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Ser Oliver Uordropi 150 saqarTvelos parlamentis erovnuli biblioTeka saqarTvelos erovnuli arqivi ser oliver uordropi 150 Tbilisi 2015 1 UDC (uak) 001 (410)(092) 008.1 (479.22.410) wigni Seadgina, SeniSvnebi da komentarebi daurTo, redaqtireba gaukeTa, inglisuri teqsti qarTul Targmans Seudara istoriis doqtorma: beqa kobaxiZem teqsti inglisuridan qarTul enaze Targmna: salome beniZem qarTuli Targmanis stilisturi redaqtireba diana anfimiadisa wina ydaze gamosaxulia saqarTvelos sagareo saqmeTa ministri - evgeni gegeWkori da didi britaneTis umaRlesi komisari - ser oliver uordropi tfilisSi 1919 wlis 30 agvistos mowyobil daxvedraze. foto daculia saqarTvelos erovnul arqivSi. On the front cover there are illustrated Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia – Evgeni Gegechkori and British High Commissioner in Transcaucasia – Sir Oliver Wardrop at the arrival meeting of Wardrop in Tiflis on 30th of August 1919. The photograph is preserved in the National Archives of Georgia. ukana ydaze gamosaxulia ser oliver uordropi - misi udidebulesobis generaluri konsuli strasburgSi. 1925 weli. foto hilari grandis uordropebis ojaxis albomidan. On the back cover there is illustrated Sir Oliver Wardrop – His Majesty’s Consul-General in Strasbourg. 1925. Photograph from Wardrops family album of Hilary Grundy. © saqarTvelos parlamentis erovnuli biblioTeka © saqarTvelos erovnuli arqivi Sps “irida” rusTavi, firosmanis q.#7 ISBN 978-9941-0-8216-0 2 sarCevi: redaqtoris winasityvaoba ...............................................................................................4 “ser oliver uordropi: samxreT kavkasiaSi misi udidebulesobis umaRlesi komisari”. beqa kobaxiZe ..................................................................................................................................... 9 werilebi colisadmi. tfilisi-sevenouqsi. 05.09.1919-19.04.1920 ...........................................................................................................................22 sagareo saqmeTa saministrosadmi gagzavnili rCeuli reportebi ..................................................................................................................152 fotoalbomi/ PHOTO GALLERY.................................................................................164 Preface................................................................................................................ 199 Sir Oliver Wardrop: His Majesty’s High Commissioner to Transcaucasia. Beka Kobakhidze .............................................................................................. 202 Letters to the Wife, from Tiflis to Sevenoaks. 05.09.1919-19.04.1920 .......... 213 High Commissioner’s selected Reports to the Foreign Office ....................... 