ani A Note on the Questionnaire for Self-Assessment of the Staff (14.02.2019) Matt Law, Colleen Morgan. The Archaeology of Digital Abandonment: Online Sustainability and Archaeological Sites, see: Appendix 1, no. 41 . Our treasure - Interesting Articles - Art, History, Society Kevin Tuite's Caucasian Links Marina Kavtaradze - Arts Google Scholar_Citations Academia.edu See: 356 papers mention Giorgi Kavtaradze (July 27, 2020). Citations of Giorgi Kavtaradze's Works in Scientific Literature KAVTARADZE-PUBLICATIONS (LIST) Some of My Publications Available in the Web: 2. To the Chronology of the First Phase of Central Anatolian Early Bronze Age, in: The Conference of Aspirants and Young Scientific Workers. Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of Georgia. Tbilisi, 1973, pp. 10-11 (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/35625719/ 3. The Problem of Interrelation of Central Anatolian and North-Western Caucasian Early Bronze Age Cultures, in: Classical, Byzantine and Local Traditions in the Eastern Black Sea Littoral. All Union Scientific Conference, May 1975: Tbilisi University Press, 1975 (in Russian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/35628497/ 7. The Problem of Interrelation of Central Anatolian and North-Western Caucasian Cultures in the Early Bronze Age, in: Archaeology, Classical Philology, Byzantine Studies, Proceedings of Tbilisi University, vol. 183. Tbilisi, Tbilisi University Press, 1978, pp. 5-19 (in Georgian, with Russian and English Summaries). უე 01647. See also: www.scribd.com/doc/34800545/ 8. The Sociological Interpretation of the "Royal Tombs", in: Materials of the Georgian and Caucasian Archaeology, vol. VII. Tbilisi, the State Publishing House “Metsniereba” (“Science”) of the Academy of Sciences of Georgia, 1979, pp. 83-92 (in Georgian, with a Russian Summary). მ 10602/M 607 (06)-79/171-78. See also: www.scribd.com/doc/35249508/ 12. To the Etymology of Some Minoan Words, in: The Conference of Young Scientifical Workers of Tbilisi Dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of the Foundation of Georgian Academy of Sciences. Summaries. Tbilisi, 1981 (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/35628979/ 14. The Chronology of the Aeneolothic-Bronze Age Archaeological Cultures of Georgia in the Light of New Data. Tbilisi, Publishing House “Metsniereba”, 1981, 172pp., VIII pl. (in Georgian, with a Russian and an English summary). K 10602/M 607 (06)- 81 232-81. 16. The Chronology of the Aeneolithic-Bronze Age Cultures of Georgia. Tbilisi, “Metsniereba”, 1983, 165pp. (in Russian). K 10602/M607(06)-83 228-82. See also: https://www.docdroid.net/p7NM3lT/kavtaradze-1983compressed-pdf or www.scribd.com/doc/2443603/ 17. About the Appearance of Hittite Tribes in Central Anatolia, in: Issues on Georgian Archaeology, vol. III. Tbilisi, 1985, pp. 3-21 (in Georgian, with a Russian Summary). ს 0507000000/M607(06)-85 255-84. See also: www.scribd.com/doc/35109197/ 18. About the Settlement of the Kartvelian Tribes in Anatolia. Tbilisi, "Metsniereba" 1985, 196pp. (in Georgian). ქ 0505010000/M607(06)-85 228-82. See also: http://www.geocities.ws/komblege/tomta3.htm or www.scribd.com/doc/2443500/ 19. Some Aspects of the Georgian Aeneolithic - Early Bronze Age Cultures of Georgia, in: The Caucasus in the System of the Euroasian Paleometal Cultures, Materials of the Symposium: "The Caucasus and South-Eastern Europe in the Early Metal Age" (Telavi-Sighnakhi,1983). K. Pitskhelauri & E. Chernykh (eds.). Tbilisi: Metsniereba, 1987, pp. 10-16 (in Russian). K 0507000000/M 607(06)-87 257-87. See also: www.scribd.com/doc/2536292// 20. We Must Return the Tbilisi Time, – Axalgazrda Komunisti, 21.02.19889, p. 6 (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/33877848/ 28. The Interrelation of the Transcaucasian and Palestinian Populations (Third-First Millennia BC), in: International Scientifical Conference: The History of the Georgian Jews. The Problems of the Interrelation between Georgia and Palestine and between the Georgians and the Jews". Tbilisi, 1996, pp. 32-33 (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/35628815/ 30. The Caucasian Gateway. Viewpoint, – Sakartvelos Respublika, 05.09.1996, no. 179 (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/17444414/ 31. Probleme der historischen Geographie Anatoliens und Transkaukasiens im ersten Jahrtausend v. Chr. (Caucasica I), in: Orbis Terrarum, Internationale Zeitschrift für Historische Geographie der Alten Welt, 2, 1996. Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1996, SS. 191-216 (in German). ISSN 1385-285X. See also: or http://kavtaradze.wikifoundry.com/page/Probleme+der+historisches+Geographie+Anatoliens+%26+Transkaukasiens?fbclid=IwAR0rmbBEepn9wveCgw1F0IhVLF1mrztf8EOu3-RdFfifhB1KtCWjKvQg2r4 or www.scribd.com/doc/2443769/ 32. The Interrelationship between the Transcaucasian and Anatolian Populations by the Data of the Greek and Latin Literary Sources, in: The Thracian World at the Crossroads of Civilisations, I. Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Thracology (Constanta-Mangalia-Tulcea, 20-26 May 1996). Edited by P. Roman in collabration with S. Diamandi and M. Alexianu. Bucharest, the Romanian Institute of Thracology and the Publishing House Vavila Edinf SRL, 1997, pp. 352-361 (in English). ISBN 973-98334-0-3. See also: www.geocities.ws/komblege/interrelationship.htm or http://kavtaradze.wikifoundry.com/page/Transcaucasian+%26+Anatolian+Populations?fbclid=IwAR30qGQD9h_NIq6o4dv4F1kY1Uug7p_iAUflBC4IdRZYEij72okYOUQaI6Q or www.scribd.com/doc/2449273/ 33. Georgia and the Main Caucasian Range, in: Mnatobi, 3-4, 1997, pp. 147-165 and Mnatobi, 5, pp. 103-121, 1997 Tbilisi, Merani, 1997 (in Georgian). ინდექსი 76125. See also: www.scribd.com/doc/17443523/ 34. Gogla from the Proximity... from the Distant of Years, in: Mnatobi, 7. Tbilisi: Merani, 1997, pp. 107-118 (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/17482668/ 38. Meskheti – the Old Cradle of Gogla's Ancestors, – Literaturuli Meskheti, 1 (January), 1999, p. 7 (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/50485999/ 39. The Importance of Metallurgical Data for the Formation of Central Transcaucasian Chronology, in: The Beginnings of Metallurgy. Proceedings of the International Conference "The Beginnings of Metallurgy", Bochum 1995. Edited by A. Hauptmann, E. Pernicka, Th. Rehren and Unsal Yalçin. Der Anschnitt, Zeitschrift für Kunst und Kultur im Bergbau, Beiheft 9. Veröffentlichungen aus dem Deutschen Bergbau-Museum, Nr. 84. Bochum, 1999, SS. 67-101 (in English). See also: http://kavtaradze.wikifoundry.com/page/The+Importance+of+Metallurgical+Data or www.scribd.com/doc/2446499/ 41. The Problem of the Identification of the Mysterious Statue from the Erzerum Museum, in: Caucasica, The Journal of Caucasian Studies, vol. 3. Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University, Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, 1999, pp. 59-66, figs. 1-10 (in English). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/2536648/ 42. An Addressee of One of Gogla's Poems, – Literaturuli Meskheti, 5 (17), May, 2000, 2 (in Georgian). p. 2. See also: www.scribd.com/doc/50555121/ 44. Some Remarks About the Review of M. V. Andreeva, in: Amirani, Journal of the International Caucasological Research Institute, vol. III. Montréal-Tbilisi, 2000, pp. 5-33 (in Russian with a Georgian Summary). ISSN 1512-0449. See also: www.scribd.com/doc/2535923/ 45. Some Problems of the Interrelation of Caucasian and Anatolian Bronze Age Cultures, in: Quaderni di Archeologia Università di Messina 1 (1), 2000. In memoria di Luigi Bernabò Brea. Messina: Rubbettino, 2001, 107-123 (in English). ISBN 88-7284-862-8. See also: http://kavtaradze.wikifoundry.com/page/The+Caucasian+%26+Anatolian+Bronze+Age+Cultures?fbclid=IwAR39dJBI_fYj1zxjLK7hUhfrl0fAiSwOIff3gNJ8ZsOPxTsWJrq95MC52AA or www.scribd.com/doc/2443904/ 46. Georgian Chronicles and the raison d'ètre of the Iberian Kingdom (Caucasica II), in: Orbis Terrarum, Journal of Historical Geography of the Ancient World, 6, 2000. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2001, pp. 177-237 (in English). ISSN 1375-285X. See also: http://kavtaradze.wikifoundry.com/page/Georgian+Chronicles+and+the+raison+d%27être+of+the+Iberian+Kingdom?fbclid=IwAR3hdL3iXCtO_dylUPnwiicGPrTwsKRfxBuiWpJZENqx3XiTk1XCl_O74S4 or www.scribd.com/doc/2448859/ 47. Three Pages from the Anatolian Diary, – Literaturuli Sakartvelo, 2001, 2-8 and 9-15 October no. 44-45 (3356-3357) (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/17463595/ 51. Two Transcaucasian Ethnonyms of Anatolian Origin, in: Caucasian and Near-Eastern Studies, X. Tbilisi: Mematiane, 2001, pp. 39-58 (in English, with a Georgian Summary). კ 53/2001. See also: w or http://kavtaradze.wikifoundry.com/page/Two+Transcaucasian+Ethnonyms+of+Anatolian+Origin?fbcl id=IwAR3SspV-yqXEIyVm rNnmqx1UjxwporAO7qDl7OBaEk3TQw2jqI9Dhmk or www.scribd.com/doc/2449306/ 52. Die frühesten Metallobjekte in Zentral-Transkaukasien, in: Georgien – Schätze aus dem Land des Goldenen Vlies. Katalog der Ausstellung des Deutschen Bergbau-Museums Bochum. Hrsg.: I. Gambashidze, A. Hauptmann, R. Slotta, Ü. Yalçin. Bochum, 2001, pp. 136-141 (in German). ISBN 3-921533-84-8. See also: http://kavtaradze.wikifoundry.com/page/Die+frühesten+Metallobjekte+in+ZentralTranskaukasien?fbclid=IwAR3SDBrq2PGFw0pmkn1n6QyqxcJ3meXGwG6qZZcnhY5IRZMmW3zs64 YHh5A or www.scribd.com/doc/2449296/ 53. An Attempt to Interpret Some Anatolian and Caucasian Ethnonyms of the Classical Sources, in: Sprache und Kultur, # 3 (Staatliche Ilia Tschawtschawadse Universitaet Tbilisi für Sprache und Kultur Institut zur Erforschung des westlichen Denkens). Tbilisi, 2002, pp. 68-83 (in English). ISSN 1512-1364X. See also: http://kavtaradze.wikifoundry.com/page/Anatolian+%26+Caucasian+Ethnonyms or www.scribd.com/doc/2449326/ 56. The Ancient East and the Origin of Georgians (a Review of Gregor Giorgadze’s book), in: Sprache und Kultur, # 4 (Staatliche Ilia Tschawtschawadse Universitaet Tbilisi für Sprache und Kultur Institut zur Erforschung des westlichen Denkens). Tbilisi, 2003, SS. 96-99 (in Georgian). ISSN 1512-1364X. See also: www.scribd.com/doc/24504723/ 58. The „Sense of Existence“ of the Iberian Kingdom According to Historical Sources, in: Mnatobi, 7-8, 2003, pp. 94-154 (in Georgian). ISSN 0132-599 X; ინდექსი 76125. See also: www.scribd.com/doc/33607813/ 59. Some Problems of the Interrelation of Caucasian and Anatolian Early Bronze Age Cultures, in: Caucasian and Near Eastern Studies, XI, Dedicated to Mary Inadze on her 75th Birthday. Editor: Gregor Giorgadze. Tbilisi: Mematiane, 2004, pp. 50-96 (in Georgian, with an English Summary). კ 116/2004. See also: www.scribd.com/doc/17677813/ 61. The Chronology of the Caucasus during the Early Metal Age: Observations from Central Trans-Caucasus, in: A View from the Highlands. Archaeological Studies in Honour of Charles Burney. Edited by Antonio Sagona. Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Supplement 12. Leuven: Peeters, 2004, pp. 539-556 (in English). ISBN 90-429-1352-5. See also: http://kavtaradze.wikifoundry.com/page/Observations+from+Central+TransCaucasus?fbclid=IwAR3rZfQpxk80LyE1eWdUAUf9KhjhejLxqmlWFcuMCGaQcHrWnDr3HrZAK4 or www.scribd.com/doc/2449260/ 62. 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Tbilisi: Publishing House “Mematiane”, 2005, pp. 13-18 (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/17694522/ 67. Gogla – the Prototype of Chorexi? in: The IV and V Scientific Conference Dedicated to the Memory of Giorgi Leonidze. Short Content of Papers. The Publications of the Museum of Giorgi Leonidze in Patardzeuli, no. 3. Patardzeuli - Tbilisi: Publishing House “Universal”, 2005, pp. 24-25 (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/35668406/ 68. Giorgi Leonidze and the Freedom of Georgia, in: The IV and V Scientific Conference Dedicated to the Memory of Giorgi Leonidze. Short Content of Papers. The Publications of the Museum of Giorgi Leonidze in Patardzeuli, no. 3. Patardzeuli - Tbilisi: Publishing House “Universal”, 2005, 26 (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/35668406/ 69. The Ancient Country of Taokhians and the Beginnings of Georgian Statehood, in: Sprache und Kultur, # 5-6 (Staatliche Ilia Tschawtschawadse Universitaet Tbilisi für Sprache und Kultur. Tbilisi, 2005, pp. 92-114 (in Georgian with an English Summary). ISSN 1512-1364X. See also: www.scribd.com/doc/17666369/ 70. Towards the Location of the Ancient “Royal City” of Daiaeni/Diauxi, in: Kartvelian Heritage, IX. Kutaisi Akaki Tsereteli State University. Kutaisi: Publishing House of the Kutaisi State University, 2005, pp. 371-381 (in Georgian with an English Summary). ISSN 1512-09-53. See also: www.scribd.com/doc/17692918/ 71. Caucasian Georgia - A Bridgehead or a Stronghold of the Modern Geopolitical Games. A Look from the Historical Perspective, in: Amirani, Journal of the International Caucasological Research Institute, XIV-XV., Montréal – Tbilisi, 2006, pp 134-140 (in English with a Georgian Summary). ISSN 1512-0449. See also: http://kavtaradze.wikifoundry.com/page/Caucasian+Georgia or www.scribd.com/doc/2643084/ 72. The Chronological Interrelations of Early Bronze Age Cultures of Palestine, Anatolia and Transcaucasia, - D. Baazov Museum of History and Ethnography of Jews of Georgia, Works, IV. Tbilisi, ISSN 99940- 866-7-7 (in Georgian with an English Summary). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/17690502/ 73. The Carthaginians and the Caucasus, – Literaturuli Sakartvelo, 2006, 15 September, № 32 (3596), p. 4 (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/33881850/ 74. The Problems of State Development of Georgia (From the Earliest Times). Ibero-Caucasian International Research Centre. Caucasiological Series, II. Tbilisi: Universal, 2006, 245 pp. (in Georgian with an English summary). ISBN 99940-61-85-2. See also: http://kavtaradze.wikifoundry.com/page/The+Problems+of+State+Development+of+Georgia?fbclid=IwAR2nPFmnnqG80s1b7hq8kYLdXvdtkho0JwcEdzoIbBrhN3XYYan83zBZ-28 or www.scribd.com/doc/2413126/ 75. Ancient State Formations (Georgia), – The Ortdodox Encyclopaedia, vol. XIII. Moscow, 2006 (in Russian). Co-author. See also: www.pravenc.ru/text/168205.html or www.scribd.com/doc/33883474/ 76. Some Problems of the Historical Geography of South-Western Transcaucasia,–- Shota Meskhia 9o. Jubilee Volume Dedicated to the 90th Anniversary of Shota Meskhia. Compiler-editor: Natela Vachnadze. Chief editor: Roin Metreveli. Tbilisi: Publishing House "Nekeri", 2006, pp. 394-411 (in Georgian with an English summary). ISBN 978-99940-910-6-5. See also: www.scribd.com/doc/17592623/ 77. For the Location of Sololaki, - Kartvelian Heritage, vol. X. Akaki Tsereteli State University. Kutaisi: Kutaisi State University Press, 2006, pp. 310-319 (in Georgian with an English summary). ISSN 1512-09-53. See also: www.scribd.com/doc/17376446/ 78. Towards the Location of Ancient City-Fortresses of Tao, – Caucasian and Near Eastern Studies, vol. XII. The volume is Dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of Professor Manana Khidasheli. Tbilisi, 2006, pp. 86-108 (in Georgian with an English summary). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/17404580/ 79. A Man Showing the Way, – Spartak Jvania. Compiler-Editor: Tamaz Pipia. Tbilisi, 2006, pp. 29-30 (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/35667835/ 82. Interpretation of the Ancient Transcaucasian Data About the Carthaginians, - Grace Clad in Sorrow. The Present Collection of Articles is Dedicated to the Memory of Tamar Gamsakhurdia. Editor-in-chief: Roin Metreveli. Compiler and editor: Natela Vachnadze. Tbilisi: Publishing House “Nekeri”, 2007, pp. 75-85, 395, 412 (in Georgian with English and Russian summaries). ISBN 978-99940-986-8-2. See also: www.scribd.com/doc/17682379/ 83. The Problem of Interpretation of Ancient Gem from Paris, - Materials of the First International Congress of Caucasiologists. Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University; Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics. Editor-in-Chief: V. Shengelia. Tbilisi: Pulishing House “Universal”, 2007, pp. 272-273 (in English). ISBN 978-9941-12-048-0. See also: www.scribd.com/doc/2536384/ 84. Leonidze and the Idea of Freedom of Georgia (Historical and Literary Essay), – Literaturuli Meskheti, № 10 (118), October 2008, p. 14 (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/9342158/ 85. The Caucasus and the “Carthaginians", – Iberia-Colchis. Researches on the Archaeology and History of Georgia in the Classical and Early Medieval Period. Georgian National Museum, of Otar Lordkipanidze Centre of Archaeology, Supplement to – “Researches on the Archaeology of Georgia”, № 4, Tbilisi, 2008, pp. 112-121, 187 (Pl. I), pp. 208-210 (in Georgian and English). ISSN 1512-4207. See also: www.scribd.com/doc/9522209/ 86. On the Pagan Pantheon of the Iberian Kingdom, – Kartvelian Heritage, vol. XII. Kutaisi: Kutaisi State University Press, 2008, p. 346-350 (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/24321708/ 87. Some Papers of Georgian History Seen by Giorgi Leonidze (According to Platon Ioseliani's Works), –Historical-Ethnological Explorations, XI. Tbilisi, 2009, pp. 278-283. ISSN 1512-2727 (in Georgian). (Co-author). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/33892447/ 88. The Geopolitical Role of the Caucasus from a Historical Perspective, – Conflicts in Georgia and Prospects for Peace. Georgian Patriarchate and Conrad Adenauer Foundation. Tbilisi: Kalamus Publishing House, 2009, pp. 280-285. ISBN 2345632456 (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/19204629/ 89. Art of War in the Ancient East. Warrior Library № 9. Ministry of Defense of Georgia and Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology. Tbilisi: Cartographic Unit of the Topographic Division of the Joint Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces, 2009, 96pp. (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/34115143/ 90. To the Essence of Deities of Pagan Iberia, – Caucasian-Middle Eastern Collection, XIII . Dedicated to the Memory of Giorgi Melikishvili. Editors: I. Tatishvili, M. Khvedelidze, L. Gordeziani. Tbilisi: Logos Program, 2009, pp. 113-139. ISBN 978-9941-401-54-1 (in Georgian with an English Summary). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/19201056/ 91. Interview - What Awaits Georgian Villages and Monuments in Turkey? – Newspaper “Georgia XXI”, July 13-19, 2009, p. 10 (Eka Buchukuri) (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/24325723/ 92. Interview - The Earliest Manuscript of “The Knight in the Panther's Skin” May Be Preserved in Turkey, – Newspaper “Georgia XXI”, No. 0031, October 5, 2009, Monday, pp. 1, 17 (Eka Buchukuri) (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/24327540/ 93. Interview - How the King's Statue Was Turned into an Erzurum Fragment, – Newspaper “Georgia XXI”, No. 0034, October 26 - November 1, 2009, Monday, p. 15, 21 (Eka Buchukuri) (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/24327540/ 94. The Geopolitical Role of the Caucasus Mountains from the Historical Perspective, in: Causes of War – Prospects of Peace. Patriarchate of Georgian Orthodox Church & Konrad Adenauer-Foundation. Tbilisi: Printed by CGS ltd, 2009, pp. 214-218. ISBN 2345632456 (in English). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/24299269/ 95. For the Definition of the Term “Arian-Kartli", – International Scientific Conference Kutaisi Discussions, XII. Symposium Programme and Presentation Materials. Kutaisi: Akaki Tsereteli State University, 2009, pp. 70-74 (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/24322255/ 96. Georgian Researcher Finds Ancient Manuscript of “the Knight in the Panther Skin” in Turkey?! – Newspaper “Georgian Word”, no. 14 (25), April 21-27, 2010, p. 10 (Maka Buachidze) (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/33887385/ 97. Some Problems of the Ancient History of Anatolian-Caucasian Marchland, – Scientific Paradigms, Studies in Honour of Professor Natela Vachnadze. Editor George Tcheishvili. Georgian National Academy of Sciences, National Committee of Georgian Historians, St. Anrew the First-Called Georgian University of the Patriarchy of Georgia. Tbilisi: Publishing-house “Meridiani”, 2009. ISBN 978-9941-10-222-6 (in Georgian with an English Summary). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/34160104/ 98. To The Problem of “Arian-Kartli”, – The Proceedings of The Institute of History and Ethnology, IX. Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology. Editor-in-Chief: Vazha Kiknadze. Tbilisi: Publishing House “Universal”, 2009. ISSN 1987-6564 (in Georgian with an English Summary). