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by Iakob Gogebashvili

464 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2010

About the author

Georgian educator, children’s writer and journalist, considered to be the founder of the scientific pedagogy in Georgia. In 1879, he helped found the Society for the Spreading of Literacy Among Georgians through which he channeled his efforts aimed at countering Russification, especially in the school system, and at reversing the erosion of Georgian language whose status he compared with that of a "wretched foundling, deprived of all care and protection." Gogebashvili quickly gained influence among the constellation of intellectuals around Prince Ilia Chavchavadze who spearheaded the movement for Georgian national revival until his assassination in 1907.