Month: Jan 2026

New publication on the final years of Soviet Caucasus

We witnessed the Soviet break-up Five Scandinavian researchers on the final years of the USSR, seen from the Caucasus. A new publication is out, edited by Märta-Lisa Magnusson and Karina Vamling. Publisher Universus Academic Press, Lund (Sweden), 2026. With numerous illustrations from the authors’ visits to the Caucasus […]

Congratulations to Acad. Mzekala Shanidze, 100

My warmest congratulations to Academician Mzekala Shanidze on her 100th anniversary! დიდი პატივისცემით ვულოცავ აკადემიკოს ქალბატონ მზექალას იუბილეს! It has been such a privilege and inspiration to meet her and to listen to her at different conferences in Tbilisi, for instance in 2017 and 2019, and to chair […]