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/33682539/ 99. “Arian-Kartli” – Myth or Reality? – Ilia Chavchavadze Kutaisi International Scientific Conference Dedicated to the 300th Anniversary of Book Printing in Georgia. Kutaisi, October 15-16, 2009. Kutaisi, 2009, pp. 284-292 (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/43794726/ 100. About One Newspaper Article, – “Sakartvelos Respublika”, no. 4304; December 30, 2010 (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/46218281/ 101. Where Was Mtskheta Originally Located and What Should Its Name Mean? – “Sakartvelos Respublika”, July 9, 2011 (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/60135746/ 102. The Significance of the Data of the Paleometal Era of the Caucasus for the Development of a Common East European-Middle Eastern Chronological System, – Archeology, Ethnology, Caucasian Folklore. Tbilisi: “Meridiani”, 2011, pp. 133-137 (in Russian). See also: www.scribd.com/document/422069127/ 103. Ancient Tao from the View-Point of Historical Geography, Georgian Ministry of Education and Sciences, – Linguocultural Researches. First Linguocultural and Anthropological International Conference, II. Shota Rustaveli State University, International Center of Sociocultural Anthropology and Ethnolinguistic Study of Georgian People. Batumi: Shota Rustaveli State University Press, 2011, pp. 133-143 (in Georgian with an English Summary). See also: http://kavtaradze.wikifoundry.com/page/Ancient+Tao+from+the+View-Point+of+Historical+Geography or www.scribd.com/doc/72488910/ 104. About the Ancient Location of Mc’xet’a and Its Name, – The Proceedings of The Institute of History and Ethnology, X-XI, 2010/2011. Editor-in-Chief: Vazha Kiknadze. Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology. Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, 2012. ISSN 1987-6564 (in Georgian with an English Summary). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/100678253/ 105. Interview – Unknown Details of Gogla Leonidze's Life, – “All News”, 2 June 2012 (Nana Pitskhelauri). (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/100696781/ 106. Georgia, the Caucasus and Geopolitics – Past and Present, – MARIE BROSSET 210. Sokhumi State University, Institute of Georgian History and Ethnology. Editors: Lia Akhaladze, Bejan Khorava, Kakha Kvashilava. Tbilisi: Publishing House “Meridiani”, 2012. ISBN 978-9941-10-684-2 (in Georgian with an English Summary). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/124156962/ 107. The Commendatory Foreword, – Vazha Kiknadze. The Eurasian State of Georgia in the Fourteenth Century (the Mongol Era and Its End). Lewiston/Queenston/Lampeter: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2013, pp. i-vi (in English). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/125773716/ 108. An Attempt at Dating the Starting Point of the Kura-Araxes Culture, – At the Northern Frontier of Near Eastern Archaeology: Recent Research on Caucasia and Anatolia in the Bronze Age. Universita Ca'Foscari Venezia. Humboldt Kolleg International Conference, Venice, 9-11/01/2013 (in English). Attached is a Video of the Report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJYJWRXcQ-o/ See also: www.scribd.com/doc/140863132/ 109. The Relationship between the Caucasus and the Middle East during the “Pre-KuraAraxes” Period, in: Problems of Maykop Culture in the Context of Caucasian-Anatolian Relations (Proceedings of the International Archaeological Symposium). Tbilisi: Publishing House “Meridiani”, 2013, pp. 192-205. ISBN 978-9941-10-748-1 (in English). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/238343100/ 110. Transcaucasia and the Problem of the Uruk Cultural Phenomenon, in: Scripta, Essays in Honour of Veli Sevin – A Life Immersed in Archaeology. Editor: A. Özfırat. Istanbul: Ege Yayınları, 2014, pp. 13-20. ISBN 978-605-4701-47-6 (in English). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/238343909/ 111. The Term “Kartli” – Its Essence and Origin, – The Proceedings of the Institute of History and Ethnology, XII-XIII, 2012/2013. Dedicated to the 75th Year Anniversary of Professor Tamaz Beradze’s Birth. Editor-in-Chief: Vazha Kiknadze. Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Ivane Javakhishvili Institute Of History And Ethnology. Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, 2014. ISSN 1987-6564 (in Georgian with an English Summary). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/240056478/ 112. On the Importance of the Caucasian Chronology for the Foundation of the Common Near Eastern – East European Chronological System, – The Proceedings of the Institute of History and Ethnology, vol. XII-XIII, 2012/2013. Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology of the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Tbilisi, 2014, pp. 23-45. ISSN 1987-6564 (in English with a Georgian Summary). See also: www.scribd.com/doc/240057276/ 113. About the Statue of Gagik I, King of Ani, – Scientific Conference: Church of Georgia Yesterday, Today. Editor: Bondo Arveladze. Proceedings of Caucasus International University. Tbilisi, 2016, p. 19-29 (in Georgian with an English Summary). See also: www.scribd.com/document/362612164/ 114. An Attempt at Dating the Starting Point of the Kura-Araxes Culture on the Background of the ‘Uruk Cultural Phenomenon’, in: At the Northern Frontier of Near Eastern Archaeology: Recent Research on Caucasia and Anatolia in the Bronze Age. Elena Rova & Monica Tonussi (eds). Proceedings of the International Humboldt-Kolleg Venice, January 9th - January 12th, 2013 (Publications of the Georgian-Italian Shida Kartli Archaeological Project, 2. Supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation). Subartu XXXVIII – a Peer-Reviewed Series Edited by the European Centre for Upper Mesopotamian Studies. