(1881-1941), a Georgian scientist, archaeologist, ethnographer, the founder and first director of the Zugdidi Museum (later called the Historical and Architectural Museum of the Dadiani Palace). He studied archaeology, ethnography, cartography, philology, folklore and art in England. Later he collected geological and paleontological... Read more >
A Georgia poet, prose writer, translator, scholar and publicist living in Turkey. Educated as a journalist, for many years he worked on various encyclopedic editions, also translated many poems, novellas and historical novels. He was the founder and editor of a Turkish-Georgian magazine Pirosmani, published in Turkey. Artanuji has... Read more >
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 >
Dato Turashvili wrote a book about football and I’d like to say a few words about how he used to play. Although Turika (Dato’s nickname) never learned how to play football... Read more >
Ilustrator: Giorgi Tabliashvili Author of calligraphy font: David... Read more >
The Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Tsalenjikha was the most significant shrine of historical Odishi. The church is assumed to have been built between the 10th-11th or 12th-13th... Read more >
Born in 1861 in the mountainous Pshavi region in Georgia's northeast, Luka Razikashvili adopted the pen name Vazha-Pshavela (aka ‘Lad of Pshavi’) to signify his highland origins.... Read more >