Abkhazian Regional Academy Of Sciences

Abkhazian Regional Academy of Sciences (ARAS), independent scientific and educational organization, was founded in 1995, in

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), by a group of famous scientists – refugees from

Abkhazia Abkhazia, ka, აფხაზეთი, tr, , xmf, აბჟუა, abzhua, or ( or ), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which vi ...

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s and Corresponding Members of ARAS are leading scientists of

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Guranda Gvaladze Guranda Gvaladze (In Georgian გურანდა ღვალაძე, June 23, 1932 – January 24, 2020) was a notable Georgian botanist, one of the founders of Plant Embryology in Georgia, Academician of the Abkhazian Regional Academy ...

Zaal Lomtatidze Zaal may refer to: People * Zaal (Persian mythology) or Zāl, legendary Iranian king Given name * Zaal, son of Alexander I of Georgia (c.1428 – after 1442), Georgian royal prince * Zaal, Duke of Aragvi (died 1660), Georgian lord * Zaali Eliava ...

Zurab Papaskiri Zurab Papaskiri (in Georgian ზურაბ პაპასქირი) is a Georgian Historian and public figure, academician of the Abkhazian Regional Academy of Sciences (1997), Doctor of Historical sciences (1991), Professor (1994), owner of ...

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Jemal Gamakharia Jemal Gamakharia ( ka, ჯემალ გამახარია; born 10 January 1949) is a Georgian politician. Being a native of Georgia's autonomous republic of Abkhazia and a member of the local legislature since 1991, Gvazava was forced ...

, etc.), representatives of social and humanitarian sciences, natural and life sciences, technical sciences and modern technologies. The Academy is registered by the Ministry of Justice of Georgia and recognized by the

Georgian National Academy of Sciences The Georgian National Academy of Sciences (GNAS) ( ka, საქართველოს მეცნიერებათა ეროვნული აკადემია, tr) is a main learned society of the Georgia. It was named Georgian S ...

(GNAS). The Presidium of the Academy is based in

. In 2000–2009 President of the Academy was Professor, Dr.Med.

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. Since 2009 President of ARAS is Professor, Doctor of Biological Sciences Zaal (Zurab) Lomtatidze. National academies of sciences National academies of arts and humanities Education in Georgia (country) 1995 establishments in Georgia (country) Scientific organizations established in 1995 {{sci-org-stub