Vol. 39 (2018)
Archive Materials

Georgian Oral Tradition Samples from St. Petersburg

Published 2018-12-20

Keywords

  • Georgian Folk Songs,
  • Pushkin's House,
  • Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature,
  • I. Megrelidze,
  • Gr. Chkhikvadze

How to Cite

Cholokashvili, R., & Jagodnishvili, T. (2018). Georgian Oral Tradition Samples from St. Petersburg. Literary Researches, 39, 380–394. Retrieved from https://literaryresearches.litinstituti.ge/index.php/literaryresearches/article/view/4177

Abstract

In 2018 Folklore Department of Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature has found
and purchased Georgian folklore samples in the archive department of the Petersburg Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin’s House). These are the texts of folk songs recorded by I. Megrelidze and Gr.Chkhikvadze in the 30s of the 20th century. This material is kept in the folklore archive of the Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature. The paper provides a complete list of Georgian folkloric texts obtained in Pushkin’s House, with an overview and
relevant information.