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Prince Alexander Orbeliani – a Georgian poet, playwright, essayist, and historian – was born

Prince Alexander Orbeliani was born to the family of Prince Vakhtang Orbeliani and Princess Tekla Bagrationi in 1802. He was a grandchild of King Erekle II.

The monument of Galaktion Tabidze was erected in 1880

Dimitri Mikatadze – a author of the monument, a Georgian sculptor, an Honored Artist of Georgia, professor of the Georgian Academy of Art, Laureate of the Rustaveli State Prize (1989) and State Prize (2003).

Jakob Nikoladze – a famous Georgian sculptor – was born

Jakob Nikoladze was born in Kutaisi, in 1876. He studied at Stroganov School for Technical Drawing (now Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry) (1892-94), School for Painting in Odessa, (1894-95 and 1897-98), School of Fine Arts in Paris (1899-1901). In his first important work created in 1895 (Peasant from Imereti, clay, lost) was notable for his quest for the expressions of human inner world.

Solomon Dodashvili – a Georgian philosopher, public figure, - was born

In the history of the Georgian philosophy and public development of the 19th century, Solomon Dodashvili holds a very special place. He was a philosopher, a journalist, a teacher and a very famous public figure.

Giorgi Jabadari – a Georgian theater producer and teacher – was born

Giorgi Jabadari was born to the family of a public person A. Jabadari. 1902 he studied in Belgium, later in Paris, where he studied at the theatric studio, worked at the famous Theater of Antuan.

Vasil Barnovi (Barnaveli) – a popular Georgian novelist, publicist, and historian - was born

Vasil Barnovi was born on 22 May 1856 to the family of a priest, in the village of Koda. In his childhood he was taught by his mother, later he studied at the Tbilisi Clerical School and Seminary. 1877 he worked as a supervisor at the Tbilisi Clerical Seminary. 1878 he began to study in the Moscow Clerical Academy, faculty of History.

King Demetre I was an author of several poems, mainly on religious themes. Shen Khar Venakhi (“Thou Art a Vineyard”), a hymn to the Virgin Mary, is the most famous of them.

King Demetre I was an author of several poems, mainly on religious themes. Shen Khar Venakhi (“Thou Art a Vineyard”), a hymn to the Virgin Mary, is the most famous of them.

Alexander Pushkin was born

In 1829 Alexander Pushkin left for Georgia without the permission of the Russian government and arrived in Tiflis on 27 May. He spent about three weeks in Tiflis, got familiar with the Georgian customs, history, culture, and nature. In his essay Journey to Arzrum, Pushkin criticized the colonial policy of Czarism. He sympathized with the talent of Georgian people, the pure life of peasants, and predicted the big future to Georgian nation.

11 June - Moris Potskhishvili was born

Moris Potskhishvili was born in Tbilisi, in 1930. He graduated from Tbilisi State University, faculty of Philology (field of journalism) in 1954. 1959-1965 he worked for the publishing house Literatura da Khelovneba (Literature and Art). 1970 he became a literary consultant of the Georgian Writers Union. 1979-1982 he was editor-in-chief of the Tsiskari magazine, from 1982 – a director of the publishing house Nakaduli.

25 June - The Museum of Akaki Tsereteli opened in his home village Skhvitori

The museum of a famous Georgian poet was founded on 25 June, 1940. It is located in the palace of Tsereteli’s family. In the museum, there is stored 19th century furniture made in Italy and Germany, precious dishes, private library (Georgian, Russian and French publications from the different periods), as well as Akaki Tsereteli’s personal belongings, his and other public persons’ manuscripts.

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