Gori State Teaching University Marks Varlam Cherkezishvili ‘s 175th Anniversary
10 June,2022
On June 9, 2022 GSTU an event, dedicated to the 175th birthday of a great Georgian political emigrant took place. Teachers, students, guests from other Georgian Universities attended the party and remembered his role in creating Georgian history with Ilia Chavchavadze. Varlam Cherkezishvili was the person who mainly took upon himself the hardship and responsibility to be a leader of the national movement outside Georgia.
Unfortunately, his name and life’s work are not properly appreciated or well-known in most parts of Georgia, with painstaking effort from the Tsar's Russia and later Soviet Regime in 1921. The meeting that was held at GSTU was informative for the audience as is the one-week exhibition, dedicated to Varlam Cherkezishvili. GSTU is the second university that hosts the exhibition. The event was opened by deputy rector Mr. Aleksandre Mghebrishvili. Other speakers, Gocha Feradze, Eldar Bubulashvili, Otar Janelidze and GSTU students Tako Dumbadze.