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, 2017, pp. 91-112. ISBN 978-2-503-54897-5 (D/2017/0095/131) (in English). See also: http://kavtaradze.wikifoundry.com/page/G.+L.+Kavtaradze.+An+Attempt+at+Dating+the+Starting+Point+of+the+Kura-Araxes+Culture or www.scribd.com/document/421634965/ 115. About the Identity of the “Bun-Turks” and “Hons” of the Conversion of Kartli, – The Proceedings of the Institute of History and Ethnology, XIV-XV, 2016-2017. Editor-in-Chief: Vazha Kiknadze. Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology. Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, 2018. ISSN 1987-6564 (in Georgian with an English Summary). See also: www.scribd.com/document/421614158/ 116. How was Created Giorgi Leonidze's Poem “Childhood and Adolescence”, – “Literaturuli Meskheti”, no. 9 (237), September 2018, pp. 28-29 (published at the end of August 2018) (in Georgian). See also: www.scribd.com/document/421630818/ 117. Some Problems Concerning the Chronology of Late Neolithic – Early Metal Age Cultures of Caucasia, in: Context and Connection: Essays on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East in Honour of Antonio Sagona. Batmaz A., Bedianashvili G., Michalewicz A., Robinson A. (eds). Series: Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta. Leuven: Peeters, 2018, pp. 77-91. ISBN: 978-90-429-3403-0 (in English). See also: http://kavtaradze.wikifoundry.com/page/some+problems or www.scribd.com/document/421613916/ [Unfortunately, this (no. 117) volume, published on June 28, 2018, of which I am the author of one of the articles (pp. 77-91), I have not received so far (March 29, 2020). Obviously, neither the publishing house, nor the publisher, was even going to send it!]. THE LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Funny, and Not-so-Funny, Expressions God does not need love and devotion to Him - God needs love and devotion among people! (April 12, 2020). Church for people, or people for the church- Christ or Armazi?! (March 29, 2020). What is the greatest pleasure for a man?! - To be above all pleasures! (February 12, 2020). There is the concept of “American Dream”. What should be the dream of Georgians from a Russian point of view?! (February 13, 2020).There is the concept of “American Dream”. What should be the dream of Georgians from a Russian point of view?! (February 13, 2020). Somehow they forget that Georgians, unlike some, have a strong natural requirement for fairness and justice (January 20, 2020). Ilia's assassination - an attempt to destroy Georgia's future. Who needed it?! (November 11, 2019). Instead of Russia, it is increasingly used - the north, the northern neighbor... What, the name “Russia” is forbidden to mention?! (October 16, 2019). From a historian's point of view: reptiles, mammals, birds are somewhat reminiscent of Semites, Indo-Europeans and Caucasians ;) (October 14, 2019). Non-implementation of Article 5 on the Occupied Territories with NATO perspective or the "Southossetization" of whole country?! (September 12, 2019). There are countries with the “democracy” of the type of Pithecanthropus. What you would say... (August 10, 2019). You cannot enter the same river twice, but you can enter the same puddle as many times as you wish and splash in it (December 15, 2018). The level of development of society is directly proportional to the number of decent and thoughtful people in its composition... In other words, the level of stagnation and degradation of society is directly proportional to the number of scammers and idiots (December 3, 2018). Being a nonentity is not determined by the lack of money and property, but by the spiritual state of man! (January 19, 2018). Russia is the enemy of Georgia! Anyone who does not understand this, or does not “realize” it, is either a narrow-minded idiot, or or an enemy of the country itself (March 23, 2017). “Pro-Westerners” or “pro-Russians” = supporters of Georgia's existence or its integration with Russia (November 25, 2016). The current political spectrum of Georgia is mainly distinguished by two trends (”tendency”): 1. Consisting of the supporters of the preservation of Georgian statehood, i.e. pro-Georgian or anti-Russian, which is marked and will be marked by various foreign and distant from all Georgians labels (more typical across the ocean); 2. Consisting of those "politicians" who want the actual destruction of Georgian statehood, i.e. pro-Russian or anti-Georgian, which will be more and more adorned with national, "sweet-Georgian" masks. Today is November 25, 2016. I consider the division of the Georgian political spectrum into pro-Western and pro-Russian today as an excessive complication of the problem. In fact, everything is much simpler: on the one hand there are proponents of preserving Georgia's statehood, and on the other hand, who are still seeking to restore a united political (and so on) space with Russia. The point is that Georgia alone, outside of the outside world, conventionally called the West, will not be able to cope with pressure from the north and survive its own statehood (September 18, 2016). From today's