pavle ingorokva

Pavle Ingorokva (1893 – 1990) was an outstanding Georgian historian, philologist, and public benefactor. In 1915, he graduated from the University of St. Petersburg (Russia). In 1917, he was one of the founders of the Union of Georgian Writers. Between 1923 and 1925, he was the editor-in-chief of the Georgian scientific and literary Journal Kavkasioni ("The Caucasus"). Between 1929 and 1940, Ingorokva was a Head of the Department of Manuscripts of the State Museum of Georgia. Af that, between 1941 and 1950, he became the Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of History of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS). In 1958, he was one of the founders of the Institute of Manuscripts of GAS. He was also a member of the Commission on Study of The Knight in the Panther's Skin of GAS. Pavle Ingorokva's main fields of the scientific activity were the history of the Georgian literature, history of Georgia, source studies of the history of Georgia, Rustvelology, history of Georgian script, etc.

Some main works of Pavle Ingorokva

Rustveliana (a monograph about Shota Rustaveli), Tbilisi, 1926, 200 pp. (in Georgian)
The Georgian inscriptions of Antique - Bulletin of the Institute of Language, History and Material Culture (ENIMK), vol. X, Tbilisi, 1941, pp. 411-427 (in Georgian)
The old Georgian chronicle "Moktsevai Kartlisai" and the List of the Kings of Iberia (a monograph).- Bulletin of the State Museum of Georgia, vol. XI-B, Tbilisi, 1942, pp. 259-320 (in Georgian)
Giorgi Merchule - Georgian writer of the 10th century (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1954, 1000 pp. (in Georgian)
Ilia Chavchavadze (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1951, 200 pp. (in Georgian)

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