Ю. Н. Марр, И. В. Мегрелидзе, К. И. Чайкин.
Переписка по вопросам иранистики и грузиноведения.
Академия наук Грузинской ССР. Институт востоковедения имени Г. В. Церетели.
Тбилиси: Мецниереба, 1980.
276 с. ; 15 х 22 см. Тираж 1300 экз. Твердый переплет.
В хорошем состоянии, штампы расформированной библиотеки.
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Yu. N. Marr, I. V. Megrelidze, K. I. Chaykin.
Correspondence on Issues of Iranian and Georgian Studies (Perepiska po voprosam iranistiki i gruzinovedeniya).
Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR. G. Tsereteli Institute of Oriental Studies.
Tbilisi: Metsniereba, 1980.
276 pp. ; 15 x 22 cm. Edition of 1300 copies. Hardcover.
In good condition, with stamps of a disbanded library.
This 1980 archival publication presents the professional correspondence between three towering figures of Soviet Orientalism: Yuri Marr (son of Nicholas Marr), Ioseb Megrelidze, and Konstantin Chaykin. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of academic life and scholarly debate during the 1920s and 30s, including the arrangement of their discussions on Persian classical poetry, Georgian-Iranian literary parallels, and the deciphering of historical manuscripts. As a vital primary source, this volume documents the intellectual history of "Vostokovedenie" (Oriental Studies) and "Gruzinovedenie" (Georgian Studies) in the early Soviet era, shedding light on the personal and methodological conflicts that shaped these disciplines. The letters are meticulously annotated, providing context for their field research in Iran and the Caucasus. Published by the G. Tsereteli Institute of Oriental Studies, this work is an essential bibliographical rarity for historians of science, Iranologists, and those interested in the cultural synthesis between the Middle East and the Caucasus. Despite the presence of disbanded library stamps, the volume is well-preserved and represents a significant contribution to the epistolary heritage of Caucasian scholarship.