The culture of Georgia has evolved over the country's long history, providing it with a unique national culture and a strong literary tradition based on the Georgian language and alphabet. This has provided a strong sense of national identity that has helped to preserve Georgian distinctiveness despite repeated periods of foreign occupation and attempted assimilation. Culture of Georgia - Culture of old Georgia. The Georgian alphabet was invented in the 5th century BC and reformed by King Parnavaz I of Iber ...

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The Georgian alphabet was invented in the 5th century BC and reformed by King Parnavaz I of Iberia in 284 BC. Georgia's medieval culture was greatly influenced by Orthodox Christianity and the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church, which promoted and often sponsored the creation of many works of religious devotion. These included churches and monasteries, works of art such as icons, and hagiographies of Georgian saints. As well as this, many secular works of national history, mythology and hagiograpy were also written. < ...

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During the modern period, from about the 17th century onwards, Georgian culture has been greatly influenced by cultural innovations imported from elsewhere in Europe. The first Georgian-language printing house was established in the 1620s in Italy and the first one in Georgia itself was founded in 1709 in Tbilisi. Georgian theatre has a long history; its oldest national form was the "Sakhioba" (extant from the 3rd century BC to the 17th century AD). The Georgian National Theatre was founded in 1791 in Tbilisi, by the writer, dr ...

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Culture of Georgia - Actors. David (Dodo) Abashidze Veriko Anjaparidze Spartak Bagashvili Givi Berikashvili Ushangi Chkheidze Ramaz Chkhikvadze Giorgi Gegechkori Iza Gigoshvili Vaso Godziashvili Kakhi Kavsadze Akaki Khorava Zurab Kipshidze Zina Kverenchkhiladze Avtandil Makharadze Erosi Manjgaladze Merab Ninidze Giorgi Sagaradze Guram Sagaradze Kar ...

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