Georgian Crossroads: From Mythic Origins to Modern State
The Republic of Georgia, a small state in the South Caucasus, occupies territory contested by multiple empires over the past three millennia. Its rugged geography…
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The coauthor of this analysis, David Garrison Golubock graduated from the University of Chicago in 2011 with degrees in history and Slavic languages and literatures. He has previously spent a summer in Moscow on SRAS's Russian as a Second Language Program and an academic year studying in St. Petersburg, Russia. He will be participating in SRAS's Home and Abroad Program in Irkutsk over the 2012-2013 academic year.
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