Akaki Surguladze
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Akaki Surguladze (1913-1991) was a Georgian
historian. He was the first Soviet
scholar, who attempted, in 1988, to revise the hitherto commonly accepted official Soviet version of the Soviet-Georgian War which led to the forcible Sovietization
of Georgia in 1921.
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
historian. He was the first Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
scholar, who attempted, in 1988, to revise the hitherto commonly accepted official Soviet version of the Soviet-Georgian War which led to the forcible Sovietization
Sovietization
Sovietization is term that may be used with two distinct meanings:*the adoption of a political system based on the model of soviets .*the adoption of a way of life and mentality modelled after the Soviet Union....
of Georgia in 1921.