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Western Education and Georgia<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Until 1918, the Russian authorities refused\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0to open\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0universities in Georgia and the Caucasus, which had been part of the Russian Empire since 1801, so \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Georgian students went \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to Russia for higher education, while the more promising \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ones went to Europe.<\/p>\n

As a result, during the years of \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Georgia\u2019s independence in 1918-1921, the country\u2019s parliament had 77 deputies with higher education, including 26 with education received\u00a0 in Europe. There were also women deputies. For example, MP Minadora Orjonikidze graduated from the University of Geneva; the First Lady of Georgia, Ina Koreneva, was a graduate of the Sorbonne; and Kato Mikeladze, editor-in-chief of the first feminist magazine published in 1917, graduated from the University of Brussels.<\/p>\n

Freed from Russia, the Georgian elites,\u00a0 understanding\u00a0 \u00a0the importance of education, founded\u00a0 Tbilisi State University in 1918. Between 1918 and 1921, the budget\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0allocation for education was second only to expenditure on strengthening defense capabilities (30-50%) in an effort to protect the country from Russian aggression. For \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0three years, a number of talented young people were sent to European universities to study. After graduation, they were required \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to return home and serve their country\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 . The first Georgian recipients of scholarships went to Europe in 1919: Giorgi Nikoladze, Vladimer Emkhvari, Giorgi Nioradze, Nikoloz Koiava, Ivane Nikuradze, Razhden Khutsishvili, Mose Gogiberidze, Mikheil Khundadze, Svimon Kaukhchishvili, and others, equipped with open cards from Tbilisi University, left for Germany.<\/p>\n

The professors of Tbilisi State University \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and the ambassadors of European countries in Tbilisi led the way in sending \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0students to study abroad. In those years, the professor of Tbilisi State University was Robert Blake, who, after the occupation of Georgia by Bolshevik Russia, became a professor at Harward University. In 1919, he wrote a letter to Harward, Columbia, California, Pennsylvania and Yale universities\u00a0 asking them to provide scholarships for 45 Georgian students to study in America. Representatives of the British and Italian diplomatic corps in Tbilisi wrote similar letters to their respective countries.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0After the Soviet occupation, this process was suspended for 70 years. The current Bologna process,\u00a0 Erasmus, Chevening, Fullbright and other programs offering Western education to thousands of Georgian students, is a return to this forgotten path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19379,"template":"","websites":[19],"news_categories":[270],"class_list":["post-19378","news_p_type","type-news_p_type","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","websites-eprc","news_categories-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n1919 \u2013 The First Cohort of Georgian students are on their way to continue the studies in Europe • EPRC.ge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eprc.ge\/en\/news\/1919-the-first-cohort-of-georgian-students-are-on-their-way-to-continue-the-studies-in-europe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1919 \u2013 The First Cohort of Georgian students are on their way to continue the studies in Europe • EPRC.ge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Western Education and Georgia   Until 1918, the Russian authorities refused\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0to open\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0universities in Georgia and the Caucasus, which had been part of the Russian Empire since 1801, so \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Georgian students went \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to Russia for higher education, while the more promising \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ones went to Europe. 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