Giorgi Melikishvili
Giorgi Melikishvili | |
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| გიორგი მელიქიშვილი Гео́ргий Меликишви́ли | |
| Born | December 30, 1918 |
| Died | April 19, 2002 (aged 83) Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Education | Doctor of Historical Sciences, Tbilisi State University, (1939) |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Employer | Tbilisi State University |
| Awards | Lenin Prize, Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Red Banner of Labour |
Giorgi Aleksandres dze Melikishvili (Georgian: გიორგი ალექსანდრეს ძე მელიქიშვილი; Russian: Гео́ргий Алекса́ндрович Меликишви́ли; 30 December 1918 – 19 April 2002) was a Georgian historian known for his fundamental works on the history of Georgia, Caucasia and the Middle East. He earned international recognition for his research on Urartu.