''Bedi Kartlisa. Revue de Kartvélologie'' was an international

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specializing in the language, literature, history and art of

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 ...

( Kartvelology) published from 1948 to 1984. It derived its name from the poem ''Bedi kartlisa'' (ბედი ქართლისა; "The Destiny of Georgia") by the 19th-century Georgian

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Nikoloz Baratashvili. Established by

Kalistrate Salia Kalistrate Salia ( ka, კალისტრატე სალია) (1901–1986) was a Georgian émigré historian and philologist active in France. Salia was born on July 18, 1901, in Mingrelia, western Georgia. He studied at Zugdidi and K ...

and Nino Salia, Georgian émigrés from the

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, the journal was published exclusively in

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

until 1957 when it became multilingual in French,

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, and

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. Sponsored by the French Academy of Sciences and edited by Salia, the journal played a crucial role in the development of Georgian studies in

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. It was succeeded by the annual ''Revue des études géorgiennes et caucasiennes'' () established in 1985 by Georges Dumézil and

Georges Charachidzé Georges Charachidzé (Giorgi Sharashidze; ka, გიორგი შარაშიძე) (February 11, 1930 – February 20, 2010) was a French- Georgian scholar of the Caucasian cultures. His most important works focused on the history of ...

.Khintibidze, Elguja (1996)
Georgian Literature in European Scholarship.
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Research Fellowships 1994-1996''. Retrieved on May 17, 2007. The annual journal ''Georgica'' () covers a similar range of subjects.

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Defunct journals Area studies journals Kartvelian studies Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Georgian words and phrases Publications established in 1948 Publications disestablished in 1984 Works about Georgia (country) {{europe-journal-stub