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The Georgian Academy of Sciences unites the scientific-research institutions of the Republic where the fundamental research in almost all main fields of science is carried out. The Academy coordinates scientific research in Georgia and develops relationship with the academies of foreign countries and other scientific centers. At present there are 66 academicians and 69 corresponding members working at the Academy. The Georgian Academy of Sciences develops rich national scientific traditions which the Georgian nation created in the course of centuries. It is a well known fact that many centuries ago outstanding Georgian scholars made brilliant translations and created original works in educational and scientific centers well known in their times, such as the school of philosophy and rhetoric in Colchis (4th c), the centers of spiritual culture in Palestine (5th c.), Syria (6th c.), Greece (10th - 15th c.c.) and Bulgaria (11th c.) as well academies of Gelati and Ikalto (11th-12th c.c.) in Georgia. Medieval Georgia was distinguished by the high level of development in philosophy, historiography, poetics, art, especially handicraft and national architecture, theology, law and legislation, astronomy, geography, medicine, and other fields of science. This is confirmed by the unique manuscripts of ancient Georgian and foreign authors, the rich cultural heritage of the Georgian people. As early as the first half of the 5th century a magnificent monument of Georgian literature "The Martyrdom of St.Shushanik" by Jacob Tsurtaveli was created. And the genuine peak of development of Medieval public thought is represented by the epic poem "The Knight in the Tiger's Skin" by Shota Rustaveli. The latter is a convincing proof of many-sided and profound knowledge accumulated by that time in Georgia in the sphere of humanities and natural sciences. The Georgian Academy of Sciences, as an organized form of uniting Georgian scientists, was established in February 1941. The direct predecessors of the Academy which prepared grounds for its establishment were the Georgian branch of the All-Union Academy of Sciences and Tbilisi State University, where a number of research institutions and scientific centers were established in the 20-s and 30-s of this century. The first sixteen elected members of the Georgian Academy of Science worked in two departments: the Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and the Department of Social Sciences. The founders of the Academy are academicians:
Academician Nikoloz Muskhelishvili was elected first president of the Georgian Academy of Sciences. He was at the head of the Academy for more than thirty years (1941-1972). In 1972-1977 president of the Academy was Academician Ilia Vekua, in 1978-1986 - Academician Evgeni Kharadze. Since1986 Albert Tavkhelidze is at the head of the Georgian Academy of Sciences. At present there are 6897 employees in the Georgian Academy of Sciences, among them 4443 scientists, 702 doctors of sciences and 2087 candidates of sciences. The Academy of Sciences unites 135 members of academy, among them 66 academicians and 69 corresponding Members. The system of the Academy unites 62 research institutions . 05/05/2004 |Structure| |Presidium| |Institutes| |Members| |Publications| |Events at GAS| |Search the Site| |Collection of Links|
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