A public lecture
on Abkhazian culture monuments was initiated by the student’s "League of
Historians" of Sokhumi State University.
The lecture was conducted
by the PhD in History, Professor Goneli Arakhamia and PhD in History, Associate
Professor Lia Akhaladze.
The audience was welcomed
by the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Merab Natchkebia and the President of
the League of Historians Giorgi Shengelia, who spoke about the importance and
role of public lectures in the formation of civic consciousness and general
awareness. Dean thanked the students' League for active work.
Professor Goneli
Arakhamia spoke about the monuments of Georgian culture in Abkhazia and about Abkhazian
manuscripts. Special attention was paid to the “Bichvinta Iadgari” as to the one
of the most important historical sources for the history of Georgia.
In the second part
of the public lecture Associate Professor Lia Akhaladze talked about all groups
of material cultural monuments of Abkhazia among which are: monuments of
ecclesiastical and secular architecture, inscriptions of historic significance,
samples of engraving art, numismatic units found in Abkhazia and etc.
At the end, Giorgi
Shengelia, the chairman of the SSU students League of Historians, thanked the
speakers and announced the future events of the League.
