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'''Ekvtime Takaishvili''' (also spelled '''Taqaishvili''') ({{Lang-ka|ექვთიმე თაყაიშვილი}}) (January 5, 1862 – February 21, 1953) was a [[Georgians|Georgian]] historian, archaeologist and public benefactor.
'''Ekvtime Takaishvili''' (sometimes [[anglicised]] as '''Euthymius Takaishvili''', also spelled '''Taqaishvili''', {{Lang-ka|ექვთიმე თაყაიშვილი}}; 3 January, 1862 – 21 February, 1953)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Saint Euthymius (Takaishvili) |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2034/01/03/205438-saint-euthymius-takaishvili |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=www.oca.org}}</ref> was a [[Georgians|Georgian]] historian, archaeologist, public benefactor and [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] [[saint]].


Born in the village of [[Likhauri]] in the western Georgian province of [[Imereti]] (then part of [[Kutais Governorate]], [[Russian Empire]]) to a local nobleman Svimon Takaishvili, he graduated from [[St. Petersburg University]] in 1887. From 1887 to 1917, he lectured on the history of Georgia at various prestigious schools in [[Tbilisi]], including the Tbilisi Gymnasium for Nobility. During these years, he was actively involved in extensive scholarly activities and chaired, from 1907 to 1921, the Society of History and Ethnography of Georgia. Between 1907 and 1910, he organized a series of archaeological expeditions to the historic Georgian region of [[Tao-Klarjeti]] (now part of [[Turkey]]).
Born in the village of [[Likhauri]] in the western Georgian province of Guria to a local nobleman Svimon Takaishvili. He graduated from [[St. Petersburg University]] in 1887. From 1887 to 1917, he lectured on the history of Georgia at various prestigious schools in [[Tbilisi]], including the Tbilisi Gymnasium for Nobility. During these years, he was actively involved in extensive scholarly activities and chaired, from 1907 to 1921, the Society of History and Ethnography of Georgia. Between 1907 and 1910, he organized a series of archaeological expeditions to the historic Georgian region of [[Tao-Klarjeti]] (now part of [[Turkey]]).


After the [[February Revolution]], he engaged also in politics, taking part in the establishment of the [[National Democratic Party of Georgia]] in 1917 and being elected to a post of Deputy Chairman in the [[Constituent Assembly of Georgia|Constituent Assembly]] of the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]] from 1919 to 1921.
After the [[February Revolution]], he engaged also in politics, taking part in the establishment of the [[National Democratic Party of Georgia]] in 1917 and being elected to a post of Deputy Chairman in the [[Constituent Assembly of Georgia|Constituent Assembly]] of the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]] from 1919 to 1921.


==Georgian national treasury==
==Georgian national treasury==
In 1917, he was among the founders and professors of the [[Tbilisi State University]] (TSU). He lost his tenure both in the parliament and at the TSU in 1921, when [[Bolshevik Russia]]'s 11th Red Army put an end to Georgia's independence. He followed the Georgian government in their [[France|French]] exile, taking the Georgian national treasury – numerous precious pieces of Georgian material [[Culture of Georgia (country)|culture]] - with him to Europe.
In 1917 he was among the founders and professors of the [[Tbilisi State University]] (TSU). He lost his tenure both in the parliament and at the TSU in 1921, when [[Bolshevik Russia]]'s 11th Red Army put an end to Georgia's independence. He followed the Georgian government in their [[France|French]] exile, taking the Georgian national treasury – numerous precious pieces of Georgian material [[Culture of Georgia (country)|culture]] - with him to Europe.


The treasury, filling 39 immense boxes, was shipped to [[Marseille]] and placed in a bank depository. Subsequently, this precious cargo was transferred to one of the banks in [[Paris]]. Although the treasury was officially the property of the Georgian government-in-exile, it was actually Ekvtime Takaishvili who supervised this huge collection. In the early 1930s, Takaishvili won a lawsuit against Salome Obolenskaya, daughter of the last [[Mingrelia]]n prince [[Niko I Dadiani|Niko Dadiani]], who also laid claim to a part of the treasury taken from the former [[Dadiani Palace]] in [[Zugdidi]], Georgia. Despite numerous attempts by various [[Europe]]an museums to purchase portions of this treasury, and extreme economic hardship, Takaishvili never sold a single piece of the priceless collection to live on and guarded it until 1933, when the [[League of Nations]] recognized the [[Soviet Union]]; the Georgian embassy in Paris was abolished and transformed into the "Georgian Office". The treasury passed into the possession of the French state. In 1935, Takaishvili urged the French government to hand the collections to Georgia, but it was not until the end of the [[World War II]] when he was able, in November 1944, to attract the attention of the Soviet ambassador Aleksandr Bogomolov to the fate of the Georgian treasury. [[Joseph Stalin]]'s good relations with General [[Charles de Gaulle]] enabled Takaishvili to bring the treasury back to Georgia. However, Takaishvili had to spend his long days in Tbilisi under house arrest, seemingly considered to be too old to be imprisoned.
The treasury, filling 39 immense boxes, was shipped to [[Marseille]] and placed in a bank depository. Subsequently, this precious cargo was transferred to one of the banks in [[Paris]]. Although the treasury was officially the property of the Georgian government-in-exile, it was actually Ekvtime Takaishvili who supervised this huge collection. In the early 1930s, Takaishvili won a lawsuit against Salome Obolenskaya, daughter of the last [[Mingrelia]]n prince [[Niko I Dadiani|Niko Dadiani]], who also laid claim to a part of the treasury taken from the former [[Dadiani Palace]] in [[Zugdidi]], Georgia. Despite numerous attempts by various [[Europe]]an museums to purchase portions of this treasury, and extreme economic hardship, Takaishvili never sold a single piece of the priceless collection to live on and guarded it until 1933, when the [[League of Nations]] recognized the [[Soviet Union]]; the Georgian embassy in Paris was abolished and transformed into the "Georgian Office". The treasury passed into the possession of the French state. In 1935 Takaishvili urged the French government to hand the collections to Georgia, but it was not until the end of the [[World War II]] when he was able, in November 1944, to attract the attention of the Soviet ambassador Aleksandr Bogomolov to the fate of the Georgian treasury. [[Joseph Stalin]]'s good relations with General [[Charles de Gaulle]] enabled Takaishvili to bring the treasury back to Georgia. However, Takaishvili had to spend his long days in Tbilisi under house arrest, seemingly considered to be too old to be imprisoned.


