Papers by Mariam Chkhartishvili
Narrative Sources on the Creation of Georgian Alphabet
Pro Georgia No 31
Sometimes western researchers when they want to represent history of conversion of Georgia, depic... more Sometimes western researchers when they want to represent history of conversion of Georgia, depict the picture according to the Armenian model. Meanwhile the experiences of these neighboring peoples are not identical. Armenians’ break with paganism was dramatic one full of blood of martyrs. Saint Hripsime, one of the main pillars of Armenian Christianity, was brutally killed by the men of then pagan King Trdat with dozens of other accompanying her virgins(...)
On Georgian Identity and Culture.ქართული იდენტობის და კულტურის შესახებ
Universal, 2009
Saint Hripsime and her Companions according to Georgian Narrative Sources
The Caucasus On The Crossroads Of International Trade And Cultural Exchanges
შუა საუკუნეების საქართველოს ისტორიისა და წყაროთმცოდნეობის განყოფილების ყოველწლიური სამეცნიერო კონფერენცია
კონფერენციის პროგრამა და თეზისები
The Problem of History representation and Synchronization of Sources: Georgian Case Study (King Varaz-Bakur)
It is an abstract of the conference presentation. It cosniders the problem of syncronization od d... more It is an abstract of the conference presentation. It cosniders the problem of syncronization od data of Georgian and other sources for the period of Late Antiquity. In particular , the portrait of the fourth Christian King of Georgia (Kartli) Varaz-Bakur) is represented with use of all avalable data.
The paper is about the sources of "History of Armenia" by Movses Khorenatsi. The resear... more The paper is about the sources of "History of Armenia" by Movses Khorenatsi. The research allow the author to conclude that "The conversion of Kartli 'serves for ARmenian historian as source when he describes the conversion of Georgia.
The paper is about synchronization of data providede by Georgian and non-Georgian sources about t... more The paper is about synchronization of data providede by Georgian and non-Georgian sources about the history of Georgian kingdom of Kartli in the late antique period . In particular it is focused on king Baraz -Bakur - the father of the well known Christian ascetic Peter the IBerian
Chkhartishvili_Archil_King of Kartli_5th century.pdf
Three kings by name Archil are mentioned in Georgian royal lists. The first one – he is a focus o... more Three kings by name Archil are mentioned in Georgian royal lists. The first one – he is a focus of my investigation - occupied the throne of Kartli Kingdom in ca. 420s-430s. The life of many Georgian kings, let say, Vakhtang Gorgasali, David the Builder, Queen Tamar etc are familiar to the widest strata of Georgian society (which is characterized with great interest in national past) in detail. As for Archil, he remains actually unnoticeable; text-books in Georgian history for primary schools are completely ignoring his reign, so do text-books for high schools. Only in exceptional cases they represent Archil's epoch at the best in two sentences. Georgian historians, those not specialized concretely in the antique period, also have very uncertain knowledge about Archil, while the opinions of those directly involved in research of Georgian history in period of Late Antiquity, are dramatically divided. I myself have published several investigations in which among the other themes a...
On the Issue of Vakhtang Gorgasali's Family Belonging and Some Facts of Georgian Chosroids' History
The aim of our paper is to establish some important facts of Georgian Chosroids' history and ... more The aim of our paper is to establish some important facts of Georgian Chosroids' history and through the light of these facts identify aristocratic family to which Georgian King Vakhtang Gorgasali belonged. In the scholarly literature the cessation of this royal dynasty is dated differently: according to some authors this happened already in the sixth century, according to others Chosroids were in power until ninth century. Based on reinterpretation of all available data I have come to following conclusions: the family of Georgian Chosroids extinguished for inability to be reproductive, some members of this family had no male heir, while others were childless for various reasons. The last Georgian Chosroid King was Archil (c.a. 410s-430s) who also was childless. In "KartlisTskhovreba" Archil's successor the King Mirdat – the father of well-known Georgian King Vakhtang Gorgasali, is represented as Archil's son; but actually he was Archil's adopted heir. Thus...
The paper devoted to the representation of Georgian national Identity narrative.
Chkhartishvili_Modern Nation with deap ethnic roots.pdf
The paper is about Georgian identity. It represents the whole history of it from ancient times un... more The paper is about Georgian identity. It represents the whole history of it from ancient times until very recently.
Chkhartishvili_conference paper_Saint Nino.pdf
Saint Nino is an Illumenatrix of Georgians. Georgians adopted Christianity as a state religion in... more Saint Nino is an Illumenatrix of Georgians. Georgians adopted Christianity as a state religion in 330s .. . The paper is devoted to the original redaction of her Vita. It was created shortly after the conversion of Georgians had taken place, ca. in the middle of 4th century.
Chkhartishvili_That Stone of Beryl_On the Origins of Georgian Alphabet.pdf
The aim of the article is to find out the date of creation of the most ancient graphic variety of... more The aim of the article is to find out the date of creation of the most ancient graphic variety of the Georgian alphabet "Asomtavruli". This problem was touched upon by many experts, but no one was able to resolve it reasonably. According to the author of this article, the reason for this is the wrong approach to the available narrative sources; some researchers generally ignore them and try to represent the history of the origin of the Georgian alphabet only on the basis of an analysis of the alphabet itself as a system, some ignore the information of the 11th century Georgian historian Leonti Mroveli, according to which the Georgian alphabet was created by King Pharnavaz (3rd century BC), and the other part ignores the information of Koriun ( the Armenian hagiographer of the first half of the 5th century), that the Georgian alphabet was created by the Armenian cleric Mashtots. But ignoring these narrative sources can in no way be justified from a scientific point of view,...
Обращение Грузии.Перевод с древнегрузинского Е.С. Такайшвили. Редакционная обработка, исследование и комментарии М.С. Чхартишвили.Conversion of Georgia. The Old Georgian Text Translated by E.Takaishvili. Editing, Research and Commentaries by M. Chkhartishvili
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Invitation..Presentation of the Recent Issue of "Georgian Source-Studies
Announcement about the event. Presentation of the recent issue of the Journal of "Georgian S... more Announcement about the event. Presentation of the recent issue of the Journal of "Georgian Studies" (2020, XXII).
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