Aleksandr Solomonovich Khakhanov () born Aleksandre Khakhanashvili ( ka, ალექსანდრე ხახანაშვილი; January 3, 1866 – May 25, 1912) was a Georgian-

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n historian, archaeologist, and one of the most acclaimed scholars of Georgian literature. He was born in

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, then part of

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, and studied at

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. Having graduated from

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in 1888, he delivered lectures on Georgian language and literature at

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since 1889 and at Moscow University since 1900. He authored numerous works on Georgian history and literature, including the resonant ''Очерки по истории грузинской словесности'' ("Studies in the History of Georgian Literature"), published in Russian from 1895 to 1907. Khakhanov translated several pieces of Georgian written and oral literature into Russian, and conducted extensive research in Georgia,

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to reveal old Georgian manuscripts. In 1900, he published ''Histoire de Géorgie'' ("History of Georgia") in French. Khakhanov was elected to (1901), Georgian Historic and Ethnographic Society (1907), etc.Хаханов (Александр Соломонович)
Russian Biographic Lexicon. Accessed on April 7, 2007.

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