A literary historian and critic, Ph.D. in Literature (2005), Member of Gelati Academy (2003), Laureate of The Literary Saba Award (three times). He was born in 1947 in Tkibuli, west Georgia. After finishing school in his native town, in 1965-74 he studied Georgian Philology and Journalism in Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi University. At... Read more >
After graduating from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi University and receiving Ph.D. in History, Zurab Batiashvili worked in the Georgian Parliament, the European Department of the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Turkish Embassy in Tbilisi. At present he works in the Council of Security and Crisis Management of Georgia. He has... Read more >
On 26 May, 1918 Georgia declared its independence. The Democratic Republic of Georgia lasted for only 1028 days. The Democratic Republic was built by its citizens: politicians, soldiers, scholars,... Read more >
Mikheil Javakhishvili’s novel “Jako’s Dispossessed” is one of the most important examples of Georgian writing of the 20th century. In the way of its study, along with many... Read more >
On February 24, 1921, during the Russian-Georgian War, tanks and infantry faced off on the battlefield for the first time in Georgia and the South Caucasus. The battle took place near Tbilisi, on... Read more >