Born in 1939, Gela Charkviani is a Georgian diplomat, educator, writer and television personality. He was born into the family of Candide Charkviani, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Georgia, and Tamar Jaoshvili, an ophthalmologist. In 1957 he finished school in Moscow... Read more >
Rustam Raza was born in 1782 in Tbilisi to Armenian parents. He was kidnapped at the age of thirteen and sold in Cairo, where the sheikh presented him to Napoleon Bonaparte in 1798.... Read more >
Western “soft powers” – be they American jazz or cinematography, literature or rock n roll – sped up the initial exposure and final demise of the soviet ideology; It... Read more >
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Readers are well aware that Galaktioni’s life was unusual and extraordinary. But where does the line lie between the circulating legends and the truth? You won’t find the answer to... Read more >
