ACADEMICIAN ZARIDZE: SOME ARMENIAN "SCIENTISTS" SHOULD BETTER LEARN HISTORY IN ORDER TO AVOID ITS FALSIFICATION
Author: E. Husseynov

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Oct 31 2006

Such Armenian scientists-researchers like Ivansyan, Migranyan, Muradyan
should learn the history better in order to avoid its falsification,
academician Vladimir Zaridze, a full member of the Georgian National
Academy of Sciences, exclusively told Trend.

All the above-mentioned issues were discussed during the conference
"Armenian-Speaking Population of the Whole Georgia: Problems on
Revival of the United Statehood of Georgia. The participants of the
conference heard the following reports: "Some Armenian Scientists and
the Population of Tbilisi", "From the History of Georgian-Armenian
Relations in 1918-1921", "Armenian Ethnic Processes on the Georgian
Land". "History of Military Conflicts between Georgia and Armenia and
Nowadays"; "Demographic Situation in Djavakhetia and Ways Outs from the
Existing Situation", "Armenia, or Samkheti-Somkheti?", and other ones.

Addressed the participants of the conference with a report "Armenia,
or Samkheti-Somkheti?", Mr. Zaridze told that according to maps
published up to 1725 in the Russian Empire, these territories were
within the Georgian rule. Since the beginning of 19 century, the
Armenian population has compactly lived here. He pointed out that
the territories called Armenia (Samkheti-Somkheti – in Georgian)
was fixed as Tashir-Zarakert on this map. Armenians themselves called
these lands Vrats Tashtan (Armenian for "Georgian Field" ).

According to Mr. Zaridze, the above-mentioned Armenian scientists "have
run into absurdity that called the clan of Bagration Armenian one". In
addition, Armenians of this region added the endings of the Georgians
surnames ended on – iani to Armenian ones. But that was not an end,
They began to add different letters and voices to the new surnames,
mostly – "ts", and as a result of all that the surnames of many of
them have been transferred to the surnames with the endings – "yansts".

The Georgian academician advised "scientists" Migranyan, Muradyan,
and Ivansyan to get acquainted with the history of the region, and
learn Georgian in order to find the confirmation of the above-mentioned
words.