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მშენ­ ებ­ ლ­ ო­ბის გამ­ ო, ფონ­ ­დე­ბი ყუთ­ ე­ბ­ში ჩაა­ ლ­ ა­გეს  collections were boxed and stored in a basement
        და 10 წლით სარ­ ­და­ფ­ში გა­მო­კე­ტეს. 1923 წელს, სა­             for 10 long years. In 1923, on the order of the
        ხა­ლ­ხო კო­მის­ არ­ ­თა სა­ბჭ­ ოს და­დგ­ ენ­ ი­ლებ­ ით, ბი­ბ­     Council of People’s Commissars, the library’s
        ლი­ო­თე­კამ სტატ­ უს­ ი კვლ­ ავ და­იბ­ რ­ უ­ნა. შედ­ ე­გად,       status was reinstated. Consequently, the State
        ტფი­ლი­სის საჯ­ არ­ ო ბიბ­ ლ­ ი­ო­თე­კის­ ა და 1918 წლის          Public Library of Georgia was established to
        და­მოუ­ ­კი­დებ­ ელ­ ი საქ­ არ­ ­თვ­ ელ­ ოს პა­რლ­ ამ­ ენ­ ტ­ ის  combine the Tbilisi Public Library and the
        ბიბ­ ­ლი­ო­თე­კის ბაზ­ ა­ზე საქ­ არ­ ­თ­ველ­ ოს სახ­ ელ­ მ­ ­წი­  Parliamentary Library of Georgia, the latter
        ფო საჯ­ ა­რო ბიბ­ ­ლი­ო­თეკ­ ა შეი­ ­ქ­მნ­ ა.                     having been founded in 1918, during the years of
        ბი­ბ­ლი­ო­თე­კის „უფ­ რ­ ო­სობ­ ის“ ბედ­ ი ასე გა­ნი­საზ­ ­       Georgia’s independence.
        ღ­ვ­რა – თავ­ ­დაპ­ ი­რვ­ ე­ლად მთავ­ ა­რმ­ მარ­ თ­ ­ველ­ ის,
        გა­სა­ბ­ჭო­ებ­ ის შემ­ დ­ ეგ ჯერ სა­ქა­რ­თ­ველ­ ოს სსრ            The chronology of the library’s supervision
        გა­ნა­თლ­ ებ­ ის სახ­ ა­ლ­ხო კომ­ ის­ არ­ ი­ატ­ ის, მერ­ ე კი     unfolded as follows: it was subordinated to the
        კულ­ ­ტუ­რის სამ­ ინ­ ის­ ტ­ ­როს და­ქ­ვე­მდ­ ე­ბა­რებ­ ა­ში      governor general and then, after Sovietization,
        იყო. 1955-დან 1990 წლამ­ დ­ ე სა­ხელ­ მ­ წ­ იფ­ ო რეს­ ­პუ­       to the People’s Commissariat for Education of
        ბლ­ ი­კუ­რი ბი­ბლ­ იო­ ­თეკ­ ა ერქ­ ­ვა და კა­რლ მა­რქ­ ­სის      the Georgian SSR at first and then the Ministry of
        სახ­ ელს ატარ­ ე­ბდ­ ა. 1990 წელს საქ­ არ­ თ­ ­ვე­ლოს             Culture. From 1955 until 1990, it was known as the
        ეროვ­ ნ­ უ­ლი, ხო­ლო 1996 წლიდ­ ან საქ­ არ­ თ­ ­ველ­ ოს           Karl Marx State Republican Library. In 1990, it was
        პარ­ ლ­ ამ­ ე­ნ­ტის ეროვ­ ნ­ ულ­ ი ბიბ­ ლ­ ი­ოთ­ ე­კა ეწოდ­ ა,    renamed the National Library of Georgia. After
        რომ­ ე­ლს­ აც 2000 წელს ილია ჭავ­ ჭ­ ა­ვა­ძის სახ­ ელ­ ი          1996, it was called the National Parliamentary
        მიე­ ნ­ ი­ჭა.                                                     Library of Georgia. In 2000, it was named after
                                                                          Ilia Chavchavadze.
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                                                                          Back to the building where 94 years ago the
                                                                          Public Library found abode. This structure is
                                                                          especially important in many ways, indeed. Those
                                                                          knowledgeable argue that it is one of the perfect
                                                                          examples of the utilization of ancient Georgian
                                                                          architectural motifs, and it has played a vital role
                                                                          in the development of Georgian architecture.

                                                                          Over time, the library expanded its collections,
                                                                          grew in size and scope, and acquired an
                                                                          impressive appearance. In 1937, it became the
                                                                          repository of the books once preserved in the
                                                                          Library of the Society for the Spreading of
                                                                          Literacy among Georgians, in this way enriching
                                                                          its collections and becoming the owner of the
                                                                          richest reserve of printed materials available
                                                                          in the nation. In a way, this too proved fateful:
                                                                          the first collection of books from the society
                                                                          mentioned above was received while the Red
                                                                          Terror devastated the country—who knows how
                                                                          many materials owned by victims of repression
                                                                          found their way into the library, and how many
                                                                          names from Stalinist lists were forever tied to
                                                                          the space of the Public Library, where they found
                                                                          their final resting place….
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