The Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History andEthnology

(Tbilisi, Rep. of Georgia)

With the rights of a manuscript

EVAN Z. URUSHADZE

The Questions of History of Georgia and theCaucasus of the XVIII-XX

centuries in the Georgian Emigrant Literature Authors abstract of the Dissertation Thesis for thescientific degree of Doctor of Historical Sciences

(Dr. Habil.) Tbilisi2006

The General Characterization of the Work

Urgency of the problem Despite the fact thatseveral works have beenpublished recently in Georgia on the distinguishedrepresentatives of theGeorgian political emigration, research of differentissues reflected in theliterature of emigrants have remained as "whitespots" until today. How theissue of the Georgian and Caucasian history havebeen reviewed in theemigrant literature is one of the abovementionedquestions. Research of thisand other questions from this point of view isextremely significant for theGeorgian historical science. Namely, it willcontribute to the correction of those gross "mistakes" which had been made by theso-called "Soviethistoriography" during 70 years of the sovietdomination. All the more, suchdistinguished scholars as Mikheil (Mikhako)Tsereteli, Zurab Avalishvili,Shalva Beridze, Grigol Peradze, MichaelTarkhnishvili, Kalistrate Salia,Markoz Tugushi, Alexsandre Manvelishvili,Mikheil Mouskheli(Muskhelishvili), etc. lived in emigration. Theobjective of the presentwork is to fill the existed gap. Namely, we havestudied how the questionsof the history of Georgia and the Caucasus of theXVIII-XX centuries were