point of view, the world, primarily its civilized part, is facing a great danger that no one is talking about. I mean the so-called mass panic in the population. The existence of a dirty (radiological) bomb that is much simpler and more efficient to use in big cities than missile-propelled nuclear weapons and would be easily dealt within the phenomenon of the so-called hybrid wars. Although given the political conjuncture of the day, neither the identity of the user of the "dirty bomb" nor the "customer" of its use will be difficult to guess (though the "performer" will festively declare about his involvement, so that no one would be left in doubt), accordingly, only delayed response, if any, would be available. One thing is really hard to find on Earth, - the model of thinking that can take such an insidious brutal plan (unfortunately, I think I am one of those exceptions), and implement it. Therefore, I hope that all of the above is the fruit of my excitement and has nothing to do with reality (December 13, 2015). Lately, one notable trend has become more apparent (at least from my perspective), the less the Georgian speaks Russian and isn’t familiar with Russian culture, more and more he becomes a devout and unshakeable Russophile. This circumstance seems to be caused by the existence of a "provincial syndrome", since there is a second, but diametrically opposite, tendency... Thus for the so-called soft power of Russian-imperialist politics becomes actual not so much Russian language and culture promotion among the Georgians as the further decline and descent of the overall level of education and knowledge in Georgia, which is easily achieved by the actual destruction of academic institutions and educational institutions (June 7, 2015). Our life is like a scene, and reality is before entering the stage, and after the performance, behind the scene, it comes back again... (November 25, 2013). Evil is like a sanitary - as a wolf picks weak lambs out of a lamb shed and takes away the possibility of their reproduction, satan chooses the weak in spirit and destroys their future... (November 25, 2013). When characterizing Russia's foreign policy, it is often used the cliche that it is "unpredictable." This, in our view, is wrong: Russia's policy is quite predictable, it has always been aimed at expanding its “limits” towards the least resistance, absorbing everything that “lies badly”, that is, those countries that do not have the strength and will to resist. In fact, “unpredictable” is the policy of the international community (represented by successful "Western" countries) - it is very difficult to determine how much and at what price they are sometimes ready to put up with the aggressive thoughts of the Kremlin leaders and concede to them in one episode or another of political confrontation (November 20, 2013). Nuka’s church, Klarjeti, on the right bank of the Karchkhali river, on the rocky mountain cape. Further up there is the village of Shua (middle) Forta. "Nuke's church" or "Luke's church" - which is right?! Cf., e.g., alternating l and n consonants in the same region (Klarjeti-Shavsheti): Ligani Gorge < Nigali Gorge, village Lionidze < village Niolidze. There is no need to refer to Luka as St. Luke. Luka / Nuka may have been a builder, a priest, etc. (October 22, 2012). It is easy to speculate that if not the help of the West, primarily the United States, Tbilisi would have long been a victim of Russian generals. Therefore, nothing but surprise causes the expression spread in our so-called “patriotic circles” that "Osman and Alia are both Tatars!", which means that there is no choice, - both are the same and that in order to preserve our nationality and freedom, both Russia and the United States should leave us alone. As if America, like Russia, invaded our country, arranged here military bases, placed there occupational forces and kept alleged "peacemakers" in regions captured from us; and at the same time totally undermine our daily activities and try to wipe, destroy and exterminate the environment. Consequently, we must strive to free our homeland from both of them. Most interestingly, this expression is almost always only addressed to Americans. As can be seen, the speakers seem to be hoping that Osman (that is, America) will go to “his home”, in the western hemisphere of the Earth, that is, he will eventually turn his back on us and that Alia (or Russia) will remain a “ball and a pitch”. This lesson was already successfully learned in 1920, when we banished the “English imperialists”, and after that we could only withstand half a year. After that, there were puddles of blood in Georgia for a long time... Giorgi Kavtaradze. Instruction: How to Get Rid of Predatory Animals, - “Literaturuli Sakartvelo”, October 2004, № 40-41. Life is Art, but Death – Creativity, for some Men (November 3, 1975). Giorgi L. Kavtaradze speech delivered at the presentation of the book launch of Vazha Kiknadze, “The Eurasian State of Georgia in the Fourteenth Century (the Mongol Era and Its End)”, held on 21th of March, 2013 at the Ilya Chavchavadze National Parlamentary National Library of Georgia in Tbilisi (Read by Dr. Nino Lazrishvili): Ladies & Gentlemen, I belong to people who believe that some events in our life are