The Eminent Public Worker in the Eyes of his Addressants: Aleksandre Gventsadze (1904-1993)

Abstract

The article discusses the private letters - preserved in the archive of Alexander Gventsadze, who was one of the founders of Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University, a diligent teacher, scientist and citizen. These letters are sent by the well-known scientists, his colleagues, famous philologists, professors, writes and public figures.

Alexander Gventsadze committed his life to scientific, pedagogical and public activities. He was one of the founders and a historian of Telavi State University.

The article represents the personal features of Alexander Gventsadze and his scientific and extremely interesting facts of his pedagogical work based on the letters and memories dedicated to him by his contemporaries – former students, colleagues, representatives of pedagogical or scientific intelligentsia, friends, admirers, citizens, workers of cultural as well as different fields.

The study of Alexander Gventsadze's epistolary legacy is not limited to the presented work. We consider it a good deed to find and publish the letters preserved in private archives of his addressees.