The Georgian National Academy of Sciences (GNAS) ( ka, საქართველოს მეცნიერებათა ეროვნული აკადემია, tr) is a main learned society of the

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

. It was named

Georgian SSR The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц� ...

Academy of Sciences until November 1990. The Academy coordinates scientific research in Georgia and develops relationship with the academies and scientific centers of foreign countries.

History

GNAS was established in February 1941, in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

. The founder Academicians of the Academy were Giorgi Akhvlediani (linguistics),

Ivane Beritashvili Ivane Beritashvili ( ka, ივანე ბერიტაშვილი; January 10, 1885 – December 29, 1974), was one of the great Georgian physiologists, one of the founders of the modern biobehavioral science. He was a founder and direct ...

(physiology),

Arnold Chikobava Arnold Chikobava ( ka, არნოლდ ჩიქობავა) (March 14, 1898 – November 5, 1985) was a Soviet Georgian linguist and philologist best known for his contributions to Caucasian studies and for being one of the most activ ...

(Ibero-Caucasian languages),

Giorgi Chubinashvili Giorgi Chubinashvili ( ka, გიორგი ჩუბინაშვილი; November 21, 1885 – January 14, 1973) was a Georgian art historian. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia he studied psychology at the universities of Leipzig and Hall ...

(arts),

Simon Janashia Simon Janashia ( ka, სიმონ ჯანაშია; July 13, 1900 – November 5, 1947) was a Georgian historian and public figure. He was a professor of history and one of the founding members of the Georgian Academy of Sciences. Janash ...

(history), Alexander Janelidze (geology),

Korneli Kekelidze Korneli Kekelidze ( ka, კორნელი კეკელიძე) (April 30, 1879 – June 7, 1962) was a Soviet and Georgian philologist, scholar of Georgian literature, and one of the founding fathers of the Tbilisi State University wher ...

(philology), Niko Ketskhoveli (botany), Tarasi Kvaratskhelia (subtropical cultures), Niko Muskhelishvili (mathematics, mechanics; first President of the Academy), Ilia Vekua (mathematics; second President of the Academy),

Akaki Shanidze Akaki Shanidze ( ka, აკაკი შანიძე) (Born: 26 February 1887 in Nogha, Samtredia, Georgia – Died 29 March 1987 in Tbilisi, Georgia) was a Georgian linguist and philologist. He was one of the founders of the Tbilisi State Un ...

(linguistics),

Alexander Tvalchrelidze Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

(mineralogy),

Dimitri Uznadze Dimitri Uznadze ( ka, დიმიტრი უზნაძე; December 2, 1886 – October 9, 1950, Tbilisi) was a Georgian psychologist and professor of psychology, co-founder of the Tbilisi State University (TSU) and of the Georgian Academy ...

(psychology), Kiriak Zavriev (constructive mechanics) and Philip Zaitsev (zoology). Other notable members of the Academy include

Ekvtime Takaishvili Ekvtime Takaishvili (also spelled Taqaishvili) () (January 5, 1862 – February 21, 1953) was a Georgian historian, archaeologist and public benefactor. Born in the village of Likhauri in the western Georgian province of Guria to a local noblema ...

(history),

Sergi Jikia Sergi Jikia ( ka, სერგი ჯიქია; October 20, 1898 ― December 6, 1993) was a Georgian historian and orientalist, founder of the Turkology in Georgia. Biography Sergi jikia was born in the village of Onoghia ( ka, ონოღ� ...

(turkology),

Shalva Nutsubidze Shalva Nutsubidze ( ka, შალვა ნუცუბიძე; December 14, 1888 – January 6, 1969) was a Georgian philosopher, cultural historian, rustvelologist, literary critic, translator, public figure, one of the founders of scientific ...

(philosophy), Giorgi Tsereteli (oriental studies),

Simon Kaukhchishvili Simon Kaukhchishvili ( ka, სიმონ ყაუხჩიშვილი) (October 1, 1895 in Kutaisi – May 11, 1981 in Tbilisi) was a Georgian historian and philologist known for his critical editions of old Georgian chronicles; Doctor of H ...

(classical philology),

Rene Schmerling Rene Oskarovna Schmerling ( ka, რენე შმერლინგი; December 5, 1901 — February 18, 1967) was a Georgian art historian and art critic famous for her work on medieval and Byzantine Georgian art. Biography Born in Tbili ...

(art history),

Konstantine Gamsakhurdia Konstantine Gamsakhurdia ( ka, კონსტანტინე გამსახურდია) (May 3, 1893 – July 17, 1975) was a Georgian writer and public figure. Educated and first published in Germany, he married Western European in ...