319 3 redaqtoris winasityvaoba 2009 wels daviwye muSaoba Cems sadisertacio Temaze: „saqarTve- los sakiTxi parizis sazavo konferenciaze (1919-1920)”. am drois- aTvis saqarTveloSi Zalian cota vicodiT ser oliver uordropis diplomatiuri Rvawlis Sesaxeb. istorikosebi 1887 wels mis mier ymawvilkacobaSi daweril wigns „saqarTvelos samefos“ vicnob- diT; Cven, aseve, zogadad vicodiT, rom is samxreT kavkasiaSi didi britaneTis umaRles komisrad muSaobda 1919-1920 wlebSi, isic wagvekiTxa, rom 1920 wlis 12 ianvars swored man axara saqarTvelos mTavrobas mokavSireTa mxridan qveynis de faqto aRiareba. Tumca, aravis Seuswavlia, ras niSnavda misi umaRlesi komisroba, ra akeTa man saqarTveloSi yofnis periodSi, ra wvlili Seitana qveynis da- moukideblobis ganmtkicebis saqmeSi. cnobili faqti iyo, rom uor- dropebi saqarTvelos didi moyvarulebi iyvnen da yovelTvis mawux- ebda kiTxva: „nuTu araferi gaakeTa oliver uordropma, rogorc diplomatma, saqarTvelos damoukideblobisaTvis? da Tu gaakeTa, ratom araferi viciT?“ sabWoTa cenzura ver dauSvebda oliver uordropis, rogorc antibolSeviki da saqarTvelos damoukideblobisTvis mebrZoli moRvawis warmoCenas. amitom uordropebi naCvenebi iyvnen, rogorc kulturuli aqtorebi, mTargmnelebi, mogzaurebi da a.S. Cven zed- miwevniT vicodiT marjoris mier „vefxistyaosanis“ (da aramarto) Targmna, misi kavSirebi ilia WavWavaZis ojaxTan, sxva mowinave qar- Tul wreebTan. am mxriv mSvenieri monografia jer kidev „perestroi- kamdel“ saqarTveloSi, dawera akademikosma guram SaraZem. Tumca, 1984 wels jer kidev ar iyo saSualeba pirvel respublikasa da ol- iver uordropis diplomatiur moRvaweobaze werisa. Sesabamisad, CemTvisac pasuxgaucemeli darCa kiTxva: „marjori gasagebia, magram oliveri? mas ra wvlili miuZRvis?...“ aseTi bundovani codniT SeiaraRebuls, ufro sworad ki Seui- araRebels, 2011 wels miTxres, rom erovnul biblioTekaSi, saqa- rTvelos demokratiuli respublikis pirveli Tavmjdomaris, noe ramiSvilis vaJis, akaki ramiSvilis fondSi inaxeboda mis mier bri- taneTis erovnul arqivSi moZiebuli umdidresi masala, romelzec qarTvel istorikosTagan aravis emuSava. saarqivo fondi jer kidev ar yofila katalogizebuli, roca erovnuli biblioTekis xelmZR- vanelobam gaiTvaliswina Cemi Txovna da damrTo masalebze muSaobis ufleba. aq wavawydi oliver uordropis mier saqarTvelosagan da kavkasiasTan dakavSirebiT Seqmnil aseulobiT dokuments, tfili- sidan sagareo ministr jorj kerzonisaTvis gagzavnil oficialur moxsenebebs. furceli furcels miyveboda da vxedavdi, rom saqarT- velos britanel megobars Tavisi cxovrebisa Tu bednierebis amo- canad saqarTvelos damoukidebloba daesaxa; am dokumentebSi iyo misi riskiani brZola, siyvaruli da miswrafeba. 4 Tumca, es masala ar iyo srulyofili. Sesabamisad, 2013 wels, sadoqtoro disertaciaze muSaobis farglebSi, gavemgzavre bri- taneTis erovnul arqivsa da oqsfordis bodleanis biblioTeka- Si samuSaod. Tavdapirvelad daviwye britaneTis erovnul arqivSi daculi sagareo da samxedro saministroTa dokumentebis sruli da- muSaveba. Semdeg oqsfordSi gadavinacvle. iq, bodleinis radklifis samecniero biblioTekis gansakuTrebul koleqciaTa ganyofileba- Si, oliver uordropis mier Seqmnil qarTul biblioTekasTan er- Tad, daculi iyo 1991 wels, misi qaliSvilis, nino uordropis mier wignTsacavisTvis gadacemuli, Semdeg manqanaze gadabeWdili oli- ver uordropis mier misi meuRlis, margreT koletisadmi tfilisi- dan britaneTSi 1919-1920 wlebSi gagzavnili werilebis 170 furce- li. aRniSnul korespondenciaSi ufro privatulad, gulwrfelad iyo gamoxatuli saqarTvelos Zveli megobris piradi grZnobebi, misi kavSirebi qarTul sazogadoebasTan da a.S. samsaxurebriv, oficialur mimoweras piradi korespondencia avsebda da saboloo jamSi isaxeboda saqarTveloSi myofi gavlen- iani diplomatis portreti, romlis msgavsi siyvaruli, Rvawli da Tavdadeba arc erT ucxotomels ar gamoumJRavnebia am qveynisadmi. pativi mergo es yvelaferi mcodnoda mxolod me, erT qarT- vel istorikoss. pirveli grZnoba, rac dameufla, iyo grZnoba valdebulebisa, rom es codna mTeli qveynisaTvis gameziarebina, mimeRwia oliver uordropis Rvawlis saTanado aRiarebisaTvis da yvelas erTad gveTqva dagvianebuli madloba misi siyvarulisa Tu gaweuli samsaxurisaTvis. 