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Isidore Ramishvili

(1859-1937) While studying at Tbilisi Spiritual Seminary, Isidore Ramishvili was involved in the revolutionary activities organized by the students. At various times he worked as a school teacher, continuing to show interest in revolutionary protests, for which he was exiled from Georgia. Isidore Ramishvili was the first Georgian MP to... Read more >

Grigol Robakidze

(1882-1962), a Georgian writer, publicist, public figure, one of the founders of Georgian psychological novel. After graduating from Kutaisi Classical Gymnasium he continued his studies first at the University of Tartu and then at the University of Leipzig, where he received his Ph. D. in Philosophy. After returning to Georgia... Read more >

NEW BOOKS

Tbilisi 1991-1992: December-January Events – Interviews. Volume I

Natela Vachnadze, Nino Tomadze

Ketevan the Martyr

Thea Kartvelishvili

Ketevan the Martyr – this is how the 17th-century Queen of Kakheti was established in Georgian consciousness. Her martyrdom was so impressive that, unlike many holy martyrs in... Read more >

Hakuho sho

Beka Khojava

In January 2018, Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi, also known as Levan Gorgadze, became the first Georgian and the third European to celebrate a tournament victory and lift the Emperor’s Cup. From that... Read more >

Georgia's Road to Freedom. A Contemporary's Notebook

Nika Rurua

Nika Rurua, a filmmaker by education, had planned to make a film once Georgia became a NATO member. Anyone who knew him would easily guess the film's subject: the Russian occupation a century... Read more >

Tbilisi – A 17th-Century Guide According to Jean Chardin

Alexander Mikaberidze

Galaktioni – The Unusual and the Ordinary

Teimuraz Doiashvili, Natia Sikharulidze

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 >