The Medieval History Studies in Georgia (from 1950s to 1991)

Abstract

The present work is historiographical and is aims to scrutinize one very interesting period of medieval history studies in Georgia. It starts in 1950s, after the death of I. Stalin, and ends with the collapse of Soviet Union in 1991.

For developing of this field the main contributors in this field were Professors Giorgi Tivadze, Givi Zhordania, Kukuri Liluashvili, Carlo Meshveliani, Grigol Chkhartishvili, Irakli Beridze, Guram Kutalia, Luarsab Shubladze and Irine Nodia.

If we will remove of Marxist cover, we will see that the remain part of their works is undoubtadle valuable. But despite of these positive aspects of their works should become an object for academic discussion.