Giorgi Kartvelishvili

Giorgi Kartvelishvili () (1827–1901) was a

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public figure, philanthropist, publisher and businessman. Kartvelishvili owned a fishing and timber manufacturing enterprises in

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Shida Kartli Shida Kartli ( ka, შიდა ქართლი, , ; "Inner Kartli") is a landlocked administrative region (''Mkhare'') in eastern Georgia. It comprises a central part of the historical-geographic province of Shida Kartli. With an area of , Sh ...

province and ran a sizable trading business. He built the railway from the Georgian village Ateni to the town of Gori to transport timber, part of which was used to supply the construction of the South Caucasus railway. Being one of the most successful businessmen in Georgia at time, Kartvelishvili was best known for its philanthropic activities, mostly related to Georgian history and literature. Kartvelishvili financed the publication of the second edition of the prominent epic poem ''

The Knight in the Panther's Skin ''The Knight in the Panther's Skin'' ( ka, ვეფხისტყაოსანი, tr literally "the one with the skin of a tiger") is a Georgian medieval epic poem, written in the 12th or 13th century by Georgia's national poet Shota Rustav ...

'' by

Shota Rustaveli Shota Rustaveli ( ka, შოთა რუსთაველი, c. 1160 – after c. 1220), mononymously known simply as Rustaveli, was a medieval Georgian poet. He is considered to be the pre-eminent poet of the Georgian Golden Age and one of th ...

(published in 1888). Earlier, in 1885, he published ''The History of Georgia'' written by

Vakhushti Bagrationi Vakhushti ( ka, ვახუშტი, tr) (1696–1757) was a Georgian royal prince (''batonishvili''), geographer, historian and cartographer. His principal historical and geographic works, ''Description of the Kingdom of Georgia'' and the ''Geo ...

. During 1883–1885, Kartvelishvili was a publisher of an eminent Georgian newspaper ''

Droeba ''Droeba'' (, "the Times") was an influential Georgian political and cultural newspaper published in Tiflis from 1866 to 1885. ''Droeba'' first came out in Tiflis, the capital of the Russian Caucasus Viceroyalty, on March 4, 1866, to be publ ...

''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kartvelishvili, Giorgi 1827 births 1901 deaths Businesspeople from Georgia (country)