Maksime Sharadze

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Maksime Sharadze (1859-1908) Publisher, Cultural activist, Organizer See original 2005 publication of this article here.       Maksime Sharadze remains a relatively unknown figure to historians. Few personal artifacts, photographs, or written accounts about his private life survive.[8] He was … Read More

Karbelashvili brothers history

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Karbelashvili brothers   In the nineteenth century, as Georgia was subsumed into the cultural and political arena of the expanding Russian Empire, various traditional art forms began to be forgotten amidst increasing urbanization, social upheaval, and in some cases direct … Read More