On 21 February 1953 Takaishvili died of a [[heart attack]].<ref name=":0" />
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He was an author of numerous scholarly works on the history and archaeology of Georgia and the [[Caucasus]] which are of special value even today. In Tbilisi, Tbilisi Second Gymnasium has been named after him. He has been canonized by the [[Georgian Orthodox Church]]. In 2013, he was posthumously awarded the title and Order of [[Order of National Hero (Georgia)|National Hero of Georgia]].<ref name=ipn1>{{cite news|title=Mikheil Saakashvili – Georgia will not kneel, or lick the conqueror’s boots|url=http://www.interpressnews.ge/en/politicss/51405-mikheil-saakashvili--georgia-will-not-kneel-or-lick-the-conquerors-boots.html?ar=A|accessdate=14 January 2015|agency=InterPressNews|date=26 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120101102/http://www.interpressnews.ge/en/politicss/51405-mikheil-saakashvili--georgia-will-not-kneel-or-lick-the-conquerors-boots.html?ar=A|archive-date=20 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
He was an author of numerous scholarly works on the history and archaeology of Georgia and the [[Caucasus]] which are of special value even today. In Tbilisi, Tbilisi Second Gymnasium has been named after him.
{{Infobox saint|name=Saint Euthymius (Takaishvili)|titles=Man of God|birth_date=3 January, 1863|birth_place=[[Likhauri]], [[Imereti]], [[Russian Empire]]|death_date=21 February, 1953|death_place=[[Tbilisi]], [[Georgian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]|death_cause=[[Heart attack]]|feast_day=3 January|honored_in=[[Eastern Orthodox Church]]|canonized_date=17 October, 2002|canonized_by=the Holy Synod of the [[Georgian Orthodox Church]]}}
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In 2013 he was posthumously awarded the title and Order of [[Order of National Hero (Georgia)|National Hero of Georgia]].<ref name="ipn1">{{cite news|title=Mikheil Saakashvili – Georgia will not kneel, or lick the conqueror's boots|url=http://www.interpressnews.ge/en/politicss/51405-mikheil-saakashvili--georgia-will-not-kneel-or-lick-the-conquerors-boots.html?ar=A|access-date=14 January 2015|agency=InterPressNews|date=26 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120101102/http://www.interpressnews.ge/en/politicss/51405-mikheil-saakashvili--georgia-will-not-kneel-or-lick-the-conquerors-boots.html?ar=A|archive-date=20 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Takaishvili was originally buried in the [[Didube Pantheon]]. In 2002, his remains were transferred to the [[Mtatsminda Pantheon]].<ref name="Kekelia">{{cite journal |last1=Kekelia |first1=Elene |title=The Formation and the Legacy of the Mtatsminda Pantheon as a Site of Memory |journal=Identity Studies in the Caucasus and the Black Sea Region |date=2014 |url=https://ojs.iliauni.edu.ge/index.php/identitystudies/article/view/193/127 |access-date=27 July 2024}}</ref>

=== Veneration ===
Takaishvili was canonised in 2002 as a saint by the Holy Synod of the [[Georgian Orthodox Church]], with the title of 'Man of God'.<ref name=":0" />


== References ==
== References ==
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*{{in lang|ru}} [http://memory.pvost.org/pages/takaishvili.html Такаишвили, Эквтиме]. Люди и судьбы. Биобиблиографический словарь востоковедов - жертв политического террора в советский период (1917-1991). Изд. подготовили Я. В. Васильков, М. Ю. Сорокина. СПб.: Петербургское Востоковедение, 2003. 496 с.
*{{in lang|ru}} [http://memory.pvost.org/pages/takaishvili.html Такаишвили, Эквтиме]. Люди и судьбы. Биобиблиографический словарь востоковедов - жертв политического террора в советский период (1917-1991). Изд. подготовили Я. В. Васильков, М. Ю. Сорокина. СПб.: Петербургское Востоковедение, 2003. 496 с.
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Revision as of 00:34, 20 December 2024

