Aleksandre Pirtskhalaishvili
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Aleksandre Pirtskhalaishvili ( ka, ალექსანდრე ფირცხალაიშვილი) (1888 – 23 March 1965) was a Georgian,
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historian, Doctor of Philosophy (1942), and professor (1945). In 1915, he graduated from
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, on Historical Faculty of Philology. In 1912 Pirtskhalaishvili went to Germany, and attended courses at
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. After returning to Georgia he worked in pedagogy. In 1929 he was invited by the
Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი, tr; often shorten ...
, where he lectured until his last days. He was exploring the history of 19th-century Georgia and Russian-Georgian relations.U. Sidamonidze
Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( ka, ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, tr, ქსე) is the first universal encyclopedia in the Georgian language, printed in Tbilisi from 1965, the editor ...
p. 332. 1986 Tbilisi


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pirtskhalaishvili, Alexander 1888 births 1965 deaths Soviet historians Academic staff of Tbilisi State University 20th-century historians from Georgia (country)