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Maia Tsertsvadze Participants of the Conspiracy of 1832 As
Maia Tsertsvadze Participants of the Conspiracy of 1832 as presented in the epistolary heritage by N. Baratashvili Abstract: A small-sized epistolary work (18 personal letters) by Nikoloz Baratashvili, a Georgian romantic poet (1817-1845) presents significant material, not only for the exploration of the author’s way of life and creative works but also for the characterisation of the socio-political life of Georgia in the first part of the 19th century. Due to his noble origin (on his mother’s side Nikoloz Baratashvili was a direct descendent of the Kartli-Kakheti branch of the Bagrationi Royal family), Nikoloz Baratashvili lived among the country’s political and cultural elite. As well as this, he had an active contact with the participants of an orginised conspiracy of the nobles of 1832 against the Russian Empire. Moreover, the participants of this event make up a major part of the people mentioned in his personal letters which gives the letters certain significance from the point of view of historiography of the conspiracy. The present research aims at collecting the biographical data regarding the participants of the conspiracy and exploring their interrelationship to the poet. Key words: Nikoloz Baratashvili, epistolary works by Nikoloz Baratashvili, the conspiracy of the year 1832, Russian Imperial Policy in the Caucasus Participants of the Conspiracy of 1832 as presented in the epistolary heritage by N. Baratashvili An important acquisition of Georgian literature - Nikoloz Baratashvili’s epistolary heritage deserves our attention from a number of points./angles. Despite its small size (only 18 of his personal letters have reached us) it presents valuable material regarding, primarily, the life and creative works of the author, his political beliefs, worldview, world perception and a spiritual biography of the poet. -
Byron's Reception in Georgia
1 THE RECEPTION OF BYRON IN EUROPE In Two Volumes Edited by Richard A. Cardwell Continuum Press, London – New York, 2004 Volume II, Chapter 21: LIBERTY AND FREEDOM AND THE GEORGIAN BYRON Innes Merabishvili At the age of twenty one Lord Byron published his famous satire English Bards and Scotch Reviewers where he set out the plans of his first journey: Yet once again, adieu! Ere this the sail That wafts me hence is shivering in the gale; And Afric’s coast and Calpe’s adverse height, And Stamboul’s minarets must greet my sight; Thence shall I stray through beauty’s native clime Where Kaff is clad in rocks, and crown’d with snows sublime. Here Kaff denotes the Caucasus, but under 'beauty’s native clime' Byron meant Georgia, the country that is situated between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, bordering with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Chechnya, Ossetia, Ukraine and Russia. Thus, being located on the crossroads of Asia and Europe, the history of Georgia has been marked by intensive interactions with other cultures and nations which, when not aggressors, were generally welcomed. In the same way Georgia welcomed Byron. By the time of Lord Byron’s intended journey across the Caucasus, Georgia had obtained peace through the patronage of the Russian Empire. In 1801 Russia abolished the Kartl-Kakhetian kingdom, which had been a Russian protectorate since 1783 and formally incorporated it into the Russian Empire. The Russian patronage, though politically oppressive, opened huge prospects to Europe and to its great men and writers. Georgia was firmly linked with Russia but this was never a one-sided connection. -
The Theater and Library in Tbilisi Austin Jersild Old Dominion University, [email protected]
Old Dominion University ODU Digital Commons History Faculty Publications History 2002 The Dilemmas of Enlightenment in the Eastern Borderlands: The Theater and Library in Tbilisi Austin Jersild Old Dominion University, [email protected] Neli Melkadze Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/history_fac_pubs Part of the Cultural History Commons, and the European History Commons Repository Citation Jersild, Austin and Melkadze, Neli, "The Dilemmas of Enlightenment in the Eastern Borderlands: The Theater and Library in Tbilisi" (2002). History Faculty Publications. 35. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/history_fac_pubs/35 Original Publication Citation Jersild, A., & Melkadze, N. (2002). The dilemmas of enlightenment in the eastern borderlands: The theater and library in Tbilisi. Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History, 3(1), 27-49. doi:10.1353/kri.2002.0012 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the History at ODU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in History Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of ODU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Dilemmas of Enlightenment in the Eastern Borderlands: The Theater and Library in Tbilisi* Austin Jersild and Neli Melkadze [The theater] cultivates taste, acquaints us with the works of great artists, with the ideas of geniuses, and presents to the crowd the beginnings of the fine arts, that is, the most noble aspirations of humanity. [Russian] G. S., Kavkaz, 1854 The awakening of the people is of no significance without theater and folk poetry. [Georgian] A. K., Droeba, 1876 The Russian field is quickly accumulating a wide variety of works on Russian imperialism. -
