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In the territory of Western Georgia,there were Abkhaz-Adyghe tribes before the Kartvel tribes... the migrating Zan(Mingrelian and Chan-Laz) tribes settled in the region where the Abkhaz-Adyghe language was spoken…
Georgian scholar A.S. Chikobava.Op.Volume 2. Tbilisi.1998,p.263
Georgian scholar A.S. Chikobava.Op.Volume 2. Tbilisi.1998,p.263
(Geronti Kikodze, Sakartvelo newspaper, 1917.)
About #Georgia(ns) ;
Due to the lack of kinfolk on Earth, our identity and origins have yet to be determined. We also don't know where our fate will lead us...
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About #Georgia(ns) ;
Due to the lack of kinfolk on Earth, our identity and origins have yet to be determined. We also don't know where our fate will lead us...
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It's true that they say we lived by the banks of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, but even there, we were not loved,
our neighbors didn't allow us to live there, they hated us. We didn't know where to go. So, we spent our days in solitude, as if descended from the heavens.
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our neighbors didn't allow us to live there, they hated us. We didn't know where to go. So, we spent our days in solitude, as if descended from the heavens.
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Our language is different from that of other peoples, our worldview is different, our character is different,
we have our own distinct features and traditions.
Indeed, we were expelled from our lands by our neighbors, they left us with nothing... In the place we arrived,
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we have our own distinct features and traditions.
Indeed, we were expelled from our lands by our neighbors, they left us with nothing... In the place we arrived,
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the Alans took pity on us and protected us, they gave us land, showed us kindness, taught us to fight,passed down their culture and traditions, and protected us from external enemies...
The migration of the ancestors of Georgians (Kartvel tribes) from the south to Transcaucasia absorbed the indigenous population of Transcaucasia...
(G. A. Milikishvili. "On the History of Ancient Georgia". Tbilisi. 1959, p.13)
(G. A. Milikishvili. "On the History of Ancient Georgia". Tbilisi. 1959, p.13)
It is difficult to precisely determine the exact time when Georgians entered the Caucasus. Therefore, it doesn't make sense to search for ancient traces of Georgians in the Caucasus. Before Georgians,
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the "long-headed race" who had passed both the Stone and Bronze Ages lived in this region.
(M. Tsereteli, "Nation and Humanity", Tbilisi, 1990, pp. 229-232)
(M. Tsereteli, "Nation and Humanity", Tbilisi, 1990, pp. 229-232)
Georgian historians cannot claim the title of "respected historian" if they persistently deny the presence of the Abkhaz population in the region south of the Rion River, and they will have to admit to playing an ideological game.
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The historical production of ideologues is also comical and worthless.
(Academician G. Koranashvili, "Georgian Youth," October 10, 1989, page 3.)
(Academician G. Koranashvili, "Georgian Youth," October 10, 1989, page 3.)
Caucasus is not the original homeland of Georgians, and therefore, there is no need to search for the sources of their culture here (in the Caucasus)...
(I. A. Javakhishvili. Works, v.1., Tbilisi, 1959, pp. 47-48.)
(I. A. Javakhishvili. Works, v.1., Tbilisi, 1959, pp. 47-48.)
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