Mikheil Tsereteli
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'''Prince Mikheil G. Tsereteli''' (''Michael von Zereteli''. '''მიხეილ წერეთელი''' in [[Georgian language|Georgian]]. [[December 23]], [[1878]]-[[March 2]], [[1965]]) was a [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] historian, philologist, sociologist and public benefactor, Dr.Sci., Professor.
He was born in 1878, in a village [[Tskhrukveti]] ([[Imereti]] region of Western Georgia). His father was Prince Giorgi Tsereteli. His brother [[Vasil Tsereteli]] (1862-1938) was a famous Georgian physician, writer and public benefactor.
In 1911 Mikheil Tsereteli graduated from the [[Heidelberg University]] ([[Germany]]). In 1913 he received a PhD degree in History. In 1914-1918 he was Associate Professor of the [[Humboldt University|Berlin University]] and Chairman of the [[Committee of Independent Georgia]]. In 1916 Tsereteli was a representative of Georgia in the Union of Nations in [[Lausanne]], in 1918-1919 Ambassador of the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]] (DRG) in [[Sweden]] and [[Norway]].
In 1919-1921 Tsereteli was a Professor of the [[Tbilisi State University]] (TSU).
On [[February 25]], [[1921]] the sovereign Georgia was occupied by the Soviet [[Russia]]. Since March, 1921 Mikheil Tsereteli was the Emigre.
In 1921-1933 Tsereteli was a Professor of the [[University of Brussels]] ([[Belgium]]), in 1933-1945 Professor of the [[Humboldt University|Berlin University]]. Since 1945 he lived and worked in [[Munich]].
In 1930s-1940s he was a Chairman of the "Georgian National Committee" ([[Berlin]]-[[Paris]]).
Mikheil Tsereteli was a member of the Editorial Board of the International Scientific Journal "Bedi Kartlisa - Revue de Kartvelologie" ([[Paris]]).
Main fields of scientific activity of Prof. Tsereteli were: [[Sumerology]], history of Georgia and the [[Caucasus]], history of [[Caucasian peoples|Ibero-Caucasian civilization]], Rustvelology ([[Shota Rustaveli]] was a great Georgian Poet of the 12th century), the rights of the Nations (Peoples), sociology, etc. He was author of more than 80 scientific-research works (among them about 10 monographs).
Mikheil Tsereteli died in 1965, in [[Munich]]. He is buried in [[Leuville-sur-Orge]] ([[France]]).
== Some of main scientific works of Mikheil Tsereteli ==
* "Nation and mankind. Sociological investigation" (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1910, 250 pp (In Georgian)
* "Sumerian and Georgian: a study in comparative philology" (a monograph), JRAS, 1913 (In English)
* Shota Rustaveli. "Der Mann im Tigerfelle". Edited and translated from Georgian by M. Tsereteli, Munchen, 1955 (In German)
* "Georgien und der Weltkrieg" (a monograph), Potsdam, 1915 (In German)
* "Das Sumerische und das Georgische".- "[[Bedi Kartlisa|Bedi Kartlisa - Revue de Kartvelologie]]", No 32-33, Paris (In German)
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