Ekvtime Takaishvili
NHG
ექვთიმე თაყაიშვილი
Member of the Constituent Assembly of Georgia
In office
1919–1921
Personal details
BornJanuary 3, 1863
Likhauri, Imereti, Russian Empire
DiedFebruary 21, 1953 (1953-02-22) (aged 90)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Cause of deathHeart attack
Resting placeMtatsminda Pantheon
NationalityGeorgian
EducationSaint Petersburg State University
OccupationArcheologist, Professor, Historian and public figure
Signature

Ekvtime Takaishvili (sometimes anglicised as Euthymius Takaishvili, also spelled Taqaishvili, Georgian: ექვთიმე თაყაიშვილი; 3 January, 1862 – 21 February, 1953)[1] was a Georgian historian, archaeologist, public benefactor and Eastern Orthodox saint.

Born in the village of Likhauri in the western Georgian province of Guria to a local nobleman Svimon Takaishvili. He graduated from St. Petersburg University in 1887. From 1887 to 1917, he lectured on the history of Georgia at various prestigious schools in Tbilisi, including the Tbilisi Gymnasium for Nobility. During these years, he was actively involved in extensive scholarly activities and chaired, from 1907 to 1921, the Society of History and Ethnography of Georgia. Between 1907 and 1910, he organized a series of archaeological expeditions to the historic Georgian region of Tao-Klarjeti (now part of Turkey).

After the February Revolution, he engaged also in politics, taking part in the establishment of the National Democratic Party of Georgia in 1917 and being elected to a post of Deputy Chairman in the Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia from 1919 to 1921.

Georgian national treasury

In 1917 he was among the founders and professors of the Tbilisi State University (TSU). He lost his tenure both in the parliament and at the TSU in 1921, when Bolshevik Russia's 11th Red Army put an end to Georgia's independence. He followed the Georgian government in their French exile, taking the Georgian national treasury – numerous precious pieces of Georgian material culture - with him to Europe.

The treasury, filling 39 immense boxes, was shipped to Marseille and placed in a bank depository. Subsequently, this precious cargo was transferred to one of the banks in Paris. Although the treasury was officially the property of the Georgian government-in-exile, it was actually Ekvtime Takaishvili who supervised this huge collection. In the early 1930s, Takaishvili won a lawsuit against Salome Obolenskaya, daughter of the last Mingrelian prince Niko Dadiani, who also laid claim to a part of the treasury taken from the former Dadiani Palace in Zugdidi, Georgia. Despite numerous attempts by various European museums to purchase portions of this treasury, and extreme economic hardship, Takaishvili never sold a single piece of the priceless collection to live on and guarded it until 1933, when the League of Nations recognized the Soviet Union; the Georgian embassy in Paris was abolished and transformed into the "Georgian Office". The treasury passed into the possession of the French state. In 1935 Takaishvili urged the French government to hand the collections to Georgia, but it was not until the end of the World War II when he was able, in November 1944, to attract the attention of the Soviet ambassador Aleksandr Bogomolov to the fate of the Georgian treasury. Joseph Stalin's good relations with General Charles de Gaulle enabled Takaishvili to bring the treasury back to Georgia. However, Takaishvili had to spend his long days in Tbilisi under house arrest, seemingly considered to be too old to be imprisoned.

On 21 February 1953 Takaishvili died of a heart attack.[1]

Legacy

He was an author of numerous scholarly works on the history and archaeology of Georgia and the Caucasus which are of special value even today. In Tbilisi, Tbilisi Second Gymnasium has been named after him.

Saint Euthymius (Takaishvili)
Man of God
Born3 January, 1863
Likhauri, Imereti, Russian Empire
Died21 February, 1953
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Cause of deathHeart attack
Honored inEastern Orthodox Church
Canonized17 October, 2002 by the Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church
Feast3 January

In 2013 he was posthumously awarded the title and Order of National Hero of Georgia.[2] Takaishvili was originally buried in the Didube Pantheon. In 2002, his remains were transferred to the Mtatsminda Pantheon.[3]

Veneration

Takaishvili was canonised in 2002 as a saint by the Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church, with the title of 'Man of God'.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Saint Euthymius (Takaishvili)". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
  2. ^ "Mikheil Saakashvili – Georgia will not kneel, or lick the conqueror's boots". InterPressNews. 26 October 2013. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  3. ^ Kekelia, Elene (2014). "The Formation and the Legacy of the Mtatsminda Pantheon as a Site of Memory". Identity Studies in the Caucasus and the Black Sea Region. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  • (in Russian) Такаишвили, Эквтиме. Люди и судьбы. Биобиблиографический словарь востоковедов - жертв политического террора в советский период (1917-1991). Изд. подготовили Я. В. Васильков, М. Ю. Сорокина. СПб.: Петербургское Востоковедение, 2003. 496 с.

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