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Corresponding Author

Nino Chikovani

Document Type

Original Study

Subject Areas

History/ Archaeology

Keywords

Tbilisi, urban life, national identity, South Caucasian nations

Abstract

The paper highlights the cultural life and the multiethnic community of Tbilisi city population in the turn of XX-th century, when the economic growth in the South Caucasus urged the urban development and urbanization in entire region. Evidence is provided for the existence and active performance of cultural centers of various Caucasian nations in Tbilisi that used to be the political and cultural center of the South Caucasus under Tsarist Russia administration. The role of Tbilisi and its social environment in search for identity and growing nationalistic sentiments of a number of South Caucasian nations is justified in provided data and testimonies.

Publication Date

2018

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