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(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 >

Shota Rustaveli

NEW BOOKS

Memoirs of the Caucasus – Military Service and Captivity Under Shamil (1844–1854)

Karol Kalinowski

The fate of Polish officer Karol Kalinowski closely mirrored that of many of his compatriots in the 1840s, who were punished by the Russian Empire for fighting for their country’s... Read more >

Ekvtime Takaishvili, the Initiator of the Return of Treasures from France to Georgia

Archil Kokhreidze

In the 1930s, Ekvtime Takaishvili raised the issue of returning the national treasures taken abroad before the government of the Second Republic of Georgia. He sent a special letter to Vukol... Read more >

Vincent van Gogh

Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Kakutsa Cholokashvili and anti-soviet uprising of 1924

Gocha Saitidze

After the defeat of the uprising organised in August 1924, Kakutsa Cholokashvili was forced to leave his homeland forever. In Georgia, conquered by Soviet Russia, any mention of this national hero... Read more >