Georgian Society for Literacy Museum (Roinashvili)

The Society for the Spreading of Literacy among Georgians ( ka, ქართველთა შორის წერა-კითხვის გამავრცელებელი საზოგადოება, tr; also translated as the Society for the Extension of Literacy among the Georgians) was a

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founded by a group of leading

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intellectuals in May 1879 in order to promote a cultural renaissance among the peasantry of Georgia, then part of the

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. It survived into the early

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period and operated until 1926/7. Organized by the noblemen

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 ...

Dimitri Kipiani Prince Dimitri Ivanes dze Kipiani ( ka, დიმიტრი ყიფიანი alternatively spelled as Qipiani) (April 14, 1814 – October 24, 1887) was a Georgian statesman, publicist, writer and translator. A leader of Georgia's liberal ...

, and local educators like

Iakob Gogebashvili Iakob Gogebashvili ( ka, იაკობ გოგებაშვილი) (October 15, 1840 – June 1, 1912) was a Georgian educator, children’s writer and journalist, considered to be the founder of the scientific pedagogy in Georgia. Through ...

and Mariam Jambakur-Orbeliani, the Society ran a network of schools, bookshops and libraries throughout the country; trained teachers, and sponsored Georgian-language journals and magazines. Prince Chavchavadze, a prominent writer, went on to play a leading role in the Society, succeeding the first chairman Kipiani in 1885 until his assassination in 1907. The organization, tolerated by the imperial authorities, involved virtually all active Georgian men of letters, several philanthropists and officials, and was instrumental in Georgian national revival in the latter half of the 19th century.Stephen F. Jones (2005)
''Socialism in Georgian Colors: The European Road to Social Democracy, 1883-1917''
p. 37.

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, . Lang, David Marshall (1962), ''A Modern History of Georgia'', p. 109.

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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.

References

Charities based in Georgia (country) 1879 establishments in the Russian Empire 1927 disestablishments in Georgia (country) Organizations established in 1879 Organizations disestablished in 1927 {{Georgia-hist-stub