Giorgi Tsereteli (writer)
Georgian writer
Giorgi Tsereteli (Georgian: გიორგი წერეთლი; 14 May 1842 – 12 January 1900) was a Georgian writer, and the father of Irakli Tsereteli, a leading figure in the Georgian Mensheviks. In 1869 he helped form meore dasi, a group of Georgian intellectuals dedicated to liberal ideas.
References
Jones, Stephen F. (2005), Socialism in Georgian Colors: The European Road to Social Democracy 1883–1917, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, ISBN 978-0-67-401902-7
kartuli sabch’ota entsyklopedia (1987), "Giorgi Tsereteli", kartuli sabch’ota entsyklopedia (Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia) (in Georgian), vol. 11, Tbilisi: kartuli sabch’ota entsyklopedia, pp.
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