Edvard Rtveladze

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Edvard Vasilevich Rtveladze ({{lang-ka|ედუარდ ბასილის ძე რთველაძე}}; {{langx|uz|Edvard Vasilyevich Rtveladze}}; May 14, 1942 – February 10, 2022) was a Soviet, Georgian, and Uzbek scientist. He was a member of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis, Doctor of Historical Sciences, academician from the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and a tenured professor.{{cite web |title=Congratulations |url=http://www.sanat.orexca.com/eng/2-02/congratulations.shtml |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/2445/20120124213053/http://www.sanat.orexca.com/eng/2-02/congratulations.shtml |archive-date=2012-01-24 |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan}}{{Cite web |title=Академик Эдвард Ртвеладзе вафоти муносабати билан ҳамдардлик |trans-title=Condolences on the death of Academician Edward Rtveladze |url=https://uza.uz/uz/posts/akademik-edvard-rtveladze-vafoti-munosabati-bilan-hamdardlik_346126 |accessdate=2022-02-11 |website=o'zbekiston milily axborot agentligi [Uzbekistan National News Agency] |publisher=UZA |language=uz}}

Biography

Rtveladze was born on May 14, 1942, in Borjomi, Georgian SSR. He obtained his degree in history and archaeology from the National University of Uzbekistan in 1967. From 1967 to 1969, he served as a laboratory assistant and junior research fellow at the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan Institute of Art Studies. He taught at the Tashkent Institute of Theatre and Fine Arts from 1970 to 1973. In 1975, he defended his Ph.D. thesis titled "From the History of urban culture in Northern Caucasia and its Connections with Central Asia" in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg).{{Cite web|url=http://www.ut.uz/eng/culture/edvard_rtveladze_archeologist_with_a_name_to_reckon_with.mgr/|title=Edvard Rtveladze, archeologist with a name to reckon with|first=Matlyuba|last=Muminova|publisher=Uzbekistan today|accessdate=2010-03-27|archive-date=2010-03-27|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/1834/20100327205349/http://www.ut.uz/eng/culture/edvard_rtveladze_archeologist_with_a_name_to_reckon_with.mgr/|url-status=bot: unknown}} From 1973 to 1976, he worked as a junior research fellow at the Institute of Art Studies of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan. From 1976 to 1985, he held the position of senior research fellow at the Institute of Art Studies within the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan. He subsequently served as the department chairman at the Institute of Art Studies within the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan from 1985 to 2009.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-11 |title=Академик Эдвард Ртвеладзе вафоти муносабати билан ҳамдардлик |trans-title=Condolences on the death of Academician Edward Rtveladze |url=https://president.uz/uz/lists/view/4979 |accessdate=2019-12-22 |website=Rupublic of Uzbekistan President |publisher=Prezident.uz |language=uz}}

Scientific work

Rtveladze has participated in over 80 archaeological expeditions in regions including Central Asia, the Caucasus, Cyprus, France, and Japan. Leading the Tocharistan Expedition, he directed excavations at Kampir Tepe, and under his guidance, collaborative commemorative monographs were produced, shedding light on historical cities in Uzbekistan and figures from the past.

In recognition of his contributions, Rtveladze was honored with the State Hamza Prize in 1985. He achieved the academic title of "Doctor of Historical Sciences" in 1989 and became a professor in 1992. In 1995, he joined the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan.{{Cite web |title=70-летний юбилей узбекистанского учёного с мировым именем Э. В. Ртвеладзе |trans-title=70th anniversary of the world-famous Uzbek scientist E. V. Rtveladze |url=https://mytashkent.uz/2012/02/19/70-letniy-yubiley-uzbekistanskogo-uchenogo-s-mirovyim-imenem-e-v-rtveladze/ |accessdate=2012-02-19 |website=mytashkent.uz |language=ru}}

In 2016, Rtveladze and Firdavs Abdukhalikov initiated the "Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan in World Collections"{{Cite web |title=Cultural heritage |url=https://society.uz/society/history |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=society.uz}} project, aiming to document and gather historical artifacts, manuscripts, and monuments from Uzbekistan's ancient history, housed in museum collections across the globe. These resources were made accessible to scholars and the general public, with findings compiled into books and encyclopedia articles and discussions held at academic conferences and media forums. The inaugural conference in Tashkent and Samarkand in 2017, marked the establishment of the World Scientific Society for the Study, Preservation, and Popularization of Uzbekistan's Cultural Heritage.{{Cite web |last=Dzhanizakova |first=Saida |title=Академик Эдвард Ртвеладзе отметил 70-летие |trans-title=Academician Edward Rtveladze celebrated his 70th birthday |url=https://www.gazeta.uz/ru/2012/05/15/rtveladze/ |accessdate=2012-05-15 |website=Gazeta.uz |publisher=Туркистон-пресс |language=ru}}{{Cite web |title=Ртвеладзе Эдвард Васильевич |url=http://vdi.igh.ru/authors/322?locale=ru |website=Вестник древней истории [Bulletin of Ancient History] |language=ru |issn=0321-0391}}

