Houses-museums of famous figures of Georgia. Ivane Javakhishvili House Museum.
The Ivane Javakhishvili House-Museum has a rich collection concerning the Georgian scientist. Here you will find a rich library, samples of fine art, photographs, documents, manuscripts and other things that convey the story of Ivane's life. We definitely recommend visiting this museum.
Address: Kaspsky district, Khovle village
The museum has memorial items belonging to the Georgian scientist, historian and public figure Ivane Javakhishvili (1876-1940), a rich library fund, archaeological and ethnographic material of Khovle-gora, samples of fine art, photo and documentary material.
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In 1895, Javakhishvili graduated from the First Tbilisi Classical Gymnasium, and in 1899 from St. Petersburg University. In 1899-1901 he was a master's student at the same university. In 1901-1902 he was invited to the University of Berlin.
In 1918, Tbilisi State University was founded on the initiative of Javakhishvili and a group of Georgian scientists. In 1918-1919 he was dean of the Faculty of Humanities, in 1919-1926 – rector of the same university.
The main focus of Ivane Javakhishvili's scientific activity was the history and historiography of Georgia and the Caucasus, the history of Georgian economy and law, ethnology of the Caucasus, Ethnography of Georgia, Caucasian languages, historical geography of Georgia, history of Georgian musical art. He is the founder of the scientific school of historical source studies in Georgia, the author of more than 170 scientific papers, including more than 20 monographs.
Javakhishvili owns a major work "The History of the Georgian people" (in 5 books).
Ivane Javakhishvili paid serious attention to archaeological research. The beginning of large-scale archaeological excavations in Mtskheta and Armazi in the mid-1930s is associated with his name. He especially studied the history of the Georgian economy. And today, for scientists of this industry, his fundamental monograph "Economic History of Georgia" in 2 volumes is a truly desktop book.
Javakhishvili also made a major contribution to the study of the history of Georgian law. He created a major work "The History of Georgian Law".
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