Mikheil Tsereteli

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Mikheil Tsereteli

Prince Mikheil G. Tsereteli (Michael von Zereteli. ?????? ???????? in Georgian

Georgian language

Georgian is the official language of Georgia , a country in the Caucasus .Georgian is the primary language of about 3.9 million people in Georgia itself, and of another 500,000 abroad ....
. December 23, 1878-March 2, 1965) was a Georgian

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
historian, philologist, sociologist and public benefactor, Dr.Sci., Professor.

He was born in 1878, in a village Tskhrukveti (Imereti

Imereti

Imereti Province is a province in Georgia situated along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni river. It consists of the following Georgian administrative-territorial units:...
region of Western Georgia). His father was Prince Giorgi Tsereteli. His brother Vasil Tsereteli

Vasil Tsereteli

Vasil Tsereteli was a distinguished Georgia physician, journalist and public benefactor. He was born in a village Tskhrukveti , in the family of Prince Giorgi Tsereteli....
(1862-1938) was a famous Georgian physician, writer and public benefactor.

In 1911 Mikheil Tsereteli graduated from the Heidelberg University (Germany

Germany

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Prince Mikheil G. Tsereteli (Michael von Zereteli. ?????? ???????? in Georgian

Georgian language

Georgia (country)

Imereti

Vasil Tsereteli

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
). In 1913 he received a PhD degree in History. In 1914-1918 he was Associate Professor of the Berlin University and Chairman of the Committee of Independent Georgia

Committee of Independent Georgia

The Committee of Independent Georgia also known as the Georgian Committee was a political organization formed in 1914 by Georgia ?migr?s and students in German Empire during World War I....
. In 1916 Tsereteli was a representative of Georgia in the Union of Nations in Lausanne

Lausanne

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, in 1918-1919 Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Georgia

Democratic Republic of Georgia

The Democratic Republic of Georgia , 1918?1921, was the first modern establishment of a Republic of Georgia .The DRG was created after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917....
(DRG) in Sweden

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and Norway

Norway

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.

In 1919-1921 Tsereteli was a Professor of the Tbilisi State University

Tbilisi State University

Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University, better known as Tbilisi State University , is a university established on 8 February, 1918 in Tbilisi, Georgia ....
(TSU).

On February 25, 1921 the sovereign Georgia was occupied by the Soviet Russia

Russia

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. Since March, 1921 Mikheil Tsereteli was the Emigre.

In 1921-1933 Tsereteli was a Professor of the University of Brussels

University of Brussels

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(Belgium

Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
), in 1933-1945 Professor of the Berlin University. Since 1945 he lived and worked in Munich

Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
.

In 1930s-1940s he was a Chairman of the "Georgian National Committee" (Berlin

Berlin

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-Paris

Paris

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).

Mikheil Tsereteli was a member of the Editorial Board of the International Scientific Journal "Bedi Kartlisa - Revue de Kartvelologie" (Paris

Paris

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).

Main fields of scientific activity of Prof. Tsereteli were: Sumerology, history of Georgia and the Caucasus

Caucasus

The Caucasus or Caucas is a geopolitical region located between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It is home to Europe's highest mountain ....
, history of Ibero-Caucasian civilization

Caucasian peoples

This article deals with the various ethnic groups inhabiting the Caucasus region. There are more than50 ethnic groups living in the region....
, Rustvelology (Shota Rustaveli

Shota Rustaveli

Shota Rustaveli was a Georgia poet of the 12th century, and the greatest classic of Georgian secular literature. He is author of "The Knight in the Panther's Skin" , the Georgian national epic poetry....
was a great Georgian Poet of the 12th century), the rights of the Nations (Peoples), sociology, etc. He was author of more than 80 scientific-research works (among them about 10 monographs).

Mikheil Tsereteli died in 1965, in Munich

Munich

Leuville-sur-Orge

Leuville-sur-Orge is a small France town, south of Paris, France. It is situated in the Essonne department of the ?le-de-France region....
(France

France

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).

Some of main scientific works of Mikheil Tsereteli

"Nation and mankind. Sociological investigation" (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1910, 250 pp (In Georgian)
"Sumerian and Georgian: a study in comparative philology" (a monograph), JRAS, 1913 (In English)
Shota Rustaveli. "Der Mann im Tigerfelle". Edited and translated from Georgian by M. Tsereteli, Munchen, 1955 (In German)
"Georgien und der Weltkrieg" (a monograph), Potsdam, 1915 (In German)
"Das Sumerische und das Georgische".- "Bedi Kartlisa - Revue de Kartvelologie
Bedi Kartlisa

Bedi Kartlisa. Revue de Kartv?lologie was an international journal specialized in the Georgia studies and published in Paris, France, from 1948 to 1984....
", No 32-33, Paris (In German)