Akaki Chanturia
(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 >
Parna-Beka Chilashvili
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 >
Gela Charkviani
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 >
