იუსტინე აბულაძის რამდენიმე ბიოგრაფიული ფაქტის ახლებური ინტერპრეტაციისთვის (საარქივო მასალებზე დაყრდნობით)
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2022
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ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის გამომცემლობა
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In scholarly publications and periodicals, regarding Justine Abuladze’s life and
activities different data (1902, 1903, 1915) has been named considering the scholar’s
visit to Persia. The majority of Georgian scholars who had discussed the issue named
Tabriz as Abuladze’s visiting place. In his official or private writings Justine Abuladze
had never mentioned about his travel to Persia (Iran). Even his personal archive does
not provide any document supporting the fact. During his work at Tbilisi State
University he had made at least two attempts (1918, 1919) to visit Persia but did not
succeed. Based on the analyses of archive materials, this paper suggests that, in contrary
to the information provided by various Georgian researchers (I. Megrelidze, D.
Kobidze, K. Paghava, J. Giunashvili, N.Makadze) J. Abuladze had never been to Persia
(Iran). In his report to the Council of the Faculty of Philosophy of Tbilisi State
University dated by September, 16, 1919 J. Abuladze mentions: “in 1902 I traveled to
Turkestan (=Turkmenistan) and stayed for two months in Samarkand and Serakhs,
where I exercised in spoken Persian” (See document 471/1/28, p.103-112 of the
National Archives of Georgia, Tbilisi State University Fund). Serakhs, former Russian
military post at the Iranian border, where J. Abuladze polished his spoken Persian could
cause the misinterpretations concerning the fact of his travel to Persia.
The fact acquires importance from the point of view of the investigation into the
human resource policy of Tbilisi State University at that time and its approach to J.
Abuladze’s personality: it is obvious that the financial and moral support of the
University was aimed at encouragement of young, talented personnel. In 1918 Justine
Abuladze was already 44 years old and thus he could not be considered as “a young
personnel” with future. This could be the major reason for the ‘lack of favor’ towards J.
Abuladze’ and not only the latter’s claim that “some get the buns and pies and some the
bumps and black eyes.” The paper presents archival materials providing support for the
suggestion.
Another document (N373, Dimitri Gordeev’s letter dated 24.03.1928) kept in the
archive of Yuri Marr at K. Kekelidze Georgian National Center of Manuscripts provides
an indirect evidence that J. Abuladze had not been considered to hold major position in
Persian studies at Tbilisi State University. The young and talented scholar, Y. Marr was
likely more favorable for this position.
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ეძღვნება პროფ. გოჩა ჯაფარიძის ხსოვნას (1942 – 2020)/ Dedicated to Memory of Prof. Gocha Japaridze (1942 – 2020)
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იუსტინე აბულაძე, თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი, იური მარი, სპარსოლოგია, Justine Abuladze, Tbilisi State University, Yuri Marr, Persian studies in Georgia
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აღმოსავლეთმცოდნეობა, 11, თბილისი, 2022, გვ.: 211-220/ Oriental Studies, 11, Tbilisi, 2022, pp.: 211-220