Nikoloz Janashia
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Nikoloz Janashia (Georgian:
ნიკოლოზ (ლაშა) ჯანაშია) (November 18, 1931-September 7, 1982) was a famous Georgian
historian and public benefactor.
He born in Tbilisi
. His father was a noted Georgian historian, Academician
Simon Janashia
(1900-1947).
In 1954 Nikoloz Janashia graduated from the Faculty of History of the Tbilisi State University
(TSU).
In 1957-1970 he was a Research Fellow (1957-1962) and Senior Research Fellow (1962-1970) of the Institute of History and Ethnology of the Georgian Academy of Sciences
(GAS), in 1970-1982 a Deputy Director of the Institute of Manuscripts of the GAS, in 1965-1982 Associate Professor of the Tbilisi State University. In 1962 he received a PhD degree in History.
Nikoloz Janashia was a Scientific Secretary of the Historical Society of Georgia, Member of the Commission of the source studies of the history of Georgia of the Presidium of GAS.
Main fields of scientific activity of N. Janashia were: history of Georgia of the 4th-5th centuries AD, Georgian and Armenian sources of the history of Georgia. He was author of many scientific-research articles and monographs.
Janashia died in 1982, in Tbilisi.
Georgian alphabet
The Georgian alphabet is the writing system used to write the Georgian language and other Kartvelian languages , and occasionally other languages of the Caucasus such as Ossetic and Abkhaz during the 1940s...
ნიკოლოზ (ლაშა) ჯანაშია) (November 18, 1931-September 7, 1982) was a famous Georgian
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
historian and public benefactor.
He born in Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...
. His father was a noted Georgian historian, Academician
Academician
The title Academician denotes a Full Member of an art, literary, or scientific academy.In many countries, it is an honorary title. There also exists a lower-rank title, variously translated Corresponding Member or Associate Member, .-Eastern Europe and China:"Academician" may also be a functional...
Simon Janashia
Simon Janashia
Simon Janashia was an outstanding Georgian historian and public benefactor, one of the founders and Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences , Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor....
(1900-1947).
In 1954 Nikoloz Janashia graduated from the Faculty of History of the Tbilisi State University
Tbilisi State University
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University , better known as Tbilisi State University , is a university established on 8 February 1918 in Tbilisi, Georgia. TSU is the oldest university in the whole Caucasus region...
(TSU).
In 1957-1970 he was a Research Fellow (1957-1962) and Senior Research Fellow (1962-1970) of the Institute of History and Ethnology of the Georgian Academy of Sciences
Georgian Academy of Sciences
The Georgian National Academy of Sciences is a main learned society of the Georgia. It was named Georgian SSR Academy of Sciences until November 1990...
(GAS), in 1970-1982 a Deputy Director of the Institute of Manuscripts of the GAS, in 1965-1982 Associate Professor of the Tbilisi State University. In 1962 he received a PhD degree in History.
Nikoloz Janashia was a Scientific Secretary of the Historical Society of Georgia, Member of the Commission of the source studies of the history of Georgia of the Presidium of GAS.
Main fields of scientific activity of N. Janashia were: history of Georgia of the 4th-5th centuries AD, Georgian and Armenian sources of the history of Georgia. He was author of many scientific-research articles and monographs.
Janashia died in 1982, in Tbilisi.
Main scientific works
- The data of Lazar Pharpetsi about Georgia (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1963, 120 pp (in Georgian)
- Kartli in the 4th century.- Essayes of History of Georgia, vol. II, Tbilisi, 1973, pp. 57-77 (in Georgian)
- "The Martyrdom of Queen Shushaniki" (a monograph), part I, Tbilisi, 1980 (in Georgian, English summary)
- Essayes on source studies, Tbilisi, 1986, 350 pp (in Georgian)