Simon Janaschia
Simon Dschanaschia ( Georgian სიმონ ჯანაშია ; born July 13, 1900 in Makwaneti, Guria region , Russian Empire , † November 5, 1947 in Tbilisi ) was a Georgian historian . He was a professor at Tbilisi State University and a founding member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences .
Life
He was born the son of the teacher and ethnologist Nikolos Janaschia . In 1922 he graduated from Tbilisi State University and started a university career. In 1924 he became a lecturer, in 1930 associate professor and in 1935 professor. In 1941 he was a co-founder of the Georgian Academy of Sciences and from 1941 to 1947 its vice-president. At the same time he was director of the Academy's Historical Institute. In 1943 Janaschia was elected a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences .
Services
His main scientific fields of work were the ethnogenesis of the Georgian people and other Ibero-Caucasian peoples, the emergence of feudalism in Georgia, the history of ancient Georgia, the archeology of ancient Georgia, the history of the kingdoms of Colchis and Iberia , the history of Christianity in Georgia as well Source studies on the history of Georgia and the Caucasus . He wrote more than 100 scientific papers, including ten monographs. His collected works in four volumes were published in Tbilisi from 1949 to 1968 .
In the 1940s he was one of the organizers of the archaeological excavations in Mtskheta and Armasi in western Georgia.
After his death he was buried on the Pantheon on Mtatsminda in Tbilisi . The Georgian National Museum in Tbilisi now bears his name.
Awards
Janaschia was awarded the Order of Lenin twice and the Stalin Prize in 1942 and 1947 . He was also awarded the Order of the Red Labor Banner as well as several medals.
Works
- The religious beliefs of the Abkhasians, from the materials of Abkhasian ethnography , NN, 1937
- Sakartvelos istoria , Tbilisi, 1946
literature
- Simon Janashia . Tbilisi, 1948 (in Georgian)
- Shota Meskhia: Outstanding Explorer of the History of Georgia . Tbilisi, 1960 (in Georgian)
- Simon Janashia (1900-1947): Biobibliography. Tbilisi, 1976 (in Georgian, English and Russian)
Individual proof
- ↑ Simon Dschanaschia - biography. Retrieved April 12, 2018 (Russian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Janaschia, Simon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | სიმონ ჯანაშია (Georgian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Georgian historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Makwaneti, Guria Region , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 5, 1947 |
| Place of death | Tbilisi , Soviet Union |