Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Archaeologists from Georgia (country), Botanists from Georgia (country), Chemists from Georgia (country), Linguists from Georgia (country), Mathematicians from Georgia (country), Physicists from Georgia (country), Nicholas Marr, Revaz Dogonadze, Stepan Malkhasyants, Iulon Gagoshidze, Shamil Shetekauri, Ekvtime Takaishvili, Guranda Gvaladze, Elepter Andronikashvili, Dimitri Uznadze, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, Georgi Dvali, Guram Dochanashvili, Johann Nikuradse, Estate V. Khmaladze, David Bagrationi, Pavle Ingorokva, Arnold Chikobava, Michael Achmeteli, Nikoloz Muskhelishvili, Ioane Bagrationi, Alexander Nikuradse, Malkhaz Abdushelishvili, Karen Ter-Martirosian, Simon Janashia, Dimitri Bakradze, Ivan Solomonovich Beritashvili, Giuli Alasania, Bagrat Shinkuba, David Lordkipanidze, Ilia Vekua, Guram Mchedlidze, Levan Chilashvili, Tbeli Abuserisdze, David Chubinashvili, Petre Melikishvili, Mikheil Vashakidze, Mose Janashvili, Tamara Mkheidze, Akaki Shanidze, Andria Apakidze, Boris Rtcheouloff, Gregory Gabadadze, Vladimir Gigauri. Excerpt: Nicholas Jakovlevich Marr (Russian: , Nikolay Jakovlevich Marr; Georgian: , Nikoloz Iak'obis dze Mari; 6 January 1865, Georgia in Kutaisi - 20 December 1934, Leningrad) was a Georgia-born historian and linguist who gained a reputation as a scholar of the Caucasus during the 1910s before developing his linguistic "Japhetic theory" on the origin of language (from 1924) and related speculative linguistic hypotheses. Marr's hypotheses was used as a rationale for the campaign during the 1920-30s in the USSR for introduction of Latin alphabets for smaller ethnicities of the country. During 1950, the "Japhetic theory" became disfavoured, and a criticism of it was eventually published, authored by Joseph Stalin, a self didact, describing it as anti-Marxist. Marr was born in Kutaisi, Georgia (then p...