Description of the Kingdom of Georgia

Description of Kingdom of Georgia was written by Vakhushti Bagrationi. The full name of the work is "Description of Kingdom of Georgia, its habits and canons" (Georgian: აღწერა სამეფოსა საქართველოსა, ზნენი და ჩვეულებანი საქართველოსანი). The work was completed on 20 October 1745 in Moscow. The work thoroughly describes the geography of Georgia, its regions and peoples, and narrates the history of Georgia from its origin to the first half of the 18th century. The work was inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register in 2013.[1]

References

  1. "Description of Georgian Kingdom and the Geographical Atlas of Vakhushti Bagrationi". Memory of the World Register. UNESCO. Retrieved 17 April 2017.


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