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Giorgi Leon Kavtaradze Name: Giorgi Email: [email protected] 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 Central Transcaucasia & the Outer World Giorgi Leon
Kavtaraze (Facebook) George L.
Kavtaraze (Facebook) Giorgi L. Kavtaraze (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). Photographies of My Parents: &
Giorgi Leonidze-Museum in Patardzeuli (Sagarejo), Georgia Botkoveli - What Was Seen by My Own Eyes (in Georgian)
Giorgi
Leonidze (Photographies) 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) 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 Giorgi Leon Kavtaradze Center of Caucasian
& Anatolian Studies Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History &
Ethnology 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 Letters from Colleagues,
Messages, Recommendations Giorgi
Leon Kavtaradze - Google Scholar Giorgi-Leon
Kavtaradze - LinkedIn Giorgi
Kavtaradze - Academia.edu Giorgi
Leon Kavtaradze - Research Gate Giorgi
Leon Kavtaraże - Scribd Giorgi Leon Kavtaradze Centre of
Caucasian & Anatolian
Studies 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 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) 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
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.
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
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 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 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 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 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 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. 16. The
Chronology of the Aeneolithic-Bronze Age Cultures of Georgia. Tbilisi, “Metsniereba”,
1983, 165pp. 17. About the Appearance of
Hittite Tribes in Central Anatolia, in: Issues
on Georgian Archaeology, vol. III. Tbilisi, 1985, pp.
3-21 18. About the Settlement of
the Kartvelian Tribes in Anatolia. Tbilisi,
"Metsniereba" 1985, 196pp. 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 20. We
Must Return the Tbilisi Time, – Axalgazrda
Komunisti, 21.02.19889,
p. 6 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 30. The
Caucasian Gateway. Viewpoint, – Sakartvelos
Respublika,
05.09.1996, no. 179 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 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 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 34. Gogla from the
Proximity... from the Distant of Years, in: Mnatobi, 7. Tbilisi: Merani,
1997, pp. 107-118 38. Meskheti
– the Old Cradle of Gogla's Ancestors, – Literaturuli
Meskheti,
1 (January), 1999, p. 7 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 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 42. An
Addressee of One of Gogla's Poems, – Literaturuli
Meskheti,
5 (17), May, 2000, 2 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 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 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 47. Three Pages from the
Anatolian Diary, – Literaturuli
Sakartvelo,
2001, 2-8 and 9-15 October no. 44-45 (3356-3357) 51. Two Transcaucasian
Ethnonyms of Anatolian Origin, in: Caucasian
and Near-Eastern Studies, X. Tbilisi: Mematiane, 2001, pp.
39-58 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 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 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 58. The
„Sense of Existence“ of the Iberian Kingdom According to Historical Sources, in: Mnatobi, 7-8, 2003, pp.
94-154 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 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 62. Middle Transcaucasia –
A Stronghold or a Bridgehead in Modern Geopolitical Games? –
Literaturuli Sakartvelo, September 3-9, 2004, № 35 (3503),
pp. 2-3 63. Instructions: How to
Defend Ourselves from Wild Beasts, -
Literaturuli Sakartvelo, October 8-14, 2004, № 40 (3508),
pp. 3-4 and October 15-21, 2004, № 41 (3509), p. 3 64. Who
Was a Prototype of Chorexi? - Kalmasoba, The
Literature and Scientific Newspaper of the Shota Rustaveli Institute of
Georgian Literature and Georgian Writers, # 8 (82), 2004, p.
9 66. Daiaeni/Diaukhi and the
Georgian Political Tradition, in: The
Scientific Session Dedicated to the 150 Anniversary of Mose Janashvili. Short Content of
Papers. Tbilisi, 30 May – 2 June, The Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of
History and Ethnology of the Georgian Academy of Science. Tbilisi: Publishing
House “Mematiane”, 2005, pp. 13-18 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 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 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 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 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 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 73. The Carthaginians
and the Caucasus, –
Literaturuli Sakartvelo, 2006, 15 September, № 32 (3596), p.
4 74. The Problems of State
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Universal, 2006, 245 pp. 75. Ancient
State Formations (Georgia), – The
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Problems of the Historical Geography of South-Western Transcaucasia,–-
Shota Meskhia 9o. Jubilee
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"Nekeri", 2006, pp. 394-411 77. For the Location of
Sololaki, -
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Kutaisi State University Press, 2006, pp. 310-319 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 79. A
Man Showing the Way, – Spartak Jvania. Compiler-Editor: Tamaz
Pipia. Tbilisi, 2006, pp. 29-30 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 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 84. Leonidze and the Idea of
Freedom of Georgia (Historical and Literary Essay), – Literaturuli
Meskheti, №
10 (118), October 2008, p. 14 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 86. On
the Pagan Pantheon of the Iberian Kingdom, – Kartvelian
Heritage,
vol. XII. Kutaisi: Kutaisi State University Press, 2008, p. 346-350 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 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 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. 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 91. Interview
- What Awaits Georgian Villages and Monuments in Turkey? – Newspaper
“Georgia XXI”,
July 13-19, 2009, p. 10 (Eka Buchukuri) 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) 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) 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 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 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) 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 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 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. 284-292 100. About
One Newspaper Article, – “Sakartvelos
Respublika”,
no. 4304; December 30, 2010 101. Where Was Mtskheta
Originally Located and What Should Its Name Mean? –
“Sakartvelos Respublika”, July 9, 2011 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. 133-137 103. 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. 133-143 104. 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 105. Interview
– Unknown Details of Gogla Leonidze's Life, – “All
News”,
2 June 2012 (Nana Pitskhelauri). 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 978-9941-10-684-2 107. 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 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 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 978-9941-10-748-1 110. 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
978-605-4701-47-6 111. 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 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 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. 19-29 114. 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) 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 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) 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 [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!]. 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 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).
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. Where I
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