A MAN WHO PRESERVED NATIONAL MEMORY EVEN UNDER SOVIET TOTALITARIANISM(Interesting Episodes of Niko Berdzenishvili’s Biography According to DocumentsPreserved in the Funds of the Archives Administration of Ajara)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.52340/PUTK.2233-3541.2025.27.04Keywords:
Niko Berdzenishvili, certificate, biography, protocol, archival documentsAbstract
Academician Niko Berdzenishvili, a prominent representative of Georgian historical science, was the most dedicated defender of the national heritage. In the materials of the Batumi Boys’ Gymnasium Fund (1904-1917) of the Central State Archive of Ajara, scarce but very interesting archival documents about the distinguished scientist were found. Among them are certificates of clerical rank, certificates of transfer from one class to another at the boys’ gymnasium and certificates of completion of the school, documents related to permission to take exams externally, protocols of the pedagogical council, materials reflecting the participation of students in the revolutionary movement, secret letters from the heads of the relevant structure, etc.
References
Dumbadze 1964: Dumbadze M. Niko Berdzenishvili. Tbilisi, 1964.
Encyclopedia 2002: Encyclopedia. Tbilisi, 2002.
Great 2004: Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Moscow, 2004.
Georgia 2001: Georgian Biographical Dictionary. Tbilisi, 2001.
Archival sources:
Central State Archives of Archives Administration of Ajara, fund E-4, description 1, case
63, paper 16, 23-30, 70;
csaaaa, fund E-10, description 1, case 5, paper 58;
csaaaa, fund E-10, description 1, case 7, paper 16, 28;
csaaaa, fund E-10, description 1, case 10, paper 3, 17, 19;
csaaaa, fund E-10, description 1, case 20, paper 49;
csaaaa, fund E-10, description 1, case 35, paper 17, 42;
csaaaa, fund E-10, description 1, case 47, paper 30, 39;
csaaaa, fund E-10, description 1, case 65, paper 36;
csaaaa, fund E-10, description 1, case 143, paper 55-58.
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