In 2019, Rtveladze made an announcement regarding the possible discovery of the lost Greco-Bactrian city of Alexandria Oxiana, unveiling significant scientific findings at the ancient site of Kampir Tepe.{{Cite web |title=Умер выдающийся археолог и историк Эдвард Ртвеладзе |trans-title=Outstanding archaeologist and historian Edward Rtveladze has died |url=https://uzreport.news/society/umer-vidayushiysya-arheolog-i-istorik-edvard-rtveladze/ |accessdate=2022-02-10 |website=UzreportNews |language=ru}}{{Cite web |title=Один год без Эдварда Ртвеладзе: письма памяти |trans-title=One year without Edward Rtveladze: letters of memory |url=https://podrobno.uz/cat/calche/odin-god-bez-edvarda-rtveladze-pisma-pamyati/ |accessdate=2023-02-10 |website=Podrobnouz |language=ru}}

Rtveladze died in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 10 February 2022.{{Cite web |title=Умер академик Эдвард Ртвеладзе |trans-title=Academician Edward Rtveladze died |url=https://www.gazeta.uz/ru/2022/02/10/rtveladze/ |access-date=2022-02-10 |website=Podrobno UZ |language=ru}}{{Cite web |date=2022-02-11 |title=In memoriam |url=https://www.archaeolog.ru/ru/press/in-memoriam/edvard-vasilevich-rtveladze |accessdate=2022-02-11 |website=Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences |language=ru}}

Family

Rtveladze was married Lydia Lvovna (1941{{En dash}}2020), the granddaughter of D.D. Bukinich, an archaeologist and archivist who served as the director of the archives in the State Administration for the Preservation and Use of Cultural Heritage Objects in Uzbekistan.{{cite web |date=2020-04-14 |title=На 79 году жизни скончалась археолог и исследователь Лидия Львовна Ртвеладзе |trans-title=Archaeologist and researcher Lidiya Lvovna Rtveladze died in 79 |url=https://nuz.uz/kultura-i-iskusstvo/48586-na-79-godu-zhizni-skonchalas-arheolog-i-issledovatel-lidiya-lvovna-rtveladze.html |website=nuz.uz |language=ru}} Throughout their 50-year marriage, Rtveladze and Lvovna had three children: Anna, Grigory, Nelli.{{cite web |title=РТВЕЛАДЗЕ Эдвард Васильевич |url=https://centrasia.org/person2.php?st=1159023093 |website=centrasia.org |language=ru}}{{Cite web |author=Karimov |first=Naim Fatihovich |title=Эдвард Васильевич Ртвеладзе о Михаиле Евгеньевиче Массоне |trans-title=Edward Vasilyevich Rtveladze and Mikhail Evgenyevich Massone |url=https://mytashkent.uz/2019/07/22/rtveladze-masson/ |accessdate=2019-07-22 |website=Letters from Tashkent |publisher=Письма о ташкенте |language=ru}}{{Cite web |title=Памяти Лидии Львовны Ртвеладзе |trans-title=In memory of Lydia Lvovna Rtveladze |url=http://archaeologyca.su/?p=2985 |accessdate=2021-04-16 |website=archaeologyca.su |language=ru}}

Awards

State Prize of the Uzbek SSR (1985){{cite web |url=https://www.uzdaily.uz/ru/post/68948 |title=Состоялся вечер, посвященный 80-летию со дня рождения "Титана науки" Эдварда Ртвеладзе |website=uzdaily.uz|date=2022-05-16}}
Golden Medal and Diploma from the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan "For Outstanding Contribution to the Study of Culture" (1999){{Cite web |title=Памяти Лидии Львовны Ртвеладзе |trans-title=In memory of Lydia Lvovna Rtveladze |url=https://silkway.uz/zolotoj-fond/rtveladze-edvard-vasilevich/ |accessdate=2022-02-10 |website=silkway.uz |language=ru}}
Order of Outstanding Merit (2001){{cite web |url=https://lex.uz/ru/docs/2395889 |title=Ўзбекистон Республикаси Президентининг Фармони, 24.08.2001 йилдаги ПФ-2921-сон |website=lex.uz}}
Order for Labor Glory (2003){{cite web |url=https://lex.uz/ru/docs/2370321 |title=Ўзбекистон Республикаси Президентининг Фармони, 18.12.2003 йилдаги ПФ-3365-сон |website=lex.uz}}
State Prize of Uzbekistan in Science and Technology, 2nd Degree (2007){{cite web |url=https://lex.uz/ru/docs/2370395 |title=Ўзбекистон Республикаси Президентининг Фармони, 23.08.2007 йилдаги ПФ-3912-сон |website=lex.uz}}
Order "El-yurt hurmati" (Honored for Services to the Homeland) (2017)