Mare Ponticum Volume 3/2013
Irma Zakaraia (Doctor of Philology. Intercultural Communications Department, Sokhumi State University, Georgia) To the study of Georgian-Polish literary relations Despite its painful historical past Georgia has never been isolated from other countries. It had always cultural and literary relations with other civilized countries. Georgian people always took interest in the world of literature and its ongoing proc- esses and tried to stay abreast with the latest developments of their era. It is common knowledge that during the first period of Georgian literature (V – 980s) Georgia developed the relations with eastern Christian countries. In the second literary period (980s – mid XIII c.) the relations were mainly developed with western countries, Byzantium in particular. After the fall of Constantinople (1453) the Otto- man Empire closed the gateway to Asia. The Ottoman Empire stretched to the south- west of Georgia while Iran lied at the southeast. These circumstances weakened the relations with Europe. Despite a Mohammedan environment “low flow of heavy stream of western culture” reached Georgia (1, 9). The interest in European literature became more obvious in XVII-XVIII centu- ries. Georgian writers started translating from French, English and German lan- guages. At the end of XVIII century and beginning of XIX century Georgia changed its area of focus from the eastern world to western countries. In their creative work Georgian writers, as true artists, were guided not only by their talent. Together with the oldest and richest national literature they referred to the cultural heritage of other countries as well. In the present article we will discuss the relation of Giorgi Eristavi to Polish literature. -
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM Saertasoriso Programa 2010 Sarcevi Content
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM saerTaSoriso programa 2010 sarCevi CONTENT litva, vilniusis saqalaqo Teatri, ,,hamleti“ / Lithuania, OKT Theatre “HAMLET” italia, milanis pikolo Teatri, „arlekini, ori batonis msaxuri” Italy, Picollo Theatre, Milan, “ARLECCHINO, SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS” germania, Teatri Zafebze, „iorinde da ioringeli“ / Germany, Theatre on the Thread, “JORINDE AND Joringel” somxeTi, erevanis mozard mayurebelTa saxelmwifo Teatri, „Rrublebi“ Armenia, Yerevan State Youth Theatre, “CloUDS” estoneTi, piarnus endlas Teatri, „monatreba” / Estonia, Pärnu Theatre Endla, “THIRST” litva, Teatri meno fortasi, „hamleti“ / Lithuania, Theatre Meno Fortas, “HAMLET” safrangeTi, sasceno xelovnebis kompania, „cicino anu politikuri piesa“ France, La Compagnie L’ART SCENIQUE, “TSITSINO’S WORLD OR POLITICAL Play” xorvatia, riekas HKDHKD Teatri, „samxece“ / Croatia, HKD Theatre, Rijeka, “Menagerie” iranis Tojinebis Teatri „arani“, ,,rostami da zohrabi” Aran Puppet Theatre, Iran, “Rostam AND SOHRAB” didi britaneTi, kompania Imitating The Dog, „sastumro maTusala” / UK, Imitating The Dog, “Hotel METHUSELAH” ruseTi, giorgi tovstonogovis saxelobis didi dramatuli Teatri, ,,kopenhageni” Russia, BDT Theatre, “Copenhagen” israeli, Tanamedrove cekvis kompania kibuci, „bnel baRSi“ Israel, Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, “IN THE BLACK GARDEN” 21-e saukune gamorCeulia kulturis sazRvrebis programa 2010 : gafarToebiTa da meti internacionalizaciiT. am procesSi • saerTaSoriso programa yvelaze mniSvnelovani roli festivalebs ukavia _ • qarTuli speqtaklebis programa festivalebi -
HARVARD UKRAINIAN STUDIES GUEST EDITOR Robert A
HARVARD UKRAINIAN STUDIES GUEST EDITOR Robert A. De Lossa, Harvard University EDITOR Lubomyr Hajda, Harvard University EDITORIAL BOARD Michael S. Flier, George G. Grabowicz, Edward L. Keenan, and Roman Szporluk, Harvard University; Frank E. Sysyn, University of Alberta FOUNDING EDITORS Omeljan Pritsak and Ihor Sevöenko, Harvard University BOOK REVIEW EDITOR Larry Wolff ASSISTANT EDITOR Daria Yurchuk ADVISORY BOARD Zvi Ankori, Tel Aviv University—John A. Armstrong, University of Wisconsin—Yaroslav Bilinsky, University of Delaware Axinia Djurova, University of Sofia—Olexa Horbatsch, University of Frankfurt—Halil inalcık, University of Chicago—Jaroslav D. Isajevych, Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, L'viv—Edward Kasinec, New York Public Library— Magdalena László-Kufiuk, University of Bucharest—Walter Leitsch, University of Vienna—L. R. Lewitter, Cambridge University—G. Luciani, University of Bordeaux—George S. N. Luckyj, Univer- sity of Toronto—M. Łesiów, Marie Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin—Paul R. Magocsi, Univer- sity of Toronto—Dimitri Obolensky, Oxford University—Riccardo Picchio, Yale University—Marc Raeff, Columbia University—Hans Rothe, University of Bonn—Bohdan Rubchak, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle—Władysław A. Serczyk, University of Warsaw at Białystok—George Y. Shevelov, Columbia University—Günther Stökl, University of Cologne—A. de Vincenz, University of Göttingen—Vaclav Źidlickjr, Charles University, Prague. COMMITTEE ON UKRAINIAN STUDIES, Harvard University Stanisław Barañczak Patricia Chaput Timothy Colton Michael S. Flier George G. Grabowicz Edward L. Keenan Jeffrey D. Sachs Roman Szporluk (Chairman) Subscription rates per volume (two double issues) are $28.00 U.S. in the United States and Canada, $32.00 in other countries. The price of one double issue is $18.00 ($20.00 overseas).