ISSN: 1308-6200 | Publisher: Kültür Ajans 

Karadeniz International Scientific Journal

This is an internationally refereed social science journal that is published every three months (quarterly) in electronic-based and print-based since 2009. The journal publishes four issues each year (March, June, September, and December).

The publication language of this journal is Turkish, English, or Russian.

This is an open-access journal. Therefore, all issues and articles published so far can be accessed free of charge from the journal's website.

 

Issue 53
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ILIA OKROMCHEDLISHVILI AND CURRENT ISSUES OF KARTVELOLOGY

Mariam KOBERIDZE

Ilia Okromchedlishvili is one of the prominent representatives of the new generation of the second half of the XIX century - "Tergdaleulebi", who was still friends with Ilia Chavchavadze from the University of St. Petersburg. He always stood by Ilia's side as a close friend and comrade in the arena of Georgian public life.Ilia Okromchedlishvili devoted the best period of his life - twenty-five years after graduating from the Armenian-Georgian department of St. Petersburg University - to the Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages in Moscow and pedagogical-scientific activity at the Moscow University. At that time Moscow was the second city of Tsarist Russian Empire (after St. Petersburg), in one of the higher education institutions there was a Georgian language department. The encourager of this department was Ilia Okromchedlishvili. The curriculum developed by him, which has reached us, gives us a clear idea of the scope of teaching Georgian language and literature in the first, second and third course of special classes of the Lazarev Institute.  Ilia Okromchedlishvili has a special contribution to the education and training of talented progressive-minded Georgian youth, to support them, provide material assistance and support.

During his long career in Moscow, he did not lose close ties with his homeland, and contributed to the revival and development of Georgian national culture through his charity and material assistance. Ilia Okromchedlishvili systematically helped the Society for  Spreading Literacy from Moscow. It is also noteworthy that in September 1881, he donated 6,000 manats to the Society for Spreading Literacy among Georgians for the publication of Georgian manuscripts. In 1884 Visramiani was published with his financial help and remarks in Tbilisi (Editors: Ilia Chavchavadze, Aleksandre Sarajishvili, Petre Umikashvili).

 Ilia Okromchedlishvili was also engaged in archival work. A personal letter written to Ilia Chavchavadze, dated September 10, 1882, from the city of Vienna, informs us that after two months of tireless work he found an old copy of “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin” with miniatures and historical materials of the last two centuries of Georgia in the Moscow archives. He sent Ilia Chkonia the fifth version of the manuscript "Kilila and Damana" from Moscow, which looks like the first version of the manuscript.

The Fifth Archaeological Congress was held in Tbilisi on September 8-21, 1881. Ilia Okromchedlishvili's speech at this congress, "Who Invented the Georgian Alphabet", found an important echo in Georgian historical science at that time.   

The study of materials reflecting the scientific and public activities of Ilia Okromchedlishvili is of special importance in relation to the present.

Key words:  Ilia Okromchedlishvili,   Kartvelology,    Georgian culture, Georgian manuscripts,  Georgian alphabet, Popularization.

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