predetermined by our fate. Now I would like to recall an episode from my childhood. I was about 10-12 years old when the greatest pleasure for me was reading books on the history, instead of doing my homework. My grandfather, bringing my grandmother and mother to fury, strongly encouraged my passion, choosing me the books which I needed according to his opinion, among them were books of the so-called anti-Soviet character, too. He spent much time with me, explaining their meaning and discussed various aspects of the Georgian and not only of the Georgian history. He used to say, that there is a lack of evidence about the time of king Giorgi the Brilliant and therefore the circumstances of the end of Mongol rule in Georgia are the least known. To do everything possible to end the foreign domination was for the Georgians always the most desirable type of activity. I think now that he had in his mind the words of Niccolo Machiavelli:”Everyone who wants to know what will happen ought to examine what has happened: everything in this world in any epoch has their replicas in antiquity.” He demanded of me to try to fill this gap, if I would become a historian. But at that time, when I became a historian, I was very impressed by the problems of ethnogenesis, so my grandfather’s request, and even the memory about it, was completely erased from my mind. But from your fate there is no escape! Last summer, I received a very honorable to me offer from Professor Vazha Kiknadze to write the Commendatory Foreword to his monograph, “The Eurasian State of Georgia in the Fourteenth Century (the Mongol Era and Its End)". The monograph by Professor Kiknadze namely covers a very crucial time in Georgian history, the days of king Giorgi V the Brilliant, who released Georgia from Mongolian domination and reunited the country, so I finally got a chance to go a little closer to the time of king Giorgi the Brilliant. Dr. Kiknadze’s book was published this January in the United States of America by Edwin Mellen Publishers and I’m very glad that I now have the opportunity to say a few words about it. The fourteenth century AD is a period of Georgian history which has few written sources or other contemporary documentary materials. In addition to the surviving Georgian and well-known foreign written sources, Professor Kiknadze makes use of previously unknown manuscripts examined by him (i.e. Georgian synaxarions of the 13th and 14th centuries from the libraries of St Petersburg and the unpublished manuscripts of the most famous Georgian historian of last century, Ivane Javakhishvili). On the basis of these materials, first brought to light for scholarly analysis and interpretation by the author and using all existing primary sources together with materials of different types, Dr. Kiknadze restores the complex internal and external political processes that occurred in Georgia since the late 13th century to the late 14th century – the time of the invasions of Tamerlane, etc., and puts forward a quite new vision of the events of historic character of this period. The author has actually managed to restore our past, the period of the history of Georgia most shrouded in mist; he has succeeded in running back the pages of history, which were considered as forever lost, not only to history, but also to a wide circle of readers. This past has a special value for us, – it explaines not only our history, but determines the subsequent development of our state, which is once again on the verge of two very different worlds – Central Eurasia and its periphery, also referred to as the Inner Crescent – already Pliny the Elder (Plinius Magnus), in the first century, mentioned that the Caucasian Gates (i.e. Darial Gorge) divides the world in two distinct parts (NH, VI, XII, 30). It should be noted that Kiknadze’s book came at the most right time. By the opinion of our colleagues: “as the collapse of the Soviet system and the historical methodologies it had promoted and enforced left a vacuum in the successor states, it became obvious that new approaches, rethinking and interpreting of national narratives were needed” (Eka Avaliani) – Vazha Kiknadze’s work fully meet these requirements. Quite recently, Professor Kiknadze’s monograph has been awarded by The Adèle Mellen Prize for its distinguished contribution to scholarship. This book is rated as “the first and only detailed study of Fourteenth Century Eurasia, an often neglected period in history”. By the way, the monograph of Professor Kiknadze is the first book published in the United States by a professional Georgian historian. The significance of this fact is difficult to overestimate. Taking into consideration the vastness of the territory conquered by the Mongols from Japan to Egypt and from Indochina to Poland and the significant role they played in the history of the whole of Eurasia, I think that the English-speaking reader will be interested in becoming acquainted with the topic of Mongol rule in Georgia. I would like to express as well the hope that in the future as Professor Kiknadze, so other his Georgian colleagues, will have again and again new opportunities to present a long and rich history of Georgia to the interested readers around the world. 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