Since remote antiquity nestled between the Black and Caspian
Seas on the majestic Caucasus mountain chain, the Republic of
Georgia today continues its centuries old relations with its
neighbors as it seeks to create new alliances. One of the 15
federated republics of the Soviet Union throughout most of the
twentieth century, Georgia declared its independence in 1991.
Its diverse population has since that event actively explored,
created and used the new electronic environment both to foster
their emerging democratic state and present themselves to the
world community. The sites listed in each category of this selective
portal page have been chosen for their utility in providing accurate
narrative (either brief or extensive) information, as well as
directories, extensive portal pages and other resources concerning
all aspects of Georgian life and culture. Most originate within
the confines of the Republic itself. All are either English language
alone or bilingual, unless noted in an annotation which follows.
Many sites offer down- loadable Georgian fonts to make them easily
accessible. For a variety of reasons, the links to Georgia and
the NIS countries in general often are inactive; we recommend
that you try again, should you not be successful in connecting.
For Library of Congress contact information and research and
bibliographic materials on Georgia, consult the Georgia
Country page of the Near East Section of the African and
Middle Eastern Division. See also the Library's
online catalog for books, and materials in other formats
held by the Library and the Library's Thomas
Legislative Information page for legislative materials, bills,
hearings, acts, etc.) on relations between the United States
and the Republic of. Finally, see also An
illustrated chapter on the Georgian collections for an illustrated,
historical analysis.
Archives of the Georgian
Republic (1914-1958) (http://oasis.harvard.edu/html/hou01502frames.html)
The Archives of the Georgian Republic in Exile were lent to Harvard University
in 1978. After filming the entire collection, Harvard returned these extraordinarily
important documents to the government of the newly independent state. The present
site is an electronic finding guide to the materials in the filmed collection.
Initially Harvard and now the Near East Section of the Library of Congress
as well possess this collection.
Dmanisi (http://www.dmanisi.org.ge/)
English text and photographs highlight this description of Dmanisi where the
oldest remains of hominids were found. Discussions of its history, geology, paleoanthropology,
are complemented by a bibliography.
Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides
numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.
Georgia (Caucasus) (http://www.campusprogram.com/reference/en/wikipedia/g/ge/georgia%5F%5Fcountry%5F.html)
A lively electronic multi-lingual encyclopedia (Wikipedia) in narrative meant
as a reference source for college students and above. Chapters range from history
to geography to demographics. Each narrative contains multiple related links
to the terms, peoples and subjects mentioned in the text.
Kekelidze Institute of Manuscripts
(Georgia) (http://www.acnet.ge/manuscr.htm)
English language page mounted on the web site of the Georgian Academy of Sciences
which briefly describes the structure and services of this rich archive of the
Georgian manuscript tradition.
Questia - The Online Library of Books
and Journals (http://www.questia.com/Index.jsp)
From Questia Media America, Inc. for academics, students, librarians, publishers
and a wide variety of researchers, 'Questia is the first online library that
provides 24/7 access to the world's largest online collection of books and journal
articles in the humanities and social sciences, plus magazine and newspaper articles.
You can search each and every word of all of the books and journal articles in
the collection.' A search under country name yields a wide variety of bibliographic
citations. Full text is often available to subscribers.
United States. Library of Congress Country
Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/)
A series published by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress
under the Country Studies/Area Studies Handbook Program sponsored by the Department
of the Army.
World Statesmen (http://www.worldstatesmen.org)
"World Statesmen is an attempt at a comprehensive and accurate list of
the heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders
occupying neither of those formal positions) for all countries and territories,
going back to about 1700 or in some cases earlier. Some go further back, some
only from their creation. Some subdivisions of some countries are present including
native or traditional polities, provinces, or states. This sight also lists the
leaders of international, religious, and governmental organizations." Searchable
by leader or by nation, offers a map of the country, audio and text versions
of the national anthem, and text of the national constitution for most countries. |