Nikolai (Niko) Aleksandrovich Berdzenishvili is a researcher of Georgian-Russian relations in the 16th-18th centuries
https://doi.org/10.31143/2542-212X-2025-4-294-303
EDN: OHSUKO
Abstract
The article, based on analysis of the works of the promiment Georgian scientist N.A. Berdzenishvili (1894-1965), traces the influence of the ideas of M.A. Polievktov on the formation of the school of Georgian Caucasian studies. N.A. Berdzenishvili was not a student of M.A. Polievktov, but was influenced by the scientific methodology of the Russian scholor, which allowed him to make a significant contribution to the development of Georgian Russian studies. N.A. Berdzenishvili`s doctoral dissertation «From the history of Russian-Georgian relations at the turn of the 16th-17 th centuries» (1943) was devoted to the process of formation of Georgian-Russian relations. In it, the Georgian scientist, based on the achievements of M.A. Polievktov in revealing the origins of Russian-Georgian relations in the specificed period, substantiated his position, recognizing the special role of the Russian scientist in the development of Georgian Caucasian studies. Although he noted that M.A. Polievktov`s works are without shorcomings due to unfamiliarity with Georgian sources. Nevertheless, N.A. Berdzenishvili confirmed the significant role of M.A. Polievktov in the development of Georgian Caucasian studies.
About the Author
Yuri S. Sulaberidze
Tbilisi state uneversity
Georgia
Georgia
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Visiting Professor at the Institute of Caucasian Studies
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Sulaberidze Yu.S. Nikolai (Niko) Aleksandrovich Berdzenishvili is a researcher of Georgian-Russian relations in the 16th-18th centuries. Kavkazologiya. 2025;(4):294-303. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31143/2542-212X-2025-4-294-303. EDN: OHSUKO
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