2014 wlis 10 oqtombers oliver uordropis dabadebidan 150 weli Sesrulda. aRniSnuli TariRi karg SesaZleblobas iZleoda zemoxsenebul amocanaTa Sesasruleblad. megobrebisa da uordro- pebis memkvidreobis gulSematkivarTa daxmarebiT araerTi RonisZie- ba ganxorcielda. maT Soris, parlamentis ukan mdebare skvers mieniWa oliver uordropis saxeli, sadac ukve 2015 wels da-Zma uor- dropebis Zegli aRimarTeba; erovnul biblioTekaSi, ucxoenovan wignTa samkiTxvelo darbazs uordropebis saxeli mieniWa; gaimarTa RonisZiebebi, gamofenebi; Catarda konferenciebi da leqciebi. es wignic aRniSnul RonisZiebaTa nawilad, oliver uordropis Sesaxeb codnis amaRlebaSi gadadgmul kidev erT nabijad SeiZleba CaiTvalos. saerTo saqmeSi Setanili wvlilisa da daxmarebisaTvis min- da didi madloba gadavuxado batonebs: parlamentis wevr fridon sayvareliZes, profesor stiven jonss, erovnuli biblioTekis di- reqtoris moadgile mirian xositaSvils, saqarTvelos centralu- ri saistorio arqivis direqtor anton vaWaraZes, xelovnebis sasax- lis direqtor giorgi kalandias, saqarTvelos elCs gaerTianebul samefoSi revaz gaCeCilaZes; aseve qalbatonebs, oliver uordropis STamomavlebs: hilari grandisa da lusi Cois; ariskis koordinator 5 diana leJavas; ganaTlebisa da treiningis saerTaSoriso jgufis xe- lmZRvanel pamela qimslis; organizaciebs: saqarTvelos parlaments, Tbilisis merias, gaerTianebuli samefos saelCos saqarTveloSi, Rvinis kompania „petriaSvilis marans“. gansakuTrebuli madloba minda gadavuxado marjori uordropis qarTvelologiuri fondis Tavmjdomares, profesor donald raifilds, romelmac bodleinis biblioTekis uordropebis koleqciiT sargeblobisa da masalebis gamoqveynebis saavtoro ufleba momaniWa. uSualod aRniSnuli gamocemis materialuri da marketinguli mxardaWera uzrunvelyves, mkiTxvelis gansakuTrebuli madliereba daimsaxures saqarTvelos parlamentis erovnulma biblioTekam da saqarTvelos erovnulma arqivma. teqstis inglisuridan qarTul enaze TargmnisaTvis madlobas vuxdi qalbaton salome beniZes. beqa kobaxiZe Tbilisi 23.06.2015 6 oliver uordropis 150 wlisTavis aRsaniSnav RonisZiebaTa farglebSi saqarTvelos parlamentis erovnuli biblioTeka siam- ovnebiT warmogidgenT wigns “ser oliver uordropi 150”. avtoris mier masSi gamoyenebuli masalis nawili Cveni biblioTekis iSviaT gamocemaTa ganyofilebaSi inaxeba. noe ramiSvilis vaJis, akaki ramiSvilis arqivi erovnul bib- lioTekas saCuqrad 2001 wels gadaeca . igi moicavs didi britaneTis sagareo saqmeTa saministros samxedro da politikuri dazvervis departamentebis korespondenciis, maT Soris sagareo saqmeTa samin- istros TanamSromlis, 1919 wlidan amierkavkasiaSi britaneTis mTavari rwmunebulis, ser oliver uordropis werilebisa da mox- senebebis aslebs. isini naTels hfenen diplomatis saqmianobasa da da- moukidebeli saqarTvelos aRiarebisTvis mis mier gaweul
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