Georgianization (Russian: Грузинизация) is a set of measures carried out by the Communist Party of Georgia aimed at the cultural assimilation of the inhabitants of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, both in linguistic and cultural and religious terms. Georgianization became widespread in the 20th century, and was most powerful in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. It was promoted and implemented by ethnic Georgian leaders such as Lavrentiy Beria.[1]

Surnames

Many surnames of Abkhaz or Ossetian origin were Georgified. For example, Dzhugashvili is a Georgian but of Ossetian origin, coming from the Ossetian surname Dzugaev) to which the Georgian suffix of "-shvili" was added.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Blauvelt 2007, pp. 217–218
  2. ↑ Цховребов Э. Правда о кремлёвском горце

Sources

  • Blauvelt, Timothy (May 2007), "Abkhazia: Patronage and Power in the Stalin Era", Nationalities Papers, 35 (2): 203–232, doi:10.1080/00905990701254318, S2CID 128803263


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