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ილია ჭავჭავაძე, იაკობ გოგებაშვილი და დედა-ენა, ქართველთა შორის წერა-კითხვის გამავრცელებელი საზოგადოება
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Ilia Chavcavadze, Jackob Gogebashvili, Society for Spreading Literacy Among Georgians
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New stage of developing Georgian civilization was attempted by "Tergdaleulni" ("those who had drunk of the water of the river Tergi Terek") - Western oriented Georgia's younger generation who got education in St. Petersburg and other centers of Russia. The activity of Ilia Chavchavadze, Akaki Tsereteli, Niko Nikoladze and their followers played a significant role in developing ideological grounds for National Liberation movement.
Ilia Chavchavadze called on the people "to break the chains fettering human life". He put forward the slogan: "Fraternity, unity, liberty!".
One main field of straggle of the leaders of the Georgian national liberation movement was to defense and develop of the Georgian culture and main basement of culture the language.
The Society for the Spread of Literacy among Georgians proved of paramount importance in the campaign for the preservation and development of the Georgian language and culture
After the assassination of the Russian Emperor in 1881, Alexander II, the political terror occupied the empire. The government stood on the way to oppression and russification of the colonized peoples, inhabiting the Empire and Georgians among. The publishing of Georgian books, newspapers and magazines was extremely limited. There was abolished Georgian language in schools. The word "Georgia" was even erased from the official documents, and put the "Tbilisi province" and "Kutaisi province" instead. This policy was excused by the wrong theory that the time of small nations was over and they were historically doomed for the assimilation with the larger nations.
In such conditions Ilia Chavchavadze and his adherents bravely strived against the national-colonial oppression. They strived for deepening the consolidation of Georgian nation and its national self-consciousness. The government couldn't cluntch these actions. On the contrary, this movement was strengthened and widened afterwards, though it didn't accept the shape of political rebellion.
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