Akaki Week Has Started
22.06.2015
2015 is 175th anniversary from birth and 100th anniversary from death of a great Georgia poet and public figure Akaki Tsereteli. Almost all educational institutions celebrate this important event across Georgia. Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University is one of them. It holds a week dedicated to Akaki Tsereteli.

Today, an international conference called “Akaki Tsereteli and his era” was opened in Tbilisi State University. The Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Tamar Sanikidze, the university professors, students and invited guests attended the opening. A rector of Tbilisi State University, academician Vladimer Papava opened the conference.

Within the international and student conference, which was attended by guests from Ukraine, Latvia and other countries, also the participants from other universities, there was a presentation and exhibition dedicated to Akaki Tsereteli. Also, there was a screening of a movie.

Before the opening of the conference, the participants adorned the bust of Akaki Tsereteli in the yard of TSU’s first building.

Within the week dedicated to Akaki, various student events will be held.