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Zurab Papaskiri

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Zurab Papaskiri is a Georgian Historian and public figure, academician of the Abkhazian Regional Academy of Sciences (1997), Doctor of Historical sciences (1991), Professor (1992), owner of the State Prize of Giorgi Shervashidze (1998).

Papaskiri was born in 1950 in Zugdidi. He graduated from the Faculty of History of Tbilisi State University (1972). From 1972 to 1975, he was a post-graduate student of the Moscow State University. In 1978 Papaskiri received a PhD in history, in 1991 the degree of Doctor of historical sciences (Full Doctor). Since 1975 he has worked at Sokhumi State University (since 1993 this university is based in Tbilisi). Since 2008 he has been head of the Scientific Work Coordination Service of the university, since 2007, deputy chairman of the main editorial board of the Proceedings of the Sokhumi State University. Papaskiri is an editor-in-chief of the journal Saistorio Dziebani (Historical Researches) also (since 1998).

Papaskiri is a distinguished scientist in the fields of history of Georgia of the 10th to 13th centuries, history of Georgian Diplomacy and history of Abkhazia. He is author of about 160 scientific-research publications, among them 11 monographs. He is a chairman of the Abkhazian department of the Georgian Takaishvili Historical Society.

In 1998 he received a State Prize of Giorgi Shervashidze, in 2002 the Medal of Honour.


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Official page: Zurab Papaskiri


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