О терминах Колха/Колхети/Колхида и связанных с ними этнонимах
| creativework.keywords | Colchis, Kolkhida, Classical Antiquity, Toponyms, Tribes | |
| dc.contributor.author | Пипиа, Натиа / Phiphia, Natia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-01-12T11:53:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-01-12T11:53:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.description | https://geohistory.humanities.tsu.ge/ge/procedings/83-shromebi/180-shromebi-21.htm ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის ჰუმანიტარულ მეცნიერებათა ფაკულტეტის საქართველოს ისტორიის ინსტიტუტის შრომები შესულია ERIH PLUS-ში (The European Reference Index for the Humanities and the Social Sciences). This journal was approved on 23.10.2024 according to ERIH PLUS criteria for inclusion. | |
| dc.description.abstract | The geographical name “Colchis” derives from the name of the Colchian tribe. Its parallel and variously named forms at different times are “Kolkha” and “Kolkhis.” Kolkha/Kolkheti/Kolkhida/Kolkhis denoted the territory inhabited by the Colchians/Koli and encompassed primarily the territory of western Georgia. Historically, in some cases, it also included the territory of modern-day Turkey. The term is associated with Georgian ethnoculture; the Colchians are the ancestors of the modern western Georgian population, and accordingly, both the name of the tribe and the geographical name derived from it are associated with the ancestors of the Georgians and with Georgia. Colchis included the city of Pitiunt/Bichvinta and adjacent areas to the northwest, the city of Sarapanis/Shorapan and adjacent areas to the east as far as the Likhi Range, and the southern boundary of the economic system ran along the mouth of the Chorokhi River. At the same time, a second economic system/state existed on the territory of Georgia. It included the valleys of two rivers: the Chorokhi river, which is now mostly in Turkey, and the Mtkvari river, which is partially in Georgia. The locals called the country Kartli, while the Greeks called it Iberia, and its inhabitants the Iberi. Later, in the early 11th century, these two economic systems were united and named Georgia. The dominance of Eastern Georgia in Georgian sources eliminated Western Georgian political-geographical names, and accordingly, the term Colchis/Colchis was no longer used. Thus, it became a historical name. Later, this term gradually disappeared from sources, and by the Middle Ages even the historical memory of it was lost. Since the study of the history of Colchis began, especially in the early 20th century and more intensively during the Soviet period, the term has been revived, but as a reception of antiquity, not as a modern term. During the Soviet period, this term was used for various purposes, such as to describe a ship and other objects. It was also the name of a village in Abkhazia. During the Soviet era, Georgia was part of this political and economic system, and therefore the use of this term was permissible throughout the Soviet Union. At that time, Georgia lost its independence following Sovietization (1921) and did not have the right to independently decide when terms associated with its ethnoculture would be used. However, this is no longer the case, and since Georgia regained independence in 1991, Georgia and the Georgian people have the exclusive right to use this term, the term “Colchis.” This article is inspired by a lawsuit between Georgian and Russian citizens over the use of the term “Colchis” associated with Georgia as a trademark in the Russian Federation. This article is written in the form of an expert opinion and is published to assist interested parties in preventing similar cases in the future. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის საქართველოს ისტორიის ინსტიტუტის შრომები, XXI, თბილისი, 2025, გვ. 153-170 / Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Institute of Georgian History Proceedings, XXI, Tbilisi, 2025, p. 153-170 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1987–9970 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.tsu.ge/handle/123456789/2657 | |
| dc.language.iso | other | |
| dc.publisher | ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის გამომცემლობა | |
| dc.title | О терминах Колха/Колхети/Колхида и связанных с ними этнонимах | |
| dc.title.alternative | ABOUT THE TERMS KOLKHA/KOLKHETI/COLCHIS AND RELATED ETHNONYMS | |
| dc.type | Article |