Princess Sophia Amirajibi ( ka, სოფიო ამირაჯიბი, ''Sop'io Amirajibi''; russian: Софья Васильевна Амираджиби, ''Sofia Vasilyevna Amiradzhibi'') née Argutinskaya-Dolgorukaya (Аргутинская-Долгорукая) (October 1, 1847,
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...
– June 14, 1906,
Moscow
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) was one of the best translators of
Georgian
Georgian may refer to:
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** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
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poetry into Russian, and the founder of the first children's library in
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...
. She was born of the Armeno–Georgian noble family of
Argutinsky-Dolgorukov and married to a Georgian nobleman, Lieutenant-General Mikhail Amirajibi. Her translations of
Ilia Chavchavadze
Prince Ilia Chavchavadze ( ka, ილია ჭავჭავაძე; 8 November 1837 – 12 September 1907) was a Georgian public figure, journalist, publisher, writer and poet who spearheaded the revival of Georgian nationalism during the ...
,
Akaki Tsereteli
Count Akaki Tsereteli ( ka, აკაკი წერეთელი) (1840–1915), often mononymously known as Akaki,Sometimes mistakenly rendered in Russian as Akakiy. Georgian spelling Akaki and Russian spelling Akakiy are both derived from th ...
,
Vakhtang Orbeliani and many others, noted for their quality and closeness to the originals, were regularly published in the Russian-language press of Tbilisi. Most of her translations were published in a separate volume by
Alexander Khakhanov
Aleksandr Solomonovich Khakhanov (russian: Александр Соломонович Хаханов) born Aleksandre Khakhanashvili ( ka, ალექსანდრე ხახანაშვილი) (January 3, 1866 – May 25, 1912) was a Geo ...
in
Moscow
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in 1909.
Амираджиби, Софья Васильевна
''Russian Biographic Lexicon''. Retrieved on April 10, 2007.
See also
*Amirejibi
Amirejibi ( ka, ამირეჯიბი) is a Georgian family, formerly a prominent noble house, which branched off the House of Palavandishvili and rose in prominence in the late 14th century. The family name comes from a Georgian courtier tit ...
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