(literature),

Giorgi Melikishvili Giorgi Melikishvili ( ka, გიორგი მელიქიშვილი; russian: Гео́ргий Алекса́ндрович Меликишви́ли; December 30, 1918 – March 27, 2002) was a Georgian historian known for his fundamenta ...

(history),

Nikoloz Berdzenishvili Nikoloz Berdzenishvili ( ka, ნიკოლოზ ბერძენიშვილი) (1895–1965) was a Soviet and Georgian historian who served as a Vice President of the Georgian Academy of Sciences from 1951 to 1957 and chaired the Departm ...

(history),

Revaz Dogonadze Revaz Dogonadze (November 21, 1931 – May 13, 1985) was a notable Georgian scientist, Corresponding Member of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences (GNAS) (1982), Doctor of Physical & Mathematical Sciences (Full Doctor) (1966), Professor (1972 ...

(physics), Malkhaz Abdushelishvili (anthropology),

Guram Mchedlidze Guram I. Mchedlidze ( Georgian: გურამ ი. მჭედლიძე) (September 27, 1931, Tbilisi – 2009, Tbilisi) was a Georgian Palaeobiologist Paleobiology (or palaeobiology) is an interdisciplinary field that combines the met ...

(paleobiology), and Levan Chilashvili (archaeology).

Current members

Today, among the members of the Academy are well-known scientists

Tamaz Gamkrelidze Tamaz (Thomas) Valerianis dze Gamkrelidze (Georgian: თამაზ ვალერიანის ძე გამყრელიძე, 23 October 1929 – 10 February 2021) was a Georgian linguist, orientalist public benefactor and Hittitol ...

(linguistics),

David Muskhelishvili David Levan Muskhelishvili (born October 19, 1928) in Tbilisi, Georgia. A member of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences. An academic of Georgian history, David Muskhelishvili is the nephew of the late Georgian-French political scientist a ...

(history),

Revaz Gamkrelidze Revaz Valerianovic Gamkrelidze ( ka, რევაზ ვალერის ძე გამყრელიძე, ISO 9984: ''Revaz Valeris je Gamqrelije''; born February 4, 1927) is a Georgian and Soviet mathematician known for his work in opt ...

(mathematics),

Simon Khechinashvili Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...

(med.), George Nakhutsrishvili (botany), Vladimer Papava (economics),

David Lordkipanidze David Otaris dze Lordkipanidze ( Georgian: დავით ლორთქიფანიძე) (born 5 August 1964, in Tbilisi) is a Georgian anthropologist and archaeologist, Professor (2004), Dr.Sc. (2002), Corresponding Member of the Georgian ...

(palaeoanthropology), etc. Presidents of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences: Niko Muskhelishvili (1941–1972), Ilia Vekua (1972–1977),

Evgeni Kharadze Evgeni Kharadze ( ka, ევგენი ხარაძე; October 31, 1907 – October 10, 2001) was a Georgian astronomer, public figure and statesman. Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1984), full member of the Georgian ...

(1977–1986),

Albert Tavkhelidze Albert Nikiforovich Tavkhelidze (russian: Альберт Никифорович Тавхелидзе, ka, ალბერტ ნიკიფორეს ძე თავხელიძე; 16 December 1930 27 February 2010) was President of the Ge ...

(1986–2005), and

Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze Tamaz (Thomas) Valerianis dze Gamkrelidze (Georgian: თამაზ ვალერიანის ძე გამყრელიძე, 23 October 1929 – 10 February 2021) was a Georgian linguist, orientalist public benefactor and Hittitol ...

(2005–2013). Since February, 2013 President of the Academy is Academician Giorgi Kvesitadze. Georgian scientific schools of mathematics, physics, psychology, philosophy, physiology, botany, oriental studies, linguistics, history, archaeology, ethnography and paleobiology have won world recognition. GNAS is a National Scientific Associate of the International Council for Science (ICSU,

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

). Among other science academies of Georgia are: the

Abkhazian Regional Academy of Sciences Abkhazian Regional Academy of Sciences (ARAS), independent scientific and educational organization, was founded in 1995, in Tbilisi ( Republic of Georgia), by a group of famous scientists – refugees from Abkhazia. Academicians and Corresponding ...

(founded in 1995, in Tbilisi), the Georgian Academy of Agrarian Sciences (founded in 1991, in Tbilisi), and the Georgian Academy of Bio-Medical Sciences. By the GNAS is recognized also the ''Georgian National Section'' of

Euroscience EuroScience (the founding organisation of ESOF, EuroScience Open Forum) is a pan-European grassroots organisation for the support and promotion of science and technology in Europe. The membership of EuroScience consists of individuals interested in ...

(ESGNS).

References

External links

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Georgian Electronic Scientific Journal (GESJ)Association of Modern Scientific Investigation (AMSI)Georgian National Section of Euroscience (ESGNS)
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