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Simon Kaukhchishvili ( also transliterated as Qauxchishvili, or Qauxcišvili) (October 1, 1895 – May 11, 1981) 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 and philologist known for his critical editions of old Georgian chronicles; Doctor of Sciences (1927), Professor (1930), Academician
Academician

The title Academician denotes a Full Member of an art, literary, or scientific academy.In many countries it is a honorary title."Academician" may also be a functional title and denote a full member of the National National Academy in those countries where the Academy has a strong influence on national scientific life, particularly...
 of the Georgian Academy of Sciences
Georgian Academy of Sciences

The Georgian National Academy of Sciences is a main learned society of the Georgia . It was named Georgian SSR Academy of Sciences until November 1990....
 (1968).

He was born to a Georgian Catholic
Georgian Catholic Church

The Georgian Catholic Church , since the 11th century East-West Schism, has been composed mainly of Latin Rite Catholics; Georgian Catholic communities of the Armenian Rite have existed in the country since the 18th century....
 family in Kutaisi
Kutaisi

Kutaisi is Georgia 's second largest city and the capital of the western region of Imereti. It is 221 km to the west of Tbilisi....
, western Georgia (then part of Imperial Russia). In 1917, he graduated from the St.






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Simon Kaukhchishvili ( also transliterated as Qauxchishvili, or Qauxcišvili) (October 1, 1895 – May 11, 1981) 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 and philologist known for his critical editions of old Georgian chronicles; Doctor of Sciences (1927), Professor (1930), Academician
Academician

The title Academician denotes a Full Member of an art, literary, or scientific academy.In many countries it is a honorary title."Academician" may also be a functional title and denote a full member of the National National Academy in those countries where the Academy has a strong influence on national scientific life, particularly...
 of the Georgian Academy of Sciences
Georgian Academy of Sciences

The Georgian National Academy of Sciences is a main learned society of the Georgia . It was named Georgian SSR Academy of Sciences until November 1990....
 (1968).

He was born to a Georgian Catholic
Georgian Catholic Church

The Georgian Catholic Church , since the 11th century East-West Schism, has been composed mainly of Latin Rite Catholics; Georgian Catholic communities of the Armenian Rite have existed in the country since the 18th century....
 family in Kutaisi
Kutaisi

Kutaisi is Georgia 's second largest city and the capital of the western region of Imereti. It is 221 km to the west of Tbilisi....
, western Georgia (then part of Imperial Russia). In 1917, he graduated from the St. Petersburg University and returned to Georgia where he was assigned to the recently established 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 ....
 where he attained to the title of Professor in 1930 and chaired the departments of the Byzantine Studies
Byzantine studies

Byzantine studies is an interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that addresses the history, culture, religion, art, science, economy, and politics of the Byzantine Empire....
 (1927-38) and of the Classical Philology (1940-1954). Since 1960 until his death, he headed the Department of the Byzantine Studies at the Institute for Oriental Studies in Tbilisi
Tbilisi

Tbilisi , is the capital city and the largest city of Georgia , lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form Tpilisi and it was officially known as ?????? in Russian, until 1936....
. Under Stalin, he was persecuted by the Soviet
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
 authorities, being sacked twice, in 1938 and 1953, but survived the Great Purge
Great Purge

Great Purge was a series of campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin in 1936-1938. Also described as a "Soviet holocaust" by several authors, it involved the purge of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, repression of kulaks, Red Army leadership, and the persecution of unaffiliat...
.

Having left a diverse literary and scholarly legacy and commonly regarded as the founder of the Byzantine studies in Georgia, his crowning achievements are the critical editions of the Georgian Chronicles ("Kartlis Tskhovreba") and Prince Vakhushti
Vakhushti

Vakhushti was a Georgia prince , geographer, historian and cartographer....
’s historical-geographical treatise. He also translated and critically edited a collection of Byzantine sources on Georgia and Georgians published as Georgica in eight volumes